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10 Days to the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition Deadline!
Prof (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009. We hope that our eligible readers are busy with their submissions as only 10 days remain till the deadline for the 2024 Shamnad...
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To Do or Not to Do? Revisiting Business Method Patents in the Software Industry
Discussing the exclusion of business method patents in India’s software industry and arguing in favor of such exclusion, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Anushka Aggarwal. By...
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FER-ocious Negligence: Delhi High Court to Patent Agents – Shape Up or Ship Out!
In light of the recent directions to the CGPDTM by the Delhi High Court for preparing and notifying the Code of Conduct to regulate patent and trademarks agent, we are pleased to bring to you this...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 1-July 7)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the DHC’s direction to frame a code of conduct for Patent and Trademark Agents, MHC’s decision on prior arts, and...
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Suno & Udio AI in Copyright Tussles: Music Plagiarism or Excusable Overfitting?
In light of the recent copyright dispute between music labels and AI platforms- SunoAI and Udio AI, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Akanksha Badika, discussing some copyright...
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JN Mangesh v. Paladin Paints (read Asian Paints): Who owns the Patent?
Paladin Paints Logo (accessed from here) In an excellent piece, Palak Shah explores a recent controversy involving Asian Paints (AP), Paladin Paints and Jayram Mangesh Nadkarni (JNM), Director and...
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Yakshini is here! Analysing the Pocket FM v. Novi Digital Judgement
In a recent judgement, dated 13 June 2024, the single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court, presided over by Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, dismissed a plea filed by Pocket FM Private Limited (the...
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“Main Ladega”-The Fight Between Protection of Intellectual Property and...
In light of the ongoing dispute between the makers of the motion picture “Main Ladega” and the National Boxing Championship over the alleged use of the latter’s logo in the film, SpicyIP intern Sumedh...
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A Sigh of Relief for IPO Officers as Ministry of Commerce Scraps 259(!) Show...
On July 8, Ananthakrishnan G in the Indian Express reported that the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has ordered withdrawal of the 159 show cause notices issued to different officers of the Indian Patent...
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Extension of the Deadline for the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on...
Prof (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009. With several requests for extensions coming in, we’ve decided to extend the deadline for the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: The Woes of Patanjali Continue as BHC Directs it to Deposit...
On the recent order by the BHC directing Patanjali Ayurveda to deposit INR 50 Lakhs, in a Trademark case, we are pleased to bring to you this SpicyIP tidbit by Md. Sabeeh Ahmad. Sabeeh has previously...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 8-July 14)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on MoC’s decision to scrap 259 show cause notices against the Indian Patent Officers, copyright dispute between...
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Taking a Look at Quia Timet Injunctions in Light of F-Hoffman-La Roche v. Zydus
On July 9, 2024, a single-judge bench of the Delhi High Court (DHC), presided over by Justice Sanjeev Narula, issued a 6-page order in the matter of F-Hoffmann-La Roche AG & Anr. v. Zydus...
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Part I- An Empirical Analysis of ‘Scandalous’ and ‘Obscene’ Trade Marks in India
It’s with great pleasure that we bring to our readers this 2 part guest post by Prof. M P Ram Mohan, Aditya Gupta, and Vijay V Venkitesh, that dives into the question of what marks are considered...
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Part II- An Empirical Analysis of ‘Scandalous’ and ‘Obscene’ Trade Marks in...
Continuing the discussion based on empirical data around the absolute ground of refusing to register the mark for being obscene or scandalous, in Part II of their post Prof. M P Ram Mohan, Aditya...
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Part 1: Khadi’s Origin and Legal Battles: Unraveling the Historical Significance
Discussing “Origin” as a legal concept as enshrined under different IP laws with “Khadi” as a case study, we are pleased to bring to you this very interesting historical dive by Subhadeep Chowdhury....
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Part 2- Khadi’s Origin and Legal Battles: Back to the Future
Following the Part 1’s discussion on the “origin” of Khadi’s meaning under the Khaddar Act, in Part II of his two part post Subhadeep builds an argument for an interdisciplinary approach to study IP...
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Ulm University v. Asst. Controller of Patents and Designs: Madras High Court...
The Madras High Court, vide judgement dated 3 July 2024 in University of Ulm v. Asst. Controller of Patents and Designs, came down heavily on the IPO for its shoddy order rejecting the patent...
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Journey Through “Marchs” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)
Image from here Namaskar … I am back with the “Sifting Through SpicyIP Pages” series! Apologies for the long delay; life got busier for some undesirable reasons. But things have finally gotten better,...
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Journey Through “Aprils” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)
Image from here As I said in the “Marchs” post, here’s the April sift and 11th post of our Sifting through SpicyIP pages series. Previously, we have journeyed through the SpicyIP’s pages from June to...
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