SC upholds Concurrent Use of ‘Kohinoor’ rice by Rival Proprietor in the State...
Satnam Overseas v. Sant Ram and Co & Ors. [Civil Appeal No. 10528 Of 2013] The dispute was regarding the territorial use of the trademark ‘Kohinoor’ on rice. The SC dismissed the appeal by Satnam...
View ArticleThe Sholay saga continues- this time on 3D production
The Bombay High Court on the 1st of April, 2013 refused to grant a stay on the 3-D production of Sholay. (Shouvik’s post on this can be found here.) An appeal to this order was filed by Ramesh Sippy...
View ArticleJurisdiction in a composite suit: A case study
Introduction I intend to examine the law on ‘jurisdiction’ in a composite suit involving Copyright Act, 1957 (“1957 Act”) and the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 (“1958 Act”). The contours of the...
View ArticleSearching for FRAND in FRAND valuations – Part 2 / 3
Continuing from my previous post, this post analyses the Innovatio IP Ventures decision. In the Innovatio case, Judge Holderman modifies some of the concepts in Judge Robart’s decision in Motorola....
View ArticleMinistry of Health announces AYUSH Open-Access Research Portal for Medicinal...
Today we draw the attention of our readers to a press release issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as recently as on December 10, 2013, regarding documentation of certain medicinal herbs...
View ArticleGuest Post: Keep Calm and Share – Copyright not being infringed
Continuing her theme of examining interesting new copyright issues, Devika Agarwal brings us a post on the copyrightability of internet memes. Her earlier posts have been on the Copyrightability of...
View ArticleDelhi HC rules on pleadings in patent lawsuits & App-stores in copyright...
In two interesting judgments, in two different cases, Justice Murlidhar of the Delhi High Court has ruled on the scope of pleadings in patent infringement lawsuits and the liability of Indian...
View ArticleMarrakesh “Blind” Treaty Okayed for Signature and Ratification
SpicyIP is given to believe that the Indian cabinet recently cleared the historical Marrakesh treaty (an international instrument that carves out a copyright exception for the disabled) for both...
View ArticleAn “Advocacy” Saga and the Inspiring Legacy of Rahul Cherian
For those interested in policy advocacy, the NUJS Law Review has an elaborate paper outlining the tireless advocacy efforts (spanning more than 10 full years) of a bunch of dedicated campaigners who...
View ArticleGlobal Patent Filings hit 1 Million mark in 2012: China Leads the Pack
The World Intellectual Property Organization released its 2013 edition of the World Intellectual Property Indicators recently. The Report highlights a couple of firsts occurring in the global IP...
View ArticleCall for Papers: IJIPL 2013-2014
The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law is now accepting submissions for its 2013-14 edition. Submission guidelines are available for download here. Details as below: Call for Papers Vol.VI,...
View ArticleMultinational drug-major Bristol-Myers Squibb signed Licence Agreement with...
Multinational drug-major Bristol-Myers Squibb (“BMS”) entered into a Licence Agreement dated 11 December 2013 (“Agreement”) with the United Nations-backed Medicines Patent Pool (“MPP”) for the AIDS...
View ArticleGuest Post: Takedown and Growing Spoof Industry in India
Aradhya Sethia, a 2nd year student from NLSIU, Bangalore, brings us an interesting post on the place of parodies in our legal regime. Incidentally, though I had seen mention of AIB’s “Humble Plea to...
View ArticleGuest Post: To Parody or Not to Parody
Continuing on, thematically, from the previous post, this guest post looks into the question of whether spoofs fall under the fair use exception or not. This is Spadika Jayaraj’s 2nd submission to the...
View ArticleGuest Post: What’s in a name?
Devika brings us her fourth entry into our SpicyIP Fellowship with this analysis of the IP issues involved in a new legal tangle that’s arisen in Bollywood. You can view Devika’s previous posts here....
View ArticleCopyright, Courts and Christmas
“Dashing to the court In a mighty fancy sleigh O’er the case we gloat Laughing all the way A bunch of copyright crooks Been rippin’ off our books What fun it is to sue this chain In a copyright case...
View ArticleGuest Post: Amul girl and her Filmi Avatars
Devika continues to churn out more posts looking into areas that we’ve not often covered on this blog! This is her 5th entry to our Fellowship and is yet another very interesting read. You can view her...
View ArticleChennai patent office revokes Pfizer’s patent on Detrol LA
In an interesting development the Chennai Patent Office recently revoked Pfizer’s patent on Detrol LA in response to a post grant opposition initiated by Ranbaxy. Detrol LA (extended release capsules...
View ArticleOne in! More to come?
While our Fellowship window will continue to be open till January 15th, 2014, we are very happy to announce that one applicant has already met our required criteria! Devika Agarwal, a 4th year student...
View ArticleZTE gets a breather from Delhi High Court : Removal of ex-parte interim...
Many readers would already be aware of the ongoing lawsuit going on between the Chinese telecom equipment and mobile phone manufacturer ZTE Corporation and Vringo Inc., a company engaged in the...
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