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[Sponsored] NLU Delhi Invites Applications for the Position of Academic...
We are pleased to inform you that the National Law University, Delhi is inviting applications for the position of Academic Fellow for their Joint Masters/LL.M in Intellectual Property Law &...
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Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies...
We’re pleased to announce that National Law University, Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies (JIPS) is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication for its upcoming issue...
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Assessing the Free Speech v. Disparagement Debate in the DHC’s “Complan” Case...
Recently, Delhi High Court granted an interim injunction to Zydus against social media influencer Prashant Desai’s allegedly disparaging post on nutritional health drinks. SpicyIP Intern Manya Gupta...
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Experts and Calcutta High Court IPRD Rules, 2024; A Critique and Discussion
Image from here.Nation’s Third, A New IPD at Calcutta High Court!Later but not late. In the gazette notification dated 20th September 2024 the Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules of the High...
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: A Clever Narrative for Cybersquatting
Discussing the recent JioHotstar domain name controversy, Akshay Ajayakumar analyzes the relevant cybersquatting concerns in this guest post. Akshay is a graduate of National Law University, Jodhpur,...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 21-October 27)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the JioHotstar domain name dispute and DHC’s order on the Complan disparagement dispute. This and a lot more in...
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Subjecting Free Speech to “Hero Worship”? Delhi High Court Passes Overbroad...
Poster for Vishnu Manchu starer action film “Rowdy”. Image from here. [This post is co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Yukta Chordia. Yukta is a 4th year BA LLB (Hons.) student at Maharashtra National Law...
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Embio Ltd. v. Malladi Drugs: Madras High Court Clarifies the Extent of Burden...
Breaking down the MHC’s recent decision in Embio Ltd. v. Malladi Drugs, SpicyIP Intern Bhuwan Sarine analyses the Court’s finding on the burden of proof in patent matters concerning revocation...
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Injunction or No Injunction: DHC Goes Back on its Rejection of Injunction in...
[A big thanks to Praharsh for his inputs on the post.] In early July, I wrote (here) about the grant of an interim injunction to Roche by a single-judge bench (SB) of the Delhi High Court (DHC),...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 28-November 3)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on Delhi High Court’s orders in the Pertuzumab patent dispute, order concerning personality rights of the Telugu...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: Delhi High Court Directs to Auction “Fortis” Trademark in the...
Fortis logo. Image from hereIn a fresh twist to the Daiichi-Ranbaxy saga, the Delhi High Court on October 29 directed (pdf) to auction the “Fortis” trademark to recover a part of the INR 4900 crore...
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Taming the ‘LAION’: Lessons for Harmonising AI and Copyright Law
Discussing the Hamburg Regional Court’s landmark decision in Robert Kneschke v LAION e.V., on text data mining and its interpretation as an exception to allegations of copyright infringement, SpicyIP...
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Delhi High Court Clarifies that the Obligation to Serve Counter Statement...
Trademark lawyers in India can breathe a sigh of relief after an important clarification by the Delhi High Court regarding the duty to serve counter statements under the Trademarks Act. Recently, the...
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Curing the Rare: Government Issues Tender to Acquire 17 Patented Rare Disease...
[A big thanks to Swaraj for his inputs in this piece and to Aditi Bansal for her help in curating the database below.]A Sweet Pill to Swallow?On August 9, 2024, the Ministry of Finance (MoF),...
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Part I: The Right to Publicity: 31 Years Since Madow’s Scathing Verdict,...
[This three part post is authored by Akshat Agrawal. Akshat is a practicing litigator working at Saikrishna and Associates. He did his LLM from Berkeley Law in 2023 specialising in IP and Tech law. His...
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Part II: The Right to Publicity: 31 Years Since Madow’s Scathing Verdict,...
Continuing to debunk the myth around the need for a higher degree of protection to celebrities, Akshat Agrawal in Part II of his post discusses some more repudiations justifying the use of celebrities’...
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Part III: The Right to Publicity: 31 Years Since Madow’s Scathing Verdict,...
In the third part of his three part post on personality rights, Akshat discusses the real implications of granting broad personality rights to celebrities. Part I and II of this post can be accessed...
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Logical Fallacy in Patent Law: Analysing Abolkheir’s Challenge to the...
In his recent work published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice, Dr. Mo Abolkheir argues that the prevailing interpretation of ‘inventive steps’ places emphasis on the inventor’s...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 4-November 10)
Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the repudiations against personality rights, Govt. recent circular on procurement of drugs, non-obviousness test...
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Don’t Offend My Oats: Generic Disparagement, Market Leadership, and Marico...
Image from hereTrademark law has an interesting concept—generic disparagement that goes a bit further than general disparagement. In this post, I discuss one such case from the Delhi High Court: Marico...
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