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Guest Post: What constitutes a valid proof of right for filing patent...
We are happy to present to you a guest post by Sejal Agarwal and Paazal Arora, students of the ILS Law College, Pune. They take notice of the increasingly common practice in patent filing of not...
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Guest Post: Taxing Transfers of the Right to Use IPs (Part I)
We are happy to bring to you a two-part Guest Post by Ashwini Vaidialingam, a V Year Student at NLSIU, Bangalore who is interested in Taxation and IP Law. She analyses the recent development in the law...
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Guest Post: Taxing Transfers of the Right to use IPs (Part II)
In this two-part series, Ashwini Vaidialingam, a V Year Student at NLSIU, Bangalore analyses the recent development in the law surrounding taxation of right to use intangible goods, its validity and...
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Valganciclovir Patent Revoked!
In a matter that was remanded to the Controller of Patents by the IPAB, the patent granted to Valganciclovir was revoked by the Controller. (For a history of the developments on this matter, you can...
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A Copyright Settlement, Writers’ Victory!
Recently, the Supreme Court passed a landmark ruling in a copyright and breach of confidence case between scriptwriter Jyoti Kapoor and producer/ director Kunal Kohli. The Apex Court ruled in favour of...
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The Trend and Tumour that is a John Doe Order
(Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/otWS1a) In the latest in what seems to have become a trend in Indian courts, Phantom Films have been granted a John Doe order by the Bombay High Court for blocking...
View ArticleCall for Participation: Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the...
The fourth annual Global Congress will be held this December in New Delhi, India from 15th-17th December, 2015 and is calling for participation from: Scholars & researchers Activists & civil...
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Attention Start Ups: Conference on legal and compliance challenges
A quick tidbit regarding an exciting event which will be held later this week. As Uber’s (read here) and Ola’s (read here) tryst with the law has revealed, legal compliance can play a crucial role in...
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The Kuchipudi Copyright Conundrum (Part I)
Image from here. Anupama Mohan, a famous Kuchipudi dancer, has filed a Writ Petition in the Kerala High Court alleging copyright infringement by the state government. Allegedly, the Government has...
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The Kuchipudi Copyright Conundrum (Part II)
Image from here. This two-part post is about a Writ Petition filed by a Kuchipudi dancer in the Kerala High Court, alleging that video recordings of dance performances by the Petitioner’s students at a...
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Old wine and a new bottle: India at SCP/22
The last week witnessed the Twenty Second Session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP/22) convening in Geneva. Over the course of the session, India made a couple of noteworthy...
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Has the Rasgulla GI debate missed the wood for the trees?
(Image Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pahala_Rasagola.jpg; Author: Subhashish Panigrahi) This post, co-authored by Latha R Nair and myself, covers the recent debate about the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (26 July to 8 August)
Our SpicyIP Highlight of the (two) Weeks is Spadika’s fascinating two-part post on the Kuchipudi Copyright Conundrum, discussing a writ petition filed by a Kuchipudi dancer against the State of Kerala,...
View ArticleParticipation at ASSOCHAM event to create conflict of interest : Letter to CCI
The ASSOCHAM organised IP conference on ‘Interface between Intellectual Property & Competition Law’ – Invention, Growth and New Challenges’ held on the 7th of this month became the subject of much...
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Guest Post: Delhi HC: Officer’s Special and Collector’s Choice Deceptively...
We have for our readers a guest post by Ritvik Kulkarni. Ritvik is a third year law student, studying at ILS, Pune. He has written for us previously here. Delhi HC: Officer’s Special and Collector’s...
View ArticleGuest Post: Geographical Indications in India and Beyond
SpicyIP brings our readers a sponsored post by the International Trademark Association, in conversation with Latha Nair of K&S Partners, on Geographical Indications in India. [Long Post]...
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Testing times: 700 drugs (possibly) banned from sale in the EU
Earlier last month, the European Commission adopted a decision directing all member states to suspend national marketing authorizations of about 700 generic drugs tested and approved by Indian lab GVK...
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Guest Post: Symed’s Linezolid patent case – A response
A couple of weeks ago, Rupali carried a piece on the blog titled “‘Glenmark process’ does not violate Symed’s linezolid patent: DHC“. Shortly after, we received an email from Symed stating that the...
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Khurana and Khurana and IIPRD’s Symposium on Strategies for Managing Pharma,...
Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys (K&K) and IIPRD, in association with Sughrue Mion (US), Maiwald (Germany), and Tee & Howe (China) are conducting a Symposium on Strategies for...
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National Patent Drafting Competition to be held by IIPRD
IIPRD, in support of Khurana and Khurana, Sughrue Mion, and other Supporting Partners, is planning to conduct a National Level Patent Drafting Competition (NPDC) with the goal of spreading a strong and...
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