India’s Accession to the Locarno Agreement: Amendments to the Design Rules,...
We are pleased to bring you a guest post by Yashi Agrawal on India’s recent accession to the Locarno Agreement, discussing inter alia the resultant amendments to India’s design laws and prospective...
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Fonts and Typefaces: Are they Copyrightable?
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View ArticleParliamentary Standing Committee and Copyright Reform: One Step Forward,...
As most readers must be aware by now, the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on India’s IP regime has revealed a problematic, maximalist approach to IP protection, showing no more than a...
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Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR: Tipping the Scales of Patent...
Image with the text ‘open the gate’ (Image from here) As is well known now, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce tabled its Report on the IPR regime in India last week. In about 150 pages...
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Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR: Tipping the Scales of Patent...
Image with the text ‘open the gate’ (Image from here) In the first part of this post, I had covered the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s Report recommendations on amendments to Section 3 of the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 26 – August 1)
Topical Highlight A Parliamentary Standing Committee Report that Challenges the Fine Balances Within the IP System In a guest post, Dr. Arul George Scaria writes about the macro and structural issues...
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Madras HC on the Right to be Forgotten: A Welcome Development? (Part I)
We are pleased to bring you a two-part guest post by Sriya Sridhar, analysing the judgement passed by the Madras High Court today in a case where the petitioner seeks his name to be redacted from a...
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Madras HC on the Right to be Forgotten: A Welcome Development? (Part II)
We are pleased to bring you a two-part guest post by Sriya Sridhar, analysing the judgement passed by the Madras High Court today in a case where the petitioner seeks his name to be redacted from a...
View ArticleDapagliflozin Patent receives another Blow: Same Old Coverage-Disclosure Story
Last month, the Delhi HC refused to interfere with two orders by Shakdher J. and Gupta J. denying injunctions to AstraZeneca against 9 generic drugmakers manufacturing its anti-diabetic drug...
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Call for Abstracts: NLIU International Trade Law Journal Inaugural Edition...
We’re pleased to inform you that the National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal has recently established the International Trade Law Journal and is inviting abstracts for papers for the inaugural...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 2 – 8)
Madras HC on the Right to be Forgotten: A Welcome Development? Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis). Hand drawn botanical vector illustration In Part I of a two-part guest post, Sriya Sridhar discussed a...
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Parliamentary Standing Committee’s Recommendations Concerning AI and IP: A...
Image from here Appreciating the growing importance of AI in various fields as well as its economic impact, the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report (hereinafter the Report) recommended the...
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Ensuring Access to TB drugs: Is Compulsory License the Way?
This Post has been co-authored by Rahul Bajaj and Praharsh Gour. Rahul is presently working as a Senior Resident Fellow, Partnerships at Vidhi. Before his stint with Vidhi, Rahul has worked as a law...
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FMC Receives Injunction for Chlorantraniliprole: Coverage-Disclosure,...
Logo of FMC (Image from here) The Delhi High Court in a judgment last month allowed FMC Corporation’s (‘FMC’) interim injunction application against Natco Pharma Ltd (‘Natco’) and Best Crop Science LLP...
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Topical Highlight Ensuring Access to TB drugs: Is Compulsory License the Way? In this post, Rahul Bajaj and Praharsh Gour analayse the underutilisation of Indian patent law’s robust flexibilities to...
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PV Sindhu’s Olympics Victory: How Non-Sponsors Skirt the Law by...
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Satchit Bhogle. Satchit is a Counsel at the Bombay High Court. He graduated from NUJS, Kolkata in 2016 and completed his LL.M. from Duke University in...
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Call for Applications: Research Assistants – IPR Chair at NALSAR, Hyderabad...
We’re pleased to inform you that NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad is inviting applications for two research assistants for the IPR Chair Project. The deadline for applications is August 25, 2021....
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 16 – 22)
PV Sindhu’s Olympics Victory: How Non-Sponsors Skirt the Law by ‘Congratulating’ Athletes In a guest post, Satchit Bhogle covered the issue of infringement of personality rights. Writing this post in...
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Sun Pharma v. Cipla: Madras HC Rejects COVID as an Excuse for Passing Off
An image of a packet containing Cipla’s Duolin Repsule (Image from here) We are pleased to bring you a guest post by Kedar Ganesh Dhargalkar. Kedar is a fourth year BLS LLB student at the Adv....
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Delhi HC IP Division Rules: An Opportunity to Strengthen Procedural Framework
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Eva Bishwal. Eva is a Senior Associate at Fidus Law Chambers, a boutique IP law firm in Noida. IP Division Rules: An Opportunity to Strengthen Procedural...
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