SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 20- December 26)
Happy holidays to all our readers! After another eventful week on the blog, we are here with our weekly reviews summarizing the 5 posts covered on the blog along with 19 case summaries and other...
View ArticlePart I: Diagnostic method patents in India
In March 2023, the Delhi High Court will consider two significant rejections by the Patent Office (PTO) that will determine the fate of diagnostic method patents in India. The PTO recently rejected EMD...
View ArticlePart II: Diagnostic method patents in India
Part I provides factual context to the post below. Interpreting Section 3(i) Section 3 is the key section on “patent eligibility” and lists out what are not “inventions” under the Indian Patents Act....
View ArticleSpicyIP Tidbit: Indian Patent Office Comes Up with Revisions Fixing Durations...
The pendency of oppositions and applications before the Indian Patent Office is an issue about which we have written extensively in the past (see here, here and here). Unclear timelines to adjudicate...
View ArticleMonopolizing the Hipster? – Test of Design Infringement by the Delhi High Court
We’re pleased to bring to our readers a guest post by Akshat Agrawal on the recent order by the Delhi High Court on the ‘Hipster bottle design’ controversy. Akshat is an LLM student at Berkeley Law...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (December 27- January 01)
Wishing our readers a very happy and healthy new year up ahead! The past week, much like the past year was full of interesting IP developments. In this weekly review, we’ll summarize the 4 posts...
View ArticleA Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2022
Cup of coffee, pen and notepad on wooden background. Top view This post has been co-authored with Gaurangi Kapoor, Ishant Jain and Swaraj Barooah Wishing our readers a very happy and healthy new year!...
View ArticleSpicyIP Tidbit: CGPDTM notifies Trademark and Patent Agent Examinations
IP developments in 2023 kick off with the Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM)’s re-notification of the Trademarks and Patent Agents Examinations. While the Patent...
View ArticleKaushal Kishor v. State Of UP: A Tale of Mis-Readings and Bad Externalising
We’re pleased to bring to our readers a guest post by Akshat Agrawal on the Supreme Court’s decision in Kaushal Kishor v. State of U.P. Akshat is an LLM student at Berkeley Law specialising in IP...
View ArticleExemptions Granted to Certification Marks: Why Does a Lack of Section 9(1)(b)...
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Akshay Ajayakumar on exemptions granted to certification marks. Akshay is a lawyer based in Munich, Germany. He is a graduate of National Law University,...
View ArticleWheels of Trademark Go Round-and-Round: Analyzing the ‘Yezdi’ Order of...
Our new SpicyIP intern, Pravertna, brings us an interesting post on a recent controversy surrounding the ownership of the ‘Yezdi’ mark, before the Karnataka High Court. Pravertna is a third-year...
View ArticleAccess to any Supreme Court Case: Just a Few Clicks Away!
In this post our SpicyIP intern, Gaurangi Kapoor writes on the recently launched e-SCR platform, highlighting its key features. Gaurangi completed her LLM in IP and Technology law from Jindal Global...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (January 02- January 09)
After an eventful first week of the year, we bring out quick summaries of the 6 blogposts we carried, along with 10 cases and other national and international IP developments for you. Important IP...
View ArticleSpicyIP Tidbit: IPO Cannot Introduce New Objections During a Hearing, holds...
Of late we have witnessed multiple orders (see here, here and here) from different High Courts wherein the courts, without touching on the merits of the case, have clarified the expectations from the...
View ArticleThe Buck Stops At Freedom Of Expression: Delhi High Court Clarifies The...
[This post has been co-authored with our SpicyIP intern Ananya Dutta. Ananya is a 4th year student pursuing B.A LL.B (Hons.) from the Institute of Law, Nirma University.] Image from here In an...
View ArticleIndian government denies access to Covid 19 vaccine collaboration agreements
The Indian government has refused to disclose its collaboration agreements and investments made in developing and procuring India’s Covid 19 vaccine – Covaxin, the Indian mRNA and intranasal vaccine...
View Article10th Mahamana Malviya National Moot Court Competition by Law School, Banaras...
Everybody loves a challenging moot court, don’t they? And what can be better than one dealing with intricate IP issues? We are pleased to see that Banaras Hindu University is organizing the 10th...
View ArticleBill to decriminalise IP offences misses the mark and dilutes significant...
The Parliament is considering a bill that decriminalises offences across 42 statutes. Intellectual property rights statutes i.e. the Copyright Act, 1957, the Patents Act, 1970, the Trade Marks Act,...
View ArticleV. Prabhakar v. M/S. Saga Films: Madras High Court on Interim Injunction and...
The Madras High Court, vide judgment dated 17 November 2022, held that the pre-institution mediation and settlement under Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act is mandatory and rejected the plaint...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (January 10- January 16)
After another busy week here at SpicyIP, we bring out the quick summaries of the 6 blogposts that were put up, along with 12 case summaries and national and international IP developments for you....
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