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Patent Application for Gilead’s Lenacapavir Opposed: Saving Generics of HIV...
[A big thanks to Swaraj for his inputs on the post.]The Indian Patent Office (IPO) is set to hear objections against Gilead Sciences’ patent claims for Lenacapavir, an HIV drug. This situation...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: An Update on Master Arnesh Shaw v. Union of India-Delhi High...
Image from here. [This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Mehnaz Khatoon. Mehnaz is a recent law graduate from Aligarh Muslim University Centre Malappuram. She is passionate about Intellectual...
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Funding the Future: How the ANRF’s Skewed Approach has Reignited the Debate...
The launch of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) and its emphasis on private funding in R&D has led to concerns over the corporatisation of research. In this detailed post, Samridhi...
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A Followup on Lenacapavir: Gilead enters into Voluntary Licensing Agreements...
Just a day after our update on the Lenacapavir patent oppositions (here), Gilead has signed “Royalty-Free Voluntary Licensing Agreements” (VLAs) (pdf) with generic manufacturers aimed at boosting HIV...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 30-October 6)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the Lenacapavir patent application and oppositions, ANRF and corporatisation of research, the copyright dispute...
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‘Adding’ to the Jurisprudence: Assistant Controller’s Analyses on the...
It is rather tragic that very few Controllers in India write sufficiently detailed and reasoned decisions, and the position is even dismal when one hopes to come across well-analysed jurisprudential...
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Hachette Book Group v Internet Archive: Archiving Access to Information or...
Discussing the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Hachette Book Group v. Internet Archive, our fellowship applicant Tanishka Goswami explains the implication of the decision...
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New Roster Out: Welcome Calcutta HC Intellectual Property Rights Division
Image from here[This post is authored by Md. Sabeeh Ahmad. Sabeeh is an Advocate and is a law graduate from AMU, Aligarh. His previous posts can be accessed here.]The Calcutta High Court has on October...
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Does Latching on amount to Passing off?- Still searching for answers
Image from hereIn Modern Molds v. Flipkart, the Delhi High Court was deciding a passing-off suit. The Plaintiff claimed that Flipkart allowed other sellers to ‘latch on’ to the Plaintiff’s listings on...
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Whither Indian IP Academics’ Engagement with the Judiciary?: Some Thoughts...
Image fromhere Recently, Praharsh revived a discussion about the not-very-active state of IP academic interventions in India while sharing the news of the appointment of Prof. Arul Scaria by the Delhi...
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Whither Indian IP Academics’ Engagement with the Judiciary?: Some Thoughts...
Image from hereIn Part I, we looked at the legal mechanism around IP professors’ engagement with the judiciary. This post furthers the discussion by broaching a few questions/ideas for engagement.Two...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 7-October 13)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the lack of participation by academics in court proceedings, Patent Controller’s order on patent of addition, and...
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Making Tall Claims: Amendments u/s. 59
Image from hereIn JFC Steel Corporation v. The Controller of Patents, the appellant was challenging the Controller’s decision to refuse the patent application (279/DEL/2015) for lack of inventive step...
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Revaluating the Sweeping Brushstrokes of Protection for Black-and-White...
[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 Journalism from Lady Shri Ram...
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Patenting at the Frontiers, Algorithms and Section 3(k)
Continuing the discussion on the Blackberry cases (here and here) after Yogesh’s post, Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan writes on the Court’s new test for inventions incorporating algorithms and explores...
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Another IPD Incoming: Himachal Pradesh HC Notifies IPR Division Rules
Logo of Himachal Pradesh High Court. Image from here[This post is authored by Md. Sabeeh Ahmad. His previous posts can be accessed here.]The Himachal Pradesh High Court seems to be the latest addition...
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UCLA Professor Takes on Academic Publishing Giants in Groundbreaking...
Recently a professor from the University of California, Los Angeles filed an antitrust complaint against six academic publishers before the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York....
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Trademark for ‘Hush Products’: Is there Greater Likelihood of Consumer...
Breaking down the Delhi High Court’s recent order concerning goods of intimate nature (labelled as “Hush Products” by the Court), SpicyIP intern Bhuwan Sarine assesses the Court’s unique finding on...
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Labrats, Patents, and Section 3(i): Madras High Court Grants Patent for...
In an intriguing analysis by the Madras High Court (MadHC) on 26 September 2024 in the case of Kymab Limited v. Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, the court set aside the rejection of Kymab...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 14-October 20)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on the DHC’s decision regarding consumer confusion in “Hush Products”, US antitrust case against numerous...
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