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Copyright and Classical Music: Not the Best Fusion?
We’re pleased to bring to our readers a guest post by Akshat Agrawal on the recent Kantara – copyright issue that’s been on the news. Akshat Agrawal is an LLM student at Berkeley Law specialising in IP...
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Copyrighting The Uncopyrightable – The NSE Saga
Image from here We’re pleased to bring you a guest post by Kartik Sharma and Aditya Singh, analysing copyrightability of datasets in light of the recent controversy surrounding NSE’s issuance of...
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Forzest v. Folzest: DHC’s Quest for Setting the Balance Right
Image from here A few days ago, Aparajita highlighted the need for a cautious approach by our courts while deciding on interim injunction applications in trademark disputes surrounding medicinal...
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Spicy IP Weekly Review (November 22- November 28)
It’s been another IP heavy week for the Indian IP landscape! Here is the last week’s review, discussing the 5 posts published on the blog along with summaries of 16 IP cases from Delhi High Court and a...
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[Sponsored] PatSeer’s IP Symposium ‘PatSight’ [Bangalore, December 9]
We are pleased to announce that PatSeer is hosting its IP Symposium PatSight on December 9, 2022 in Bangalore. The symposium aims to highlight the best innovative method in IP research and analysis via...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: IPD Updates in Delhi, Calcutta and Madras High Courts
Recently it was announced that a new roster of judges will take charge of the Delhi High Court’s Intellectual Property Division (IPD), with effect from November 28, 2022 (pdf). The new roster shall...
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Never Gonna Give You Up? Discussing the Recent Patent Application...
Image from here On November 4th, the Madras High Court directed the restoration of two previously ‘deemed abandoned’ patent applications as well as the completion of examination of these restored...
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Call for Submissions- The IP Press Law Review: Volume I Issue 2
We are pleased to inform you that the IP Press is inviting submissions for the second issue of its first volume. The last date for the entries is January 2, 2023. For further details, please refer to...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 29- December 5)
We bring you a number of IP updates this week! This time we have quick summaries of 2 blogposts and 2 opportunities, followed by case summaries of 30 court orders and decisions and a few national and...
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Call for Interns and SpicyIP Fellows!
Are you interested in transparency and accountability in the Indian IP ecosystem and looking to work on engaging projects? Or think a decision is interesting to analyze and write an opinion on? Well,...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 6- December 12)
In addition to the usual round up of our own blog posts in the last week, we also bring to you 20 case summaries and other important national and international IP developments this week. We’re also...
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SITARA-D & SITARED are Not Similar, says the Delhi High Court: What about...
This post is co-authored with Praharsh Gour. Trade mark rights are to protect both mark owners against the unauthorised use of their marks and the public from being confused about the source of the...
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Delhi High Court’s Decision Discussing Doctrine of Equivalents: An Exhaustive...
Logo of FMC (Image from here) Concluding Round 2 of the FMC- Natco CTPR litigation saga, a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court refused to interfere with the Single Judge’s order which had allowed...
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DHC rules on Jurisdiction for Revocation Petitions and Appeals Post...
Image from here. Image depicting a directional sign board with three directions that read ‘this way’, ‘that way’ and ‘another way’ Recently, the Delhi High Court delivered an important decision that...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 13-December 19)
Summarizing the three posts covered on the blog last week, we bring to you 17 case summaries, and other national and international IP developments. Important IP cases that we’re missing out on?...
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SpicyIP Tidbits: Delhi High Court Imposes Humongous Costs on Habitual...
Image from here In a case concerning allegations of trademark infringement by cybersquatting and passing off, Delhi High Court imposed damages worth a whopping INR 2 Crores on the Defendant! The...
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Delhi High Court Directs the Trademarks Registry to Transfer 5 Rectification...
Last month Delhi High Court in Jumeirah Beach Resort Llc vs Designarch Infrastructure Pvt Ltd., directed the Trademarks Registry to transfer five pending rectification applications to it. While the...
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Gone With the Wind: Where to Find the Repository of IPAB Orders?
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by one of our interns, Gaurangi Kapoor, on the inaccessibility of orders and other resources post the takedown of the IPAB website. Gaurangi completed her LLM...
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SpicyIP Tidbits: IPO deals with formalities and reasons!
Image from here We have two interesting IPO related tidbits for you. Read on ahead! 1. The Delhi Court rebuked the incomprehensible reasoning of the Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs: The...
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IP Reveries: Class 5.2 – Interrogating India’s Drug Regulation System
CDSCO Vision – To Protect and Promote Public Health in India. Prof Antilegend is back to greet you all on this yuletide! After brooding over the basics in the last class, this session (i.e. class 5.2)...
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