The MPI Patent Declaration and TRIPS Flexibilities
The Global South has long been clamouring for an interpretation of the TRIPS agreement which allows countries the flexibility to legislate for their specialised domestic needs. This has been met with...
View ArticleBreaking News: Ericsson sues Intex for infringement of SEPs in Delhi HC
Our readers may be aware that Intex filed a complaint against Ericsson with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) alleging abuse of dominance by the Ericsson whilst negotiating a Standard Essential...
View ArticleAccess free e-book on basics of Patent Search
The kind folks at Origiin IP Solutions recently released a FREE e-book on “Basics of Patent Search”. This is a great initiative to provide access to IP law through the open access model. The e-book...
View ArticleDelhi HC Orders the State to Foot the Bill for Rare Disease Treatment
In a remarkable moment for Indian jurisprudence, Manmohan J. of the Delhi High Court recently ordered the Govt. of NCT and the AIIMS (in Mohd. Ahmed v. Union of India) to provide a child suffering from...
View ArticleLife of MTS Internet Baby Extended by Delhi HC
The latest viral advertisement which has caught everybody’s attention is that of the MTS ‘Internet Baby’. It features a baby which, as soon as it is born, uses the internet to post selfies and even...
View ArticleGoDaddy to be Sued as an Intermediary for Copyright and Trademark Infringement
LiveMint reports that GoDaddy, a global domain name registrar, is to be sued by the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and one of its group firms, DotEx International Ltd., for alleged copyright and...
View ArticleWebinar on Patenting Computer Related Inventions in India.
We’re happy to bring our readers news of a free webinar on Patenting Computer Related Inventions in India hosted by ipMetrix Consulting Group. Please see their invite below: Patentability Requirements...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (14th to 20th April, 2014)
We started this week with Swaraj providing us an update on the suggestions for the upcoming SpicyIP report on 2013’s leading IP developments. This was a request for input regarding our list of 2013′s...
View ArticleIGIR-IEEM Macao ‘Intellectual Property Knowledge Management’ Event (12th-21st...
The Institute of European Studies of Macao (IEEM) and Professor Anselm Kamperman Sanders (Maastricht University, The Netherlands) have announced the 2014 edition of their annual event on Intellectual...
View ArticleSPICY IP TIDBIT: Row over ‘ISEED’ mark
According to Business Standard report, a Gurgaon court issued an interim order restraining a management institute from using its name and acronym ‘ISEED’ noting that it is deceptively similar to the...
View ArticleIndia: To be declared as the worst IPR offender by the US?
India’s IP practices have hardly been agreeable to the US. Despite the differences, there exists a flourishing pharmaceuticals trade between the two countries. However, reports indicate that the...
View ArticleMylan’s review petition before the Indian Patent office dismissed
Recently, a review petition filed by Mylan Laboratories in relation to a patent granted to Yeda Research Development was dismissed by the Indian Patent Office. The Controller held: 1. Mylan has no...
View ArticleBombay HC asks the Patent Office to Set the Record Straight
Teijin Limited v. Union of India The text of the judgment can be found here. The Bombay High Court has, in February, ordered the Patent Office to correct its record regarding the (non)payment of...
View ArticleMovies and IP: Taking a look on World IP Day
As many of our readers may already know, April 26th is celebrated as World IP Day, a day first marked 14 years ago by WIPO ‘in order to promote discussion of the role of intellectual property (IP) in...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (21st-27th April, 2014)
The SpicyIP Story of the Week is Swaraj’s post commemorating World IP Day, titled ‘Movies and IP: Taking a Look on World IP Day’, where he discusses the relationship between IP and the world of movies....
View ArticleGIIP PG Diploma Course in IPR and Patent Management
The wide variety of career opportunities in IP goes far beyond being a lawyer or corporate IP counsel. IP professionals include patent agents, technical specialists, licensing executives, consultants,...
View ArticleSpicyIP Tidbit: Natco files pre-grant opposition to Gilead’s Sovaldi
In a move to block Gilead’s patent on Sovaldi in India, Natco has filed a pre-grant opposition to its pending application. Reuters reports that the opposition has been made on the ground that the drug...
View ArticleIt’s raining injunctions: Novartis granted injunctions against four other...
It seems like Novartis is jealously safeguarding anti-diabetic drug Galvus against competition. In an interesting turn of events Novartis filed quia timet suits against against four other...
View ArticleGuest Post: NETmundial – an overview
Kartik Chawla, who has earlier blogged for us on Network Neutrality and the TN govt’s proposed use of Open Source software, brings us a bit of coverage of the recently concluded NETmundial, the global...
View ArticleSpicyIP Events: IT Legal Summit 2014
Information Technology Legal Summit (ITLS) 2014, 22nd May, 2014 Vivanta by Taj – Whitefield, Bengaluru www.itlegalsummit.com Download Summit Agenda | Register Now! Aim of the Summit With globalization...
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