Counterfeiting and a Need for Redressal Mechanism in the E-commerce Landscape

Introduction A person committing counterfeiting in the criminal law context has been defined under Section 2 (4) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 as, a person who causes one thing to resemble another thing, intending by means of that resemblance to practice deception, or knowing it to be likely that deception will thereby be practiced. In the understanding of special legislations, falsifying of trademarks is mentioned under Section 103 of the Trademarks Act, 1999 that provides punishment...