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Announcing the 2nd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property...
A photograph of Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer sitting amidst some school students in a classroom On the occasion of our founder Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer’s 45th birth anniversary today, we at SpicyIP...
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Walking the Tightrope of the Right to be Forgotten: Analysing the Delhi HC’s...
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Sriya Sridhar, analysing an interim order recently issued by the Delhi High Court discussing the right to be forgotten and directing Google to remove a...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 10 – 16)
Topical Highlight Image from here Earning Royalties off Covaxin While Demanding IP Waiver at the WTO: Saviour on the Streets, Hypocrite in the Sheets In this post, I focus on the differential pricing...
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Special 301 Report 2021: Trade Secrets, Patents and Technology Transfer
[This post has been co-authored with Nikhil Purohit.] USTR Logo Recently, the Annual Special 301 Report on IP Protection (the ‘Report’) was released by the Office of the United States Trade...
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Rajkumar Sabu vs M/S Sabu Trade Private Limited Background The petitioner, claiming to be the owner of the mark ‘SACHAMOTI’, filed a suit against the respondent before the Delhi High Court in 2016...
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Proof of Right for Filing a Patent Application: Analysing IPAB’s Decision in...
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Idhika Agarwal, analysing the decision issued by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in DOW Agrosciences LLC v. Controller of Patents in...
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The Dilemma of Employer-Employee Patent Ownership in India
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Kartikeya Prakash, discussing the lacuna in the Patents Act regarding the ownership of the patents invented by the employee in the course of employment in...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 17 – 23)
Topical Highlight Special 301 Report 2021: Trade Secrets, Patents and Technology Transfer USTR logo Nikhil and I continued the discussion on three key aspects in the USTR Special 301 Report 2021:...
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Book Launch Webinar: ‘The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights under...
We’re pleased to inform you that a webinar on the launch of the book ‘The Protection of Intellectual Property Rights under International Investment Law’ authored by Dr. Simon Klopschinski (rospatt...
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NUALS’ 7th CIPR National Essay Writing Competition [Submit by July 4]
We’re pleased to inform you that the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi is organizing an essay competition for law students on the theme ‘IP...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 24 – 30)
NUALS’ 7th CIPR National Essay Writing Competition [Submit by July 4] The logo of NUALS CIPR We informed the readers about an essay competition being organized by the Centre for Intellectual Property...
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Phone Pe v. Bharat Pe: Whether Vernacular Wordplay Can Save from Being...
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Devangini Rai, responding to an earlier guest post on the Delhi High Court’s recent interim injunction order in Phone Pe v. Bharat Pe trademark dispute....
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Webinar on ‘TRIPS Waiver: Update and Analysis of Recent Developments’ [June 5]
We’re pleased to inform you that the People’s Health Movement (PHM) and the Third World Network (TWN) are organising a webinar on ‘TRIPS Waiver: Update and Analysis of Recent Developments’ on June 5,...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 31 – June 6)
Topical Highlight Phone Pe v. Bharat Pe: Whether Vernacular Wordplay Can Save from Being Labelled Generic? BharatPe and PhonePe trademarks side-by-side (image from here) In this guest post, Devangini...
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The Daily Guardian Controversy: News, Misinformation, and a Passing Off...
The Daily Guardian Logo (Image from here) Recently, a controversy erupted regarding an article shared by many of the prominent leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (‘BJP’), praising the hard work of...
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PPL’s Copyright Society Registration Rejected: Delhi High Court Issues...
The Registrar of Copyrights has rejected the application of Phonographic Performance Limited India, (“PPL India”) a major collective rights organisation for sound recordings in India, to be a...
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Collective Marks: A Tale of Collective Confusion at the Registry
We’re pleased to bring to you a post by Akshay Ajaykumar, discussing collective marks and analysing numerous erroneous collective mark registrations granted by the Indian Trade Marks Registry. Akshay...
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Kerala and Karnataka Tussle Over the ‘KSRTC’ Mark: Registrability, Concurrent...
KSRTC Logos used by Kerala and Karnataka (Image from here) Recently, a rather dormant controversy has been refueled between the states of Karnataka and Kerala regarding the rights over the trademark...
View ArticleOnline Conclave on ‘Counterfeiting in Covid Times: Medicines, Medical Devices...
We’re pleased to inform you that National Association to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (NASCAP) in Association with DPIIT IPR Chair, The WB National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata is...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (June 7 – 13)
Topical Highlight Kerala and Karnataka Tussle Over the ‘KSRTC’ Mark: Registrability, Concurrent Use, and Infringement KSRTC Logos used by Kerala and Karnataka (Image from here) Nikhil discussed the...
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