A Belated Weekly Review (17th February TO 24th February, 2014)

The last week did not see much action in the field of intellectual property rights in India. A quick recapitulation follows: In the beginning of the week, Swaraj had analysed the GIPC International IP Index 2014 (published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Centre). He concluded that the much touted GIPC IP Index is erroneous inasmuch as it is biased and employs flawed research methodology. He also points out that problematically, it is likely that this report...