Division Bench of Delhi High Court: IP Suits No Longer to Automatically Be...
[This post is co-authored by with Swaraj Paul Barooah. The authors would like to thank Aditya Gupta for his input. Views remain those of the authors’ alone.] Perhaps not in this case. Image from here...
View ArticleJourney Through “Octobers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)
Image from here As October passed, Halloween festivities and the Day of the Dead provided a backdrop for contemplating the past. After all, reflecting on what’s passed helps us anticipate what’s...
View ArticleOverview of the S. 3 landscape on patenting biotechnology inventions in India
[This post has been co-authored with Rahul Bajaj. All views expressed are personal]. Market dynamics in the health and innovation space are making the biotech and life sciences sector an industry to...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson’s “Non-Enforcement” of Bedaquiline Patents: What has...
[This post has been co-authored by Swaraj Paul Barooah and Pranav Aggarwal. Pranav is a second-year student pursuing B.A.LL.B.(Hons) at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. He has a keen...
View ArticleIndia Accelerates in the Patent Race: But Is There a Pot of Gold at the End...
Cover page of WIPO World IP Indicators, 2023 Image from here The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently published its annual World IP Indicators for the year 2023, detailing the...
View ArticleNodal Officers: Unbalancing Expedience and Fairness
[This post is authored by SpicyIP Fellow Yogesh Byadwal. Yogesh is a 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. He is interested in IP Law,...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (November 6- November 12)
After a busy week at the blog, here are our summaries of the 9 blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. Anything we are missing out on?...
View ArticleCall 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We’re pleased to announce that NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies (JIPS) is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication for its upcoming issue (Volume VIII, Issue...
View ArticleHULM Entertainment v. Fantasy Sports: Reanalysing Originality,...
Image from here [This post is co-authored with Tejaswini Kaushal with inputs from Swaraj and an anonymous reader. Tejaswini is a 3rd-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National...
View ArticleFree Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for...
We are pleased to announce that registration for the free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship is currently open. The course is supported...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (November 13- November 19)
Here are our summaries of the blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. Anything we are missing out on? Please drop a comment and let us...
View ArticleChecking the Constitutionality of the Notification Regarding the Appointment...
Image by jcomp on Freepik [This post is authored by SpicyIP Fellow Yogesh Byadwal with inputs by Balaji Subramanian. Yogesh is a 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law School of India...
View ArticleWebinar on “How Patent Monopolies on Biologics and Vaccines Work” [November 22]
We’re pleased to inform you that Third World Network (TWN) is organizing a one-hour discussion (with Q&A) on “How Patent Monopolies on Biologics and Vaccines Work” on November 22. The discussion...
View ArticleSpicyIP Tidbit: Advocate Faces Music for Concocting a Fake IPAB Order!
Farzi in English translates to “Fake”. Image from here In December, 2022 Gaurangi wrote about a rather interesting case (Ab Mauri India Private Limited vs Vicky Aggarwal & Ors.) wherein the Delhi...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (November 20- November 26)
Here are our summaries of the blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. Anything we are missing out on? Please drop a comment and let us...
View ArticleDivision Bench of the Delhi High Court’s (Divisive?) Clarification on...
Image from here [This post has been co-authored with SpicyIP intern Sidhi Pramodh Rayudu with research assistance from Aadvika Anandal. Sidhi is a final year B.A. LL.B (Hons) student at Hidayatullah...
View ArticleSpicyIP Tidbit: DHC Observes That Evidence for Enhanced Efficacy Should Be...
Image from here. The nuances of Section 3(d) continue to plague and please litigants, depending on which side of it they end up falling. One issue that regularly pops up is the clash between filing...
View ArticleSpicyIP Tidbit: India-Pakistan Basmati Dispute Dismissed by DHC
Image from here Adding another layer of spice to the Basmati rice IP dispute between India and Pakistan, recently the Delhi High Court dismissed the 15 years old suit (pdf) against the export of...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (November 27- December 03)
Here are our summaries of the blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. Anything we are missing out on? Please drop a comment and let us...
View ArticleIs the Writing on the Wall? Decoding Street Art, Fair Use and Moral Rights
Image from the order. [This post is authored by SpicyIP Fellow Yogesh Byadwal. Yogesh is a 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. He is interested...
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