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Not All is Fair in Aashiqui and War?: Analysing the DHC’s Injunction for...
On 2nd September 2024, the Delhi High Court (DHC) in the case of Vishesh Films Private Limited v. Super Cassettes Industries Limited (pdf) delivered a judgment restraining T-Series from using the title...
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The Culmination of a Saga: How the Delhi HC Resolved the Two-Decade Long...
On August 14, the Delhi High Court passed the final judgment in a 23-year-old trademark dispute between Lacoste and Crocodile International. SpicyIP intern Samridhi Chugh discusses the key issues in...
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Sailing Troubled Waters: A Look at the Spiral of Controversies that the...
[A big thanks to Mr. Prashant Reddy for his inputs on the post.]Soon after Yogesh’s blog recent post (here) highlighting the change in the Head of the IT office of the Controller General of Patents,...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: Committee Constituted to Draft the Code of Conduct for Patent...
Consequent to the Delhi High Court’s direction in Saurav Chaudhary v. Union of India, CGPDTM has notified the constitution of a committee to draft the Code of Conduct for Patent and Trademark Agents....
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Expert Lectures by Prof William Fisher on Pharma and IP, and on AI and...
Prof. William Fisher, Wilmer Hale Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Harvard Law School. Image from here.A very interesting set of lectures coming up for IP enthusiasts. Prof William Fisher, whom...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: Delays, Lack of Manpower, Pending Applications- CGPDTM in...
Image from hereIn Tiger Foods Ingredients (P) Ltd. v. Registrar of Trademarks, the Madras HC was hearing a writ petition seeking a writ of mandamus for the Trademark Registry to expeditiously dispose...
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Deciding Product by Process: The Dilemma lingers on
Image from hereThe Calcutta HC in West Bengal Chemical Industries Limited v. M/s. GTZ (India) Pvt. Ltd., decided on 25 June, refused to grant injunction relief to the Patentee since it could not make...
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(Over) Expanding the Circle: DHC Allows In-house Employees to Access...
In June 2024, I covered some nuances regarding confidentiality and disclosures in the SB and DB orders passed in InterDigital Technology Corporation vs. Guangdong OPPO Mobile Telecommunications Corp....
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 16-September 22)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on some of the recent controversies concerning CGPDTM, establishment of a Committee to draft a code of conduct for...
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Part I-Artificial Neural Networks: Are They Mathematical Methods or Computer...
In light of the UK and EU decisions in the Emotional Perception AI Ltd and Mitsubishi cases, respectively, regarding the patentability of Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan...
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Part II-Artificial Neural Networks: Are They Mathematical Methods or Computer...
Continuing the discussion on patentability of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), in Part II of his two part guest post, Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan explores the situation in India vis a vis ANNs and...
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Of Clinical Trial Waivers in India: The Misses Outweigh the Hits
In light of the executive order waiving the requirement to conduct clinical trials for new drugs approved in a few selected jurisdictions, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Md. Sabeeh...
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Blackberry Innovates!: Understanding Algorithm Exclusion u/s. 3(k)
Original Image from here.On 30th August 2024, the DHC gave out two decisions on appeal against the rejection of two Patent applications filed by Blackberry Limited. In this post, I will refer to the...
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Calcutta High Court Notifies IPD Rules: A Quick Comparison
Calcutta High Court in the 1860s. Image from here.On September 20, the notification for the Calcutta High Court’s IP Division Rules were published in the Kolkata Gazette, making it the newest High...
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Claim Amendments Must Adhere to the Scope of Last Amended Claims, Clarifies...
In an important order concerning claim amendments, the Controller has recently ruled that any new amendments to the claims cannot exceed the scope of the lastly amended claims. The decision was passed...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 23-September 29)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the Delhi High Court’s Oppo decision, Calcutta High Court IPD Rules, Central Government’s executive order on...
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“All Right” for Who? Assessing the Jasleen Royal and T-Series Recent...
In light of the recent copyright dispute between singer Jasleen Royal and music label T-Series over the composition of the song “All Right”, we are pleased to bring to you this quick post by SpicyIP...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: Bombay High Court Strikes Down the Controversial IT Amendment...
Discussing the Bombay High Court’s recent decision that set aside the controversial IT Rules amendments to establish fact check units, we are pleased to bring to you this tidbit by SpicyIP intern...
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Comments Invited for Amendments to the Geographical Indications of Goods...
Image by macrovector on Freepik[This post is authored by SpicyIP Intern Samridhi Chugh. Samridhi is a final-year student at the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, and a graduate in...
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[Sponsored] Registration Deadline Extended for the “Comprehensive Course on...
We are pleased to bring to you this sponsored post by IP Press on the extension of the registration deadlines for their Comprehensive Course on Patents, in collaboration with S. Majumdar & Co. The...
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