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[SpicyIP Tidbit] Travelkhana lands in pickle ; sued for copyright and...
It appears that the IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation) has served a legal notice on Travelkhana – a popular train e-caterer – alleging copyright and trademark infringement by...
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Cipla’s Erlocip infringes Roche’s patent, finds DHC
Image from here. Roche just scored its first big win in its long standing battle against Cipla with the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court (DB) holding that Cipla’s cancer drug ‘Erlocip’ infringes...
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3(d) a patent eligibility provision: DHC in Roche v. Cipla
In Part I I’ve discussed the decision of the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court (DB) in the Roche v. Cipla patent infringement suit on the tests for obviousness and infringement of a patent. As...
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Copyright issues in Roche v. Cipla?
It turns out that aside from the myriad patent law issues involved in last week’s Roche v Cipla decision (see Rupali’s posts here: Part 1, Part 2), there may be some copyright considerations as well!...
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SpicyIP Announcement: INTA’s 2016 Ladas Memorial Award Competition
Image from here SpicyIP is glad to announce that the International Trademark Association’s 2016 Ladas Memorial Award Competition is now open to students, professors and practitioners. Sponsored by the...
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Breaking News: Corrective (Anti) Copying Action in Roche vs Cipla
A rather remarkable development in the Indian legal space! In the first ever pharmaceutical patent trial case in India (Roche vs Cipla), judges accept the charge of plagiarism (they had copied parts of...
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SpicyIP Tidbit : Dr. Y.P.C. Dangey appointed Inquiry Officer in IPRS...
Although this comes in just a tad bit late, we have an important update for our readers post the Supreme Court’s dismissal of the Special Leave Petition filed by the infamous Indian Performing Right...
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GCIP2015: Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Susan K. Sell
This post by Job Michael Mathew first appeared on the Global Congress 2015 Blog. After Mr. Zakir Thomas and Dr. Michael Geist, our third discussion is with Prof. Susan K. Sell[1]. Profile: Susan Sell...
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GCIP2015: Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Michael Geist
This post by Job Michael Mathew first appeared on the Global Congress 2015 Blog. Continuing the lead-up to the GCIP, the following discussion is with Dr. Michael Geist[1] Profile: Dr. Michael Geist is...
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GCIP2015: Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Zakir Thomas
This post by Job Michael Mathew first appeared on the Global Congress 2015 Blog. With only a few more days to go for the 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015...
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Supreme Court says NO: Trademark registration for names of holy books
In the present case (Civil Appeal No. 2138 of 2006, Supreme Court), the appellant had applied for registration of the mark “Ramayan” with the device of a crown in relation to incense sticks and...
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Let the judges judge!
As we had reported a while back, the recent Roche v. Cipla judgement from the Delhi High Court seems to have been plagiarised in part from an academic article. The Division Bench that authored this...
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GCIP2015: Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Shamnad Basheer
This post by Job Michael Mathew first appeared on the Global Congress 2015 Blog. The next discussion in our pre-GCIP discussion series is with Prof. Shamnad Basheer.[1] Profile: Shamnad Basheer is the...
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Transfer of IPR cases stayed by the Delhi High Court
Two writ petitions (filed by Vifor International Limited and Asian Patent Association (Indian Group) have been filed against the Registrar General of the Delhi High Court’s order dated 24.11.2015 with...
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VPATAPP, an app for patent practitioners
Earlier this year, a team of four Indian IP enthusiasts led by Vijaykumar Shivpuje, launched the first version of an interesting Android application titled ‘VPATAPP’. VPATAPP is a free resource which...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (30th November – 12th December)
SpicyIP Highlight of the Week(s)! Our SpicyIP Highlight was definitely Shamnad sir’s article where he applauded Justice Nadrajog and Justice Gupta of the Delhi High Court for having issued a suo moto...
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Guest Post: Inherent Conflict of the Draft TM Rules with Parent Act
We are happy to bring you a guest post from Jasneet Kaur. Jasneet is an independent legal practitioner with extensive experience in trade mark law, having worked with the IPR divisions of two leading...
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GCIP2015: Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Jayashree Watal
This post by Job Michael Mathew first appeared on the Global Congress 2015 Blog. The fifth discussion in our pre-GCIP discussion series is with Jayashree Watal.[1] Profile: Jayashree Watal has been...
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GCIP2015: Notes from the Inaugural Session
The 2015 Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest kicked off with its inaugural plenary session, on 14th December, 2015. With over 400 registered participants, ranging from established academics...
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GCIP Day 1 Session 2: Perspectives from Developing Countries
This post is part of SpicyIP’s coverage of the Fourth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. The second session of Day 1 featured some extremely fascinating insights from...
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