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Workshop on ‘Patent Opposition in the Pharmaceutical Field’ [Kochi, April 24-28]
We are pleased to announce that the Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT, and Third World Network are jointly organizing the 4th edition of their workshop on ‘Patent Opposition in...
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Lookin’ for the Reason: Delhi High Court Comes Down Heavily on the IPO for...
Image from here [This post is co-authored with Swaraj Paul Barooah] Various authors on this blog have repeatedly pointed out the lack of proper reasoning in patent orders, both from courts (see here)...
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Trademarks, “Nature” of the Business and Interim Injunctions: Some Thoughts...
(This post is authored by SpicyIP Intern Niyati Prabhu, a second-year student pursuing B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) from NUALS, Kochi. See her previous posts here and here.) Recently Delhi High Court passed...
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IPD for Madras High Court! The Court Directs the State Government to Notify...
Last month, Lokesh wrote about the Madras High Court order in Galatea Limited v. Registrar General, High Court of Judicature of Madras, where the court directed the government to notify the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 13- March 18)
Here are the quick summaries of 4 posts, 7 case summaries and other IP developments that took place last week. Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Especially from other High Courts? Please...
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IP Financing in India – Part I: Perfection of Security and (Non) Registration...
According to Duff and Phelps, and CII’s joint report in 2019 on IP-backed financing, the proportion of tangible assets in the market value of Standard and Poor’s 500 firms has declined from over 80...
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IP Financing in India – Part II: The Supreme Court and (mis)interpretation of...
Part I of this two-part guest post by Bharat Harne explored the implications of a complicated security perfection regime and non-mandatory registration of copyright on IP financing. Part II focuses on...
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Jab We Met (if at all): Do Patent Oppositions and Examination Run on a...
In yet another Natco-Novartis matter before the Delhi High Court, a couple of very interesting issues have arisen. While the dispute has been ongoing since 2016, the post will mostly focus on the...
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Bombay High Court Grants (the First?) Section 32 License to Translate a...
Mirabehn with Gandhi at Darwen, Sharko, 1931. Image from here March is a remarkable month for history and literature buffs because of the whole “ Beware of the ides of March” thing. But IP nerds will...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 20-March 25)
[This weekly review is co-authored with SpicyIP intern Niranjana Biju. Niranjana is a second-year student pursuing B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from NUALS, Kochi. She is keenly interested in exploring various...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: Additional Records Allowed Before Framing of the Issues Says...
Image from here Recently, on 6th March 2023, in Bennett Coleman & Co. vs ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd, a case concerning trademark infringement the Delhi High Court allowed the application for...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: Delhi High Court says Registration of a Design can be Prima...
Image from here On March 14, 2023, in Sirona Hygiene Private Limited Vs Amazon Seller Services Private Ltd, the Delhi High Court provided three interesting points on the issue of design infringement...
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Trademark Disparagement, Free Speech and Bullying: The Case of Dabur v. Dhruv...
Image from here [This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Srujan Sangai. Srujan is a second-year BA LLB student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. He is interested in...
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Skechers Inc. USA Vs. Pure Play Sports – Part II : Imposition Of Actual Legal...
[This guest post has been authored by Dr. Abhimanyu Chopra, Urvashi Misra, Aman Chaudhary. The authors Dr. Abhimanyu Chopra (Partner), Urvashi Misra (Senior Associate) and Aman Chaudhary (Associate)...
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Announcing the SpicyIP Doctoral Fellowship!
We are very excited to announce SpicyIP’s new Doctoral Fellowship! The SpicyIP Doctoral Fellowship has been devised keeping in mind our commitment to foster transparency and accountability within the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 27-April 1)
[This weekly review is co-authored with SpicyIP intern Anjali Baskar. Anjali is a fourth-year student pursuing B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from School of Law, Christ University, Bengaluru. She is keenly...
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Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Vol....
We’re pleased to announce that NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies (JIPS) is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication for its upcoming issue (Volume VII, Issue...
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Madras High Court Notifies Intellectual Property Division Rules, 2022
In a huge development for IP community, the Madras High Court Intellectual Property Division Rules, 2022 have been notified in the official gazette dated April 5, 2023 (pdf). The current notification...
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Examining Deeming Abandonment in the Trade Marks Act – A Call for Revaluation?
[This post has been authored by Ritwik Sharma. Ritwik is a final year student of law at the Institute of Law, Nirma University.] In what can be considered déjà vu, the Trade Marks Registry has once...
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Oreo v Fab!o: A Ballad of Colours and Syllables [PART I]
[This two-part post has been co-authored by Kartik Sharma and Aditya Singh, analysing the Delhi High Court decision in Intercontinental Great Brands v. Parle Product Pvt. Ltd. In Part I of the post,...
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