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DHC Holds Identifying ‘Known Substance’ a Necessity for Section 3(d) Objections
Image depicting a magnifying glass focusing on the word ‘why’. Last month, the Delhi High Court in the case of DS Biopharma Limited v. The Controller of Patents and Designs clarified the procedural...
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DHC: Non-filing of Written Submissions by Applicant Cannot be Used to Delay...
Image with text reading “Keep Calm and Expect Delays” Last week, the Delhi High Court pronounced a decision rebuking a patent applicant for causing unnecessary delays in the patent application process...
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Course on Access to Medicines, TRIPS and Patents [Kochi, December 10-14]
We are pleased to inform you that the Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), and Third World Network are organising a five-day...
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Leaked Draft of IP Chapter of India UK FTA Shows Ridiculous TRIPS plus norms...
Image from here India’s negotiations for a new Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the UK has been the talk of the town for a better part of 2022. From the widely popularized Diwali deadline, agreed by...
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Call for Blog Posts: NLSIU’s Indian Journal of International Economic Law...
Picture from here We are pleased to announce that NLSIU’s Indian Journal of International Economic Law (“IJIEL”)’ Blog is inviting blog posts on a rolling basis. For further details, please read the...
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Announcing the Winners of the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law!
We are very happy to announce the results of the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law! The annual essay competition was earlier announced on 14 May 2022,on the occasion of Shamnad‘s 46th...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 1- November 7, 2022)
Dear readers, as you may have noticed, after a bit of a slowdown, SpicyIP is once again picking up steam and we will be looking to bring you the spicy IP updates that you have been used to! On that...
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Call for Papers: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL)...
Image from here We are pleased to announce that NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting submissions for its 13th Volume, which shall tentatively be released in July...
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Congress and the KGF 2 Copyright Dispute: Ex-Parte Injunctions, Fair Dealing,...
Image from here A Bangalore commercial court recently directed three tweets from the Twitter handle of the Indian National Congress (‘INC’) to be taken down. Additionally, it ordered twitter to...
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The Shape of Shape Marks in India
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Akshay Ajayakumar examining the Delhi High Court judgment in the recent Knitpro International case, on shape marks. Akshay is a lawyer...
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SpicyIP Tidbits: Compulsory License on Mira Behn’s Autobiography, and...
[This post is co- authored by Swaraj Barooah and Praharsh Gour.] Bombay HC Orders Public Notice Regarding CL to Translate Mira Behn’s Autobiography Image from here Recently, in the matter of Anil G...
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SpicyIP Tidbits: Clarification on Jurisdiction of High Courts after the...
Delhi High Court clarifies the position on the jurisdiction of High Courts after the Tribunal Reforms Act [Note: The present tidbit is from a quick skim of this order and we’ll try to bring out a...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 8-November 15)
We’ve had a busy week at SpicyIP with lots of IP developments on and off the blog. Below, you’ll find our quick summary including of four of our posts, 15 court orders passed in the last week, and...
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Workshop on Patent Opposition in the Pharmaceutical Field [Kochi, December 4-8]
We are pleased to inform you that the Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), and Third World Network are organizing a workshop on...
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Pharmaceutical trademark confusion: Poison Pill or Public Health?
Early in 2001, the Supreme Court laid down legal standards to be followed by lower courts in pharmaceutical trademark infringement and passing off disputes. The court cautioned that ‘drugs are poisons,...
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From Creating Patent Ecosystem to Building National Innovation System for...
Image from Lightbulb icons created by Freepik – Flaticon We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Prof. Ruchi Sharma. Prof. Sharma is a Professor of Economics in the School of Humanities and...
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Delhi High Court on “Fly Higher” in Frankfinn v. Vistara
In Frankfinn Aviation Service Private Limited v. Tata SIA Airlines, the Delhi High Court vacated the ex parte interim injunction (granted vide order dated 21 January 2022) where the High Court...
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Spicy IP Weekly Review (November 16- November 21)
Here is our weekly review containing briefs of posts from the past week, 22 case summaries, and a few national and international IP developments. Do let us know in case you think we missed out on...
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Book Review: ‘The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India’
We are thrilled to review Prashant Reddy’s new book on the Indian drug regulatory system! Co-authored with Dinesh Thakur their book – The Truth Pill – The Myth of Drug Regulation in India was released...
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SpicyIP Tidbits: Request for an Interim Order in Nokia-Oppo SEP Case Refused;...
[The post is co-authored by Swaraj Barooah and Praharsh Gour] Image from here The past week saw the Delhi High Court passing two significant orders pertaining to medicinal trademarks and SEPs. We’re...
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