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TAMU: Post-grad and meet & greet opportunities
We have some exciting news for readers who may be interested in higher education opportunities. The Center for Law and Intellectual Property at Texas A&M University School of Law, ranked amongst...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (24th – 30th April, 2016)
SpicyIP Highlight of the Week Our SpicyIP Highlight was definitely Prateek Surisetti’s two-part post submission for the 2016-17 Fellowship. In the first part, he chronicles the issues associated with...
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Delhi HC Imposes Strict Conditions on the Sale of Biomedicines: Part 1/2
In an order that is likely to have wide-ranging ramifications on the biomedicine industry, the Delhi High Court on Monday (25th April) imposed some conditions on the sale of the biosimilar version of...
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Ericsson vs CCI- The Future of Indian SEP Disputes?-I
In this post, Swati Muthukumar, our Spicy IP Fellowship applicant discusses the recent judgment of the Delhi High Court in Telefonaktiebolaget lm Ericsson v Competition Commission of India W.P.(C)...
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Ericsson vs CCI- The Future of Indian SEP Disputes?-II
In this post, Swati continues her analysis of the recent decision of the Delhi High Court in Telefonaktiebolaget lm Ericsson v Competition Commission of India W.P.(C) 464/2014 & CM Nos.911/2014...
View ArticleWho am I: Pondering the (Existential) Puzzle of the Patent Office
Who am I? A question that has puzzled philosophers for centuries. A question that will continue to intrigue us till the end of time. A question that is beginning to haunt our very own patent office....
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (2-8 May 2016)
Highlight of the Week This week’s highlight was Swati Muthukumar’s two-part post on the Delhi High Court’s judgement in Ericsson v. Competition Commission of India. Apart from her exhaustive summary of...
View ArticleDelhi HC Imposes Strict Conditions on the Sale of Biomedicines: Part 2/2
In part 1 of my analysis, I offered a brief summary of the Delhi High Court’s judgment imposing strict conditions on the sale of the biosimilar version of Roche’s breast cancer drug, Trastuzumab, by...
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The Dead Wear Gucci
If you think material possessions are transitory, you maybe wrong, you can now own your favorite designer products in this world and the next. This interesting news article on Gucci has been doing the...
View ArticleBreaking News: Gilead Wins First Round, as Sovaldi Patent Oppositions Dismissed!
After a long and tortuous set of proceedings involving the Indian patent office and the Delhi high court, the final decision in the Sovaldi opposition case just issued. The Deputy Controller handed...
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Consilience 2016: A Conference on Open Access and IP – Mark your calendars!
SpicyIP takes great pleasure in announcing a celebration of its ten years of making IP spicy with Consilience 2016: A Conference on Open Access and IP! The event will be jointly hosted this year by...
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Royalties in the Digital Music Industry: The Metadata Predicament
Before the digital revolution transformed the way people accessed music, and music lovers still thronged CD stores to buy their favourite artist albums, unlicensed users of copyrighted music probably...
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Breaking News: IPO Official forced out for rejecting Sovaldi patent...
Gilead Sciences has been engulfed with controversy ever since it filed for a patent in India for its notoriously expensive blockbuster drug Sofosbuvir (Sovaldi) for Hepatitis C. Now, in a shocking...
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Interplay between S. 29(4) and 29(5) of the TM Act : Smile at the Perils Past?
We have for our readers an insightful post by Jasneet Kaur on the interplay between Section 29(4) and Section 29(5) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 in light of the diverenging views taken in the cases of...
View ArticleConsilience 2016 – Updated Schedule!
Due to an error on our part, an out-dated version of the Schedule was uploaded on to the Consilience 2016 website. The Schedule has now been updated on the website, and has also been uploaded onto the...
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Texas AMU – Meet and Greet in Bangalore!
Recently, we announced to our readers an exciting series of initiatives being launched by the Texas A&M University School of Law (TAMU). Ranked amongst the top 14 IP Law programmes in the US,...
View ArticleIndia’s National IPR Policy approved
India’s National IPR Policy was approved by the Union Cabinet yesterday. Readers can view the final policy here (PDF). I’m yet to go through it, so am reserving comments for now. Our previous posts on...
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From ‘informal’ to ‘in demand’: Commercialising grassroots innovation?
India is teaming with innovation and new advancements many that typically fall within the realm of the lesser explored and lesser acknowledged – the ‘informal’. Recently, Swapnanil Talukdar, a 19 year...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (8-14 March)
Our Highlight of the Week is Prof. Shamnad’s post breaking the news that a final decision in the Sovaldi opposition case had been released, after long and arduous proceedings, with his comments on the...
View ArticleGrant of Patent to Gilead for Sovaldi Challenged in Delhi High Court
As our readers would recall, we had analyzed the Indian Patent Office’s decision to dismiss the multiple pre-grant opposition claims and consequently approve Gilead’s application for the grant of a...
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