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Another Drop in the Bucket: Delhi High Court’s Interim Injunction Denial for...
The Delhi High Court on September 19 refused to grant an interim injunction to Vifor considering the launch of the Biological E’s FCM in the market. However, the court hesitated in passing a final...
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Webinar on “Breaking Patent Barriers: Struggle to Access Breast Cancer...
We’re pleased to inform you that Third World Network is organizing a webinar on “ Breaking Patent Barriers: Struggle to Access Breast Cancer Medicines in India” on 28th September, Thursday at 1 pm GMT...
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[Sponsored] PatSeer Connect 2023: AI’s Role in Shaping the Future of...
We are pleased to inform you that PatSeer is organizing its event “PatSeer Connect 2023” in Mumbai (October 6, 2023, Friday), Delhi (October 12, 2023, Thursday) and Chandigarh (October 13, 2023,...
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Bayh Dole-esque Guidelines Notified by Dept of Biotechnology
Some interesting information, as taken from the DBT Website Earlier this month the Dept of Biotechnology notified the “DBT Intellectual Property Guidelines 2023“ (PDF) which they say ‘provide for...
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The Conundrum of Naked Licensing
We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Naman Keswani on the concept of naked licensing within trademarks law. Naman is a fourth-year student at the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: GII 2023 – India retains its 40th rank
The Global Innovation Index (GII) rates 132 economies based on their capacity for innovation using 80 indicators to track global innovation trends. The GII 2023 rankings that were published by WIPO...
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Not Everyone’s Cup of “Use” – The Changing Dynamics of “Trademark Use” and...
Last month we had a detailed post by Aditya Gupta on the DHC Division Bench order in Google v. DRS, explaining the Court’s approach towards determining whether the use of a mark as a keyword will...
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Applying Section 100A No More?: Delhi High Court Allows Letters Patent Appeal...
In another noteworthy order concerning letters patent appeals in trademark disputes, a division bench of the Delhi High Court has clarified that such appeals will be permitted against the Single...
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Image Rights Alright—But Can They Trump Established Rights and Doctrines?...
In a “Jhakaas” (a slang for fantastic) news for the actor Anil Kapoor, Delhi High Court granted the actor an interim injunction against use/ misuse of his personality rights. While the development is...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 25- October 1)
Wondering what IP developments took place last week? Look no further as we present to you the SpicyIP Weekly Review, highlighting the discussions that took place on the blog along with other IP news....
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Comments from Other Bodies/ Organizations on the Draft Patent (Amendment)...
Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik In the earlier post, publishing Swaraj, Tejaswini and Praharsh’s comments to the Ministry of Commerce on the proposed Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, we had extended...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology for Base Modifications in mRNA...
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman; pics as taken from their wiki pages here and here SpicyIP Intern Tejaswini Kaushal brings us a quick tidbit on the new Nobel Prize winners in Physiology. Read on for...
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Appeal Against NBA’s Order: Use Of Biological Resources For Research Purposes...
Image from here In 2018, an Office of Memorandum (Memo) was passed by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change directing the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) to consider, on merit,...
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The Story of “Humans” Living in the House Made of Glass
Image from here [This post has been co-authored with Swaraj and Nivrati Gupta. Nivrati is an IP lawyer based in Delhi and is a graduate of Institute of Law, Nirma University Ahmedabad. Long post...
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SEPs & FRAND: Misnomers & Maladies
Often the discussion around SEPs and FRAND is muffled because of the surrounding technicalities, and accompanying jargon and only rarely does one come across a work that is able to explain the nitty...
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Looking at the DHC’s order in Jainemo Pvt. Ltd. v. Rahul Shah Through the...
The Delhi High Court on September 27, 2023 granted an injunction to the plaintiff in Jainemo Pvt Ltd. v. Rahul Shah, restricting the defendants from disseminating educational material online....
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Only 6 More Days to File Comments/ Suggestions on IP Manuals and Guidelines!
Image by pvproductions on Freepik A gentle reminder to our readers that the last day to submit comments for the revision of the Patent, Designs, Trademark, GI and Copyright Manuals and Guidelines is...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 2- October 8)
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The Tale of Indian Dynamic Injunctions Jurisprudence: One Step Forward Two...
We are pleased to bring you a guest post by Krishna Ravishankar and Parul Anand on the evolution of the dynamic injunction jurisprudence in India. Krishna and Parul are third-year students from...
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Is There More Than Meets the Eye? Delhi High Court and the Recent Section 124...
[The post is co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Tejaswini Kaushal. Tejaswini is a 3rd-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Her previous posts can be...
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