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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 13- May 19)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the Law Commission’s Report on Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage, DHC’s decisions on working examples, writ...
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After Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff Follows Suit! Taking a Look at the Recent...
Recently on May 15, the Delhi High Court granted partial relief to Hindi film actor Jackie Shroff in a case alleging infringement of his personality rights and trademark “Bhidu”. Interestingly, this...
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A Decade after the DU Photocopy Case, Publishers get their Pound of Royalties...
On the licensing agreement between publishing houses- Oxford University Press and Taylor & Francis and the government run digital consortium E-ShodhSindhu, we are pleased to bring to you this...
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Sweet Sound of Victory: Looking at the Calcutta HC’s Decisive Decision on...
On the recent Calcutta High Court’s decision (Vodafone v. Saregama) concerning rights of the authors, we are pleased to bring to you this post by SpicyIP Intern Surabhi Katare, highlighting the key...
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Finally, WIPO Adopts a Treaty on IP, Genetic Resources and Associated TK! But...
25 years since Colombia first brought the issue of protection of IP rights of indigenous communities, and 14 years since the Text based negotiations on the agreement commenced, WIPO finally adopted a...
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Looking Beyond the IP Framework to Protect TK: Implication of the New WIPO...
Image from here Right on the heels of Praharsh’s post on the disclosure requirement in the new WIPO Treaty on IP, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, we are pleased to bring to you...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 20-May 26)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the WIPO’s latest Treaty on IP, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge, agreements between...
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[Sponsored] Deadline Extended! Apply Now for the WIPO-NLUD-IPO Joint...
We are pleased to inform our readers that the deadlines to apply for the WIPO-NLUD-IPO joint Masters/ LL.M. programme has now been extended. The last dates to apply are June 3, 2024 10th June, 2024...
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DHC Imposes INR 217 Crores as Damages in a Patent Dispute, Mostly Relying on...
The May 16 judgement of the Delhi High Court in Communication Components Antenna v. Mobi Antenna Technologies got every litigant’s antennas up for its imposition of damages of INR 217 Crores on the...
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Vans v. FCB: Taking a Look at the Delhi High Court’s Restrictions on the...
On May 2, the Delhi High Court restrained Vans Inc. from seeking rectification of FCB Garment Tex’s “IVANS” trademark. Inter alia, Vans Inc backed its arguments for rectification with its recent...
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ATRIP Winning Essay 2023: Whither Global South’s Copyright Scholars: Lost in...
Image from here *A slightly long post discussing the key ideas of the essay.* A few months ago, I wrote a detailed post discussing the history of IP teaching in India highlighting that the same gained...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 27-June 2)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts by Lokesh on his ATRIP Winning Essay, the Delhi High Court’s decision in Vans v. FCB and the Delhi High Court’s...
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WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated...
Reflecting on the recent WIPO treaty on genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge through the lens of existing literature on the requirement to disclose the source of the resource or the...
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WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated...
After assessing the requirement to mandatorily disclose the source of genetic resource/ associated traditional knowledge under the recent WIPO treaty, in part II of his post, Dr. Anson CJ takes a look...
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Genus-Species Disputes: Where From Here?
We are pleased to bring to our readers this guest post on genus-species patent disputes in India by Dr. Victor Vaibhav Tandon. In this post, Dr. Tandon discusses Delhi High Court’s position on...
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An Assessment of Inspection Mechanism in the Indian GI Regime
Analyzing the inspection mechanism of registered GIs under the Indian GI regime, and highlighting some practical loopholes within it, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Sakshee Sahay....
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Seagate Technology LLC v. Daichi International: How to resell ‘refurbished’...
Image accessed from here The judgment in Seagate Technology LLC v. Daichi International delivered on 21st May 2024 by the Delhi HC has the potential to change how the ‘refurbishment industry’ in India...
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Seagate Technology LLC v. Daichi International: How to resell ‘refurbished’...
Image by vectorjuice on Freepik In the previous post, I discussed the various findings of the court in the present case regarding exhaustion, removal and replacement of the original mark and the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (June 3-June 9)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on DHC’s decision in Seagate v. Daichi, Genus-Species patents, and GI inspection mechanism in India. This and much...
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Initial Interest Confusion Clash: Forest Essentials Battles Baby Forest at...
Regarding the varying interpretation and understanding of the initial interest confusion test by a single judge bench and a division bench of the DHC in the recent Forest Essential v. Baby Forest...
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