People Interactive (I) Pvt. Ltd. v. Gaurav Jerry & ors.
On July 7th, a single-judge Bench of Bombay High Court passed a unique order in a case involving domain name dispute. This case is important for the reason that it is the first time that a Court in...
View ArticleAnil Ambani sends a Defamation Notice to Prashant Bhushan’s Junior and Google
Mr. Anil Ambani acting through Mulla & Mulla and Craige Blunt & Caroe served a notice for defamation to Mr. Prashant Bhushan’s junior Pranav Sachdeva for a blog post that the latter had...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (20th-27th July, 2014)
The SpicyIP Story of the Week is Thomas’ post on the defamation notice sent by Anil Ambani against Advocate Prashant Bhushan’s junior. The lawyer had written a blog post that carried a complaint filed...
View ArticleRestricting Substantial Alterations to Trademark Applications at...
On 8th June 2012, the Trademarks Registry had issued certain Office orders pertaining to Pre-Registration Amendment of Trademark Application. The said order read, “No request for amendment shall be...
View ArticleSpicyIP Event: Nominations Declared For IP Awards – Premier IPR Conclave...
We’d like to remind our readers of the upcoming 3rd Annual Legal Era IPR 2014 Conclave and Awards event happening in Mumbai on the 1st and 2nd August. Please see the details as below:
View ArticleSpicyIP Tidbit: Copyright Application to be now filed online
The Copyright Office has recently issued a notification (No. F. 27-25/2014-CO), stating that the online facility for filing of copyright applications has been launched from 17/2/2014. According to the...
View ArticleJudicialising the Executive?
Spadika’s well written post exemplifies a good trend in executive decision making. That even in matters hitherto considered to be within the administrative/executive realm, our patent and trademark...
View ArticleAmending Trademarks: A Critique by Chander M Lall
The recent order of the General (CG), Chaitanya Prasad disallowing substantial amendments in trademark applications has created quite the stir! Spadika first blogged on this here, outlining the key...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (28th July to 2nd August)
Our first post of the week was the SpicyIP highlight of the week, with Spadika reporting on the order of the CGPDTM dismissing an application by the IPAA challenging an earlier office order disallowing...
View ArticleDelhi High Court’s John Doe Order in Favour of Star News: Need for a...
The Delhi High Court, on 28th July 2014, passed an Ex Parte Ad Interim Order in favour of Star India Ltd wherein over a hundred websites were not only ordered to refrain from broadcasting the...
View ArticleGhost Post: Controllers stuck between a grant and a hard time?
A few of our recent posts have focused on the executive power of the Patent and Trademark Office (IPTO). Spadika’s post on the order triggering this debate — (Intellectual Property Attorneys...
View ArticleFormula One racing and IP protection
Some time back, one of our readers had asked us to provide some information on Formula One (F1) racing and patents. This post provides a background on the elements of a F1 car, and patenting in the F1...
View ArticleDelhi High court refuses to allow pharma industry’s plea seeking stay on NPPA...
As readers would recall, earlier this month National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority had capped the prices of 108 anti-diabetic and cardiovascular formulations, sending the pharma industry into a...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court on S.35 of the TM Act
The Supreme Court recently had the opportunity to adjudicate upon a case related to S.35 of the Trademarks Act. The case was between two separate firms consisting of members from the same family,...
View ArticleSec. 144 & Patent Rules challenged, Delhi High Court asks Centre to reply
The Delhi High Court yesterday issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation filed by our very own Prof. Shamnad Basheer, on the denial of requests for information under the Right to Information Act...
View ArticleGuest Post: Pran Kumar Sharma passes away
Pran Kumar Sharma, the creator of the beloved Chacha Chaudhary Comics, passed away early on Wednesday morning at a hospital in Gurgaon. He was 75. The news of the demise of the creator of India’s very...
View ArticleSpicyIP Tidbit: Monkeying around with the Public Domain & Copyright
IP enthusiasts across the world are having an absolute field day with the recent Wikipedia monkey copyright controversy! For those not in the know yet, even as some humans are having trouble taking...
View ArticleTrade Marks Rules Amended 2014
On August 1, 2014, the government amended certain provisions of the Trade Marks Rules 2002 (here). The rules will come into force on publication in the Official Gazette [*see below]. Through the...
View ArticlePetition seeking stay on the appointment of Vice-Chairperson of the IPAB filed
In continuation of Shamnad’s earlier petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), he has now filed a miscellaneous petition seeking a stay on...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (3rd August to 9th August, 2014)
[Original post edited for better structural flow] SpicyIP Highlight of the Week- a Double Writ Whammy by Shamnad! The SpicyIP Highlight(s) of the week go to both the RTI petition and the writ petition...
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