Standard Corporation India Ltd. v. Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd- the...
(This post has been co-authored with Aparajitha) Earlier this month, the Madras High Court heard the matter of Standard Corporation India Ltd. v. Tractors and Farm Equipment Ltd, an appeal on an order...
View ArticleSpicyIP Events: INTA’s 136th Annual Meeting
A reminder to our readers about the INTA Annual Meeting coming up. Please note that online registration closes this Friday, May 2nd. View mobile version More than 8,100 attendees from over 140...
View ArticleSEP – FRAND licensing: EU issues decisions in Motorola, Samsung cases, issues...
The European Commission on April 29, 2014 issued two press releases in the competition law cases in investigations against Motorola Mobility and Samsung. A very-very interesting list of FAQs have also...
View ArticleSpecial 301 Report: India not downgraded to Priority Foreign Country, will...
After a long period of intense speculation on whether India would be downgraded to the Priority Foreign Country category, the USTR decided to let India stay put in the Priority Watch List (India has...
View ArticleIndia signs Treaty for the Visually Impaired
On April 30th, 2014, in a big step towards facilitating access to published works by the visually impaired or print disabled, India signed the “Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works...
View Article2nd IJLT-SFLC Law & Technology Essay Competition 2014
The Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) and the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) are proud to announce the 2nd IJLT-SFLC Law & Technology Essay Competition 2014. Open to undergraduate law...
View ArticleInternational Day Against Digital Rights Management
Today, the 6th of May is being celebrated as the International Day against DRM or Digital Rights Management. Digital Rights Management is understood as “the practice of imposing technological...
View ArticleBollywood Music Awards and Personality Rights: Sonu Nigam v. Mika Singh and Ors.
In a rare instance of litigation based on personality rights, the Bombay High Court, on 26th April, 2014 granted an injunction in favour of singer Sonu Nigam, restraining the singer Mika Singh and the...
View ArticleCCI penalises Google for non-disclosure of information; fines it one crore...
Earlier in March, Google was fined one crore rupees by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for not cooperating with the Director General’s (DG’s) investigations into its operations. The DG had...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (28th April to 4th May)
SpicyIP Highlight of the Week! On 30th April, India signed the ‘Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled...
View ArticleExpired Patents, Injunctions and Commercialization
The following post discusses two recent patent cases where the relief of permanent injunction became infructuous due to the expiration of the impugned patents. A related issue of commercialization of...
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...
View ArticleSPICY IP TIDBIT: Govt for discussion paper on royalty payment ceiling
Background We had earlier reported that the Indian government, in 2009, waived the requirement of prior government approval in case of payment of royalty by Indian companies to multinational...
View ArticleGlobal Excess v. Union of India: Compulsory Registration for Import of...
On 17th January, 2014, the Gujarat High Court set aside a Writ Petition, holding that the “Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement for Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012″ which...
View ArticleSpicyIP Interviews: Artistik License
Working hard at protecting the rights of artists and creative entrepreneurs in India, is a dedicated venture called ‘Artistik License’. Artistik License is an interesting new start up that seeks to...
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...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (5th-11th May, 2014)
The SpicyIP Story of the Week is our interview with Manojna Yelluri, founder of IP start-up Artistik License, a unique platform that seeks to help artists and creators with their needs and queries in...
View ArticleOverlapping Intellectual Property Rights
The inimitable IPKat has been very kind to SpicyIP in a recent post, where they noted: “…this Kat notes with pleasure that one of INTA’s media sponsors this year is Spicy IP, a blog which has not...
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 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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