Guest Post: ICANN and a Changing Internet
Kartik Chawla, a 3rd year student from Nalsar and frequent guest blogger, brings us a clear, in-depth explanation of some of the changes that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers...
View ArticleDefamation on social media: Delhi High Court adopts the ‘Single Publication...
Along with recent calls to decriminalize defamation (here) and to strengthen laws to deal with SLAPP suits, the Delhi High Court (Khawar Butt vs Asif Nazir Mir, Nov, 2013, Justice Vipin Sanghi)...
View ArticleA quick note of appreciation
As many of you may know, our SpicyIP team consists of a small group of people (currently 7 students, 2 lawyers and 3 academics/policy folks) who take time out of our usual day-to-day activities to...
View ArticleSpicyIP Tidbit: 50th ICANN Meeting- Discussions on gTLDs and Net Governance,...
The 50th ICANN Meeting was held from 22nd-26th June, 2014. The website of DiPLO Foundation has carried an informative piece outlining what happened at this High Level Government Meeting. The following...
View ArticleIndian cinema inspiring Hollywood?
Recently, IBNLive carried an interesting article on certain Hollywood movies that were potentially copies of Indian films. The article has gathered several critical comments from readers. Though I...
View ArticleProtection over common expressions
Recently, the Bombay High Court came out with a brief and well-reasoned judgment on the issue of IPR protection for common expressions. The subject matter in dispute, in this case of Techlegal...
View ArticleMerck – Glenmark to mediate in Januvia (Sitagliptin) patent infringement case
As reported by the TOI, in an interesting turn of events Merck has sought a settlement with Glenmark in the Januvia (Sitagliptin) patent dispute. Earlier this month, Merck applied in court to refer the...
View ArticleOpen Access: Students help revive and digitize rare books for Malayalam Wiki...
The New Indian Express reports that in a terrific effort, more than 1000 school students and 234 members of the public across the state of Kerala digitized, proof-read and uploaded more than 150 rare...
View ArticleSpicyIP Tidbit: Bombay HC dismisses challenge to Nexavar Compulsory License
Earlier today, Justice M.S. Sanklecha of the Bombay High Court dismissed a challenge by Bayer AG to the IPAB’s decision to grant Natco a compulsory license to manufacture and distribute a generic...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (7th-13th July, 2014)
SpicyIP Highlight of the Week! The SpicyIP Highlight of the Week was Thomas’ analysis of the Delhi High Court order calling for the blocking of 219 websites which were found to be infringing the...
View ArticleGuest Post: IP Services going Global
We’re pleased to bring our readers an extremely interesting guest post by Manoj Pillai that brings a very important perspective that’s been missing from our blog – the direction in which the patent...
View Article[SpicyIP Tidbit] Nagoya Protocol to enter into force in October
The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing is all set to enter into force from October 12, 2014 pursuant to its ratification by 51 countries (ratification by 50 countries being the threshold...
View ArticleSpicyIP Event: Nominations Declared For IP Awards – Premier IPR Conclave...
We’re happy to bring you news of the 3rd Annual Legal Era IPR Conclave & Awards on “IPR: Global Innovation and Growth”! “With an aim to strike a balance between global and economic growth and...
View ArticleInterim injunction application against release of “DHOOM 3” via satellite...
The Bombay High Court, in its recent judgment in Mansoob Haider v. Yashraj Films Pvt Ltd, refused to grant interim injunction against release of “DHOOM 3” via satellite broadcast. The judgment...
View ArticleGlobal Innovation Index 2014 released: A look at India’s performance
Earlier today, WIPO released the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2014. The GII is perhaps the most nuanced and holistic annual innovation index that currently exists. The GII 2014 covers 143 economies...
View ArticleNPPA caps prices of non-essential medicines:A policy appraisal
In a momentous development the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has capped the prices of 108 anti-diabetic and cardiovascular formulations, which has left the pharma industry fuming! Last year...
View ArticleEvent: Seminar on Theory of Inventive Problem Solving – Bangalore, August 1st
IPMetrix is organizing a seminar on “TRIZ” also known as “Theory of Inventive Problem Solving”. Research & Development heads, Engineering, CTO’S Product Designers, Process Designers & New...
View ArticleSpicyIP Event: Nominations Declared For IP Awards – Premier IPR Conclave...
We’re happy to bring you news of the 3rd Annual Legal Era IPR Conclave & Awards on “IPR: Global Innovation and Growth”! “With an aim to strike a balance between global and economic growth and...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (14th July to 20th July)
The week started with quite an interesting development – Merck and Glenmark were to mediate in the Januvia (Sitagliptin) patent infringement case. Madhulika reported on this, her post covering a brief...
View ArticleSpicyIP named in list of Top 50 IP influences once again!
We are extremely pleased to announce that SpicyIP has been named in ManagingIP’s 2014 list of 50 most influential people in IP worldwide! I reproduce their introduction followed by their portion on...
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