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The Wonder That is Berne
Image generated through DeepAI Readers will recall that last month Swaraj announced our IP History series which was followed by Shivam’s incisive posts on India’s entanglement with Berne Convention...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 10 – July 16)
[This weekly review is co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Yashna Walia. Yashna is a fifth-year law student at UILS, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Her area of interest lies in IP and corporate law.] Last...
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Artificial Intelligence and IP: A Literature Review
With a plethora of developments and discussions on AI and AI based innovations, almost everyone has an opinion on how it should develop! While there are a number of aspects covered by “Artificial...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 17- July 23)
Last week we published a literature review cum blog post on Artificial Intelligence and IP. We also came across interesting orders from different high courts, notably the Delhi High Court decision on...
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Is Messenger RNA Patent-Eligible?
While several intellectual property rights battles are being fought over the mRNA platform, a key question that remains unaddressed is whether and to what extent mRNA is patent eligible. Patent...
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Hollow Victory? Delhi High Court Says Patents Act Supersedes Competition Act,...
Image from sketchplanations [Long Post ahead] Who wins in a conflict between the Competition Act and the Patents Act? That’s been the central bone of contention in two big disputes for almost a decade...
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[Sponsored] SWAYAM (Free) Online Course on Intellectual Property by NLU Delhi...
We’re pleased to inform you that a free online course on intellectual property starting on July 31, 2023 is being offered for students on the e-learning platform SWAYAM by Dr. Yogesh Pai, Associate...
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[Sponsored] NLU Delhi IPR Chair Invites Applications for the Position of...
We are pleased to inform you that the Chair on Intellectual Property Rights, National Law University, Delhi is inviting applications for the position of Research Assistant (Law). The last date to...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: The Never-ending Jugalbandi Between The Government And Court...
Image by Freepik The DPIIT, recently issued a public notice regarding collection of royalties by copyright societies for playing of music in marriage functions under Section 52(1)(za) of the Copyright...
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Taking Publicity and Privacy to the Grave: Delhi High Court on Descendability...
[This guest post is authored by Devangini Rai. Devangini is a graduate of the University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi. She is an IP lawyer...
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Elon Musk’s Obsession with Letter ‘X’- A Possible Trademark Issue for Twitter...
[This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Abhijeet Audichya. Abhijeet is a fourth-year law student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur, and is interested in the intersection of TMT and IP...
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It’s a Product Patent… It’s a Process Patent… It’s Product-by-Process Patent!
Image from here In a significant development, the Delhi High Court on July 24, 2023 passed a detailed order on ‘product-by-process’ patent claims in Vifor International Ltd. v. MSN Laboratories Pvt....
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 24 – July 30)
Last week saw some pretty interesting discussions on the blog. Detailed posts analysing the recently-pronounced landmark judgements in Ericsson v CCI and Krishna Kishore Singh v. Sarla & Others...
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Cinematograph (Amendment) Act, 2023: Of Piracy and Penalties
Image from here On July 31, the Lok Sabha passed Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023, which was earlier passed by the Rajya Sabha on July 27, 2023. It amends the Cinematograph Act, 1952 after almost...
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[Sponsored] CIIPC, NLU Delhi Invites Applications for the Position of...
We are pleased to inform you that the Centre for Innovation, IP and Competition (CIIPC), National Law University, Delhi is inviting applications for the position of Research Programme Coordinator. The...
View ArticleHigh Court cannot sit in appeal under Section 91 of the TM Act against the...
The Delhi High Court, by order dated 19 July 2023 in Ashwa Ghosh v Vizrt Ag and Others, held that the High Court cannot hear appeal under Section 91 of the Trademarks Act against the decision of the...
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Journey Through “Julys” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)
Image from here Last month, while sifting through the pages of “Junes” on SpicyIP, I pored over some old posts to see what has or has not changed in these years. Whether it’s P.H. Kurian’s trail of...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: Law Student Claiming Copyright Infringement Gets an Interim...
Meme from here Ask anyone in academia what’s their worst nightmare. And probably, they’ll respond by saying “plagiarism.” Many face it, but only seldom do we hear stories where someone does something...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 31- August 6)
Last week was full of exciting discussions on the blog. Lokesh wrote a post on the 2023 amendments to the Cinematograph Act, 1952 and put out the second post in our ‘SpicyIP Flashback’ series....
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Modern Foods v. Modern Snacks: A Pragmatic Approach to Trademark Infringement...
[This post is authored by our former blogger Rahul Bajaj. Rahul is an attorney at Ira Law.] When assessing whether a plaintiff in a trademark infringement suit is entitled to an interim injunction,...
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