Online Course/Workshop on Access to Medicines TRIPS and Patents [March 10 –...
We’re pleased to inform you that Third World Network and Inter University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT are jointly organising a free online workshop on ‘Access to Medicines TRIPS and...
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Trademarking Signature Poses/Looks – A Progressive Protection of Individuality
We are pleased to bring you a guest post by Kedar Ganesh Dhargalkar, analysing the possibility of trademark protection for bodily features. Kedar is a fourth year BLS LLB student at the Adv. Balasaheb...
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How Much For That IP System? South Centre Report Suggests Developing...
In the discussions around IP, trade and innovation, it has often been pointed out that least developed countries and developing countries are frequently the net importers of technologies, while the...
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Clarifying or Confusing the Quandary of Identical Marks: Renaissance Hotel...
We’re pleased to bring you a guest post by Sangita Sharma, looking at the Supreme Court’s order in the trademark infringement case Renaissance Hotel Holdings Inc. v. Vijaya Sai and Others. Sangita is a...
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South African Competition Commission on excessive pricing of breast cancer...
On 8 February 2022, the Competition Commission of South Africa filed a referral with the Competition Tribunal for prosecution of Roche on alleged excessive pricing of its breast cancer treatment drug,...
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Guest Post: Press Publishers’ Rights In Indian News Media Digital Space
We are pleased to bring you a guest post by Mili Baxi, on the development of a publisher’s right in digital media. Mili is a graduate of Institute of Law, Nirma University, currently completing her LLM...
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The Quad discussion group’s compromise falls short of a comprehensive TRIPS...
As readers would know, the TRIPS Waiver proposal at the WTO regarding Covid vaccines and treatment, has been discussed ad-nauseum for more than a year now, with very little actual progress. Roshan John...
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Delhi High Court Revives PPL’s Copyright Society Registration Application,...
Image from here The seemingly never-ending saga of copyright licensing societies in India has taken a fresh turn after the Delhi High Court (through Justice Yogesh Khanna) in its judgement of March 9,...
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Webinar on ‘Is the Leaked TRIPS Waiver Text a Loss for India?’ [March 30]
We’re pleased to inform you that Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA), People’s Vaccine Alliance (India) and Campaign for Access to Medicines, Diagnostics and Devices (CAMD-India) would like to invite you to a...
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News and Views: Copyright Hues and Authors’ Dues
We’re pleased to bring to you this guest post by our former fellow Aparajita Lath. Aparajita is a lawyer based in Bangalore. She works in a law firm that advises technology companies. The views...
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Roof Afza v. Dil Afza: Finding Meaning in Trademark Protection
A bottle of Rooh Afza and the text “only Rooh Afza’s got the taste of royalty”. Image from here In January, the Delhi High Court in the case of Hamdard National Foundation (India) v. Sadar Laboratories...
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RPG Enterprises v. Riju Ghoshal: Bombay High Court looks at Sections 29(4)...
We’re pleased to bring you a guest post by Ujjawal Bhargava on a recent order from the Bombay High Court in the matter of RPG Enterprises v. Riju Ghoshal and Anr, dealing with well known marks, and...
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Awareness Workshop on Patent Oppositions in the Pharmaceutical Field [April...
We’re pleased to inform you that Inter University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT and Third World Network are jointly organising a free Beginners’ Awareness Workshop on Patent Oppositions in...
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PPL’s Revival or Reincarnation?
We’re happy to bring you a guest post by Akshat Agrawal on a recent order by the Delhi High Court in the matter of RMPL v. PPL regarding the conflict over registration as collecting societies. Akshat...
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A (More!) Problematic Plagiarism: Thinking About The Allegations Against UGC
We’re pleased to bring you a guest post by Lokesh Vyas thinking through the implications of ‘authoritative’ bodies engaging in plagiarism or lifting of content, as he looks at the recent allegations of...
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[Sponsored] LexisNexis to Celebrate World IP Day with Daily Webinars
We’re pleased to inform you that LexisNexis will be conducting daily webinars from April 25 to April 29 to celebrate the upcoming World IP Day. For details, please see their announcement below:...
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The Curious Question of Who Is An “Any Person” Part 1: BHC and Diluting of...
image from here A recent order by the Delhi High Court in the case of Agriboard International Llc vs Deputy Controller Of Patents brought up the very relevant issue of the requirement of the Patent...
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The Curious Question of Who Is An “Any Person” Part 2: Where’s The Data?
Image from here: This two part series looks at a case from late 2020, dealing with pre-grant oppositions. The first part questioned the relevance of educational and professional qualifications of...
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IP Reveries – An Introduction
Intellectual Property Rights – a fascinating ‘subject’ that inadvertently touches upon so many aspects of our day to day life, whether we’re conscious of it or not. A few decades ago, even most lawyers...
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IP Reveries: Class 1 – IPR: A Tantalising Term or Troubling Terminology?
IP Reveries: Class I – “IPR” – A Tantalising Term or Troubling Terminology? Swaraj Barooah & Lokesh Vyas The introduction to this new series is laid out in a previous blogpost here. If you haven’t...
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