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IP Reveries: Class 4.1 Ruminating on the “R – Rights” of IPR!
The IP Reveries series is an experimental ‘fun’ series set in an imaginary classroom where we are using a dialogue format to raise questions and discussions around IP that traditionally don’t find a...
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Compulsory licensing for expensive medicines: KCE report
The Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) recently released an interesting report titled ‘Compulsory licensing for expensive medicines’. This report comes at an opportune moment. Public attention...
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Book Release: The Finished Article: Essays on Indian Designs Law
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Eashan Ghosh on his second book, recently released titled “The Finished Article: Essays on Indian Designs Law”. Eashan has been practicing as an...
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The Amendment to the IT Rules, 2021: Part 1 – Locked, Loaded, and Aimed at...
We’re pleased to bring our readers a 2 part guest post series by Surabhi Pande and Devvrat Joshi, on the recently proposed draft amendments to the IT Rules, 2021 (which were released on 6th June,...
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The Amendment to the IT Rules, 2021: Part 2 – Locked, Loaded, and Aimed at...
We’re pleased to bring our readers Part 2 of the series by Surabhi Pande and Devvrat Joshi looking at the proposed draft amendments to the IT Rules, 2021. The first part looked at two specific proposed...
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Reminder: Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition Deadline Coming up, Prize Money...
Don’t miss the deadline!Picture from here As a reminder to our readers, the deadline for submissions to the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law is just a couple of weeks...
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IP Reveries: Class 4.2 Ruminating on the “R – Rights” of IPR!
The IP Reveries series is an experimental ‘fun’ series set in an imaginary classroom where we are using a dialogue format to raise questions and discussions around IP that traditionally don’t find a...
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Old Is No Longer Gold: Do Copyright in Films/Songs Expire with the 60 Year...
We are pleased to present this piece by Mr. Rajesh Kumar and Ms. Akanksha Badika on the unresolved issues surrounding the term of the copyright in sound recording/cinematograph film and underlying...
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WTO Decides on the Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: Is Late as Good as Never?
[This post has been co-authored by Rahul Bajaj and Praharsh Gour. Rahul is an attorney at IRA Law and a former Senior Resident Fellow at Vidhi. Rahul is a Rhodes Scholar (2018) and has worked as a law...
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Sale of existing stock in trademark disputes: Interim confusion?
In a recent pharma trademark infringement and passing off dispute, the Delhi High Court permitted the defendant to sell their existing stock (pending further orders) without vacating the interim...
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Extension of the Deadline for the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition
Don’t miss the deadline!Picture from here With several requests for extensions coming in, we’ve decided to extend the deadline for the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition (2022). The new deadline is...
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Kerala HC directs DPIIT to consider representation for issue of Compulsory...
Image from here The Kerala High Court vide Order dated 14 June 2022 directed the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) to consider the representation for issue of compulsory...
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Questionable practices leading to delays in post-grant oppositions: Novo...
Image from here A recent decision of the Delhi High Court, in Novo Nordisk AS v. Union of India (July 5, 2022), brings back to light the problem of delays in post-grant oppositions in India. Prashant’s...
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No change, no gain: Reflecting on post-grant opposition timelines
Last week we blogged about two post-grant oppositions against Novo Nordisk’s patent that have been pending for eight years. While the Delhi High Court (single judge) directed the Controller to finally...
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WIPO members approve two diplomatic conferences on designs and genetic...
Image from here The WIPO General Assembly, on July 21, 2022, approved to move to diplomatic conferences for two proposed international agreements – one, covering protection of designs and the other,...
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The Extent of Claim Amendment Allowed in a Patent Application: Part 1
We’re pleased to bring to our readers a 2 part post by Amit Tailor on the recent case Nippon A&L vs The Controller of Patents, which looked into questions of how and to what extent a claim in a...
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The Extent of Claim Amendment Allowed in a Patent Application: Part 2
Continuing on from the previous blogpost, we bring you part 2 of Amit Tailor’s two part series on the recent case Nippon A&L vs The Controller of Patents, which looked into questions of how and to...
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IPAB Orders – Where Art Thou? (And Here’s Our Backup Copy)
When I tried using Internet Archive’s wayback machine to see if it had archived any information from the IPAB website, I got this amusing error! It’s now been almost a year since the introduction of...
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Fixing Pre grants: Will the EAC suggestion to fix time limit help?
Image from here Recently, the Economic Times reported that the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC) suggested two ways to fast track the process of granting patents. First, it...
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Competition law flexibilities for pharma patents? Vifor v CCI
Image from here Story so far: Recently, the Delhi High Court was tasked with examining an interesting competition and IP case. An informant (requesting confidentiality) filed a competition law...
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