Award of Punitive Damages by the Delhi High Court: No Method to the Madness
In the realm of trademark law, Indian courts, especially the Delhi High Court, have failed to articulate a set of coherent, uniform, intellectually defensible and legally tenable parameters for...
View ArticleThe Clash of the Titans: Bajaj v TVS once again!
The motorcycle mega houses, Bajaj and TVS are at loggerheads yet again. The two companies are currently fighting it out over patents as well as disparaging advertisements. This post shall explore the...
View ArticleBombay HC’s Latest Ruling on John Doe Creates a Jurisprudence of Doubt
As our readers would recall, we had covered the issuance of two John Doe Orders by Justice Patel of the Bombay High Court that were circumscribed by robust safeguards a couple of weeks ago. Justice...
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Justice Patel lambasts Microsoft for suppression and false suggestions in...
In an order passed recently on July 15, 2016; Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Court has lambasted Microsoft Corporation for misleading the court into granting an Anton Piller order on the basis...
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The Big Mc-Mac Wars- I: EU General Court Brews the Perfect Coffee for McDonald’s
(This post has been co-authored by Pankhuri Agarwal. She has recently completed her LL.M. in IP law from the National University of Singapore) Background In a ruling that potentially provides...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review: July 11th to 17th
We have two amazing posts making this week’s highlights: the first by our guest Harshavardhan Ganesan and the other by Balaji Subramanian. For the first highlight, Harsha brought us his insightful take...
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The Intricacies of an Innocent Curve
The Bombay High Court in Reliance Industries Ltd v Concord Enviro Systems Private Limited recently dismissed a trademark infringement suit filed by Reliance against Concord Enviro Systems. Read on for...
View ArticleRoche & Biocon sue each other for contempt in Herceptin biosimilar case while...
The ongoing biosimilar litigation between Roche and Indian generic companies is becoming more contentious with every passing day. ET’s Prabha Raghavan reported on July 15 that both Roche and Biocon are...
View ArticleUpdate on Microsoft’s run in with Bombay HC: Microsoft to enter into consent...
Earlier this week, Prashant had reported about Microsoft getting pulled up by Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Court for misleading him into granting in an Anton Piller order. Readers may recall...
View ArticleMischief Managed(?): Bombay High Court upholds Plaintiff’s privilege to sue...
The Bombay High Court has decided in a recent judgment that the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on jurisdiction in IPRS v. Sanjay Dalia cannot be read in such a way as to curtail the plaintiff’s...
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UGC Requests Varsities to Provide IPR as an Elective Course
This piece is to bring to your attention a notice published by the UGC, requesting universities and affiliated colleges to provide Intellectual Property Rights as a part of their elective system....
View ArticleTidbit: Patent agent exam will happen before December 2016
Our patent office in a recent posting on its home page, informed users that the patent agent examination is likely to be held before December 2016 and detailed information would be published on the...
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Breaking News: John Doe Denied For Dishoom!
In a significant development for both IP law and Bollywood, the movie Dishoom (starring John Abraham, Varun Dhawan and Jacqueline Fernandez) was denied a John Doe order by the Bombay high Court...
View ArticleTidbit: IPO revises patent application / RFE numbering scheme
In an office order issued some time back, our patent office streamlined the numbering of patent applications and request for examinations. This numbering system came into effect from 1st January 2016....
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International Patent Drafting Competition to be held by IIPRD
SpicyIP is very happy to announce that the Institute of Intellectual Property Research and Development (IIPRD) is soon to conduct the International Patent Drafting Competition (IPDC) 2016! The IPDC has...
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Plain Packaging and Investor-State Disputes: Part II
Picking up from my previous post, where I had examined Uruguay’s victory over Philip Morris in light of other successful plain packaging regulations; I now delve into the merits of the Philip...
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The Olympics Blackout Period, Use of Athlete Attributes and IPRs- Part I
It’s less than a fortnight to the Rio Olympic Games. This calls for a special post on IP and the Olympics. Did you know that rules surrounding the Olympic Games could, in the coming days, result in the...
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The Olympics Blackout Period, Use of Athlete Attributes and IPRs- Part II
In the second part of this post, I discuss the intent behind the controversial Rule 40 and the reasons for its amendment prior to the Rio Games. I also discuss how Under Armour is one of the first few...
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Narrow John Doe For Dishoom: New Balance?
Three days ago, we brought you breaking news of the fact that Justice Patel denied Eros’ request for a John Doe order for the movie “Dishoom”. Eros took their shot again today (with a fresh request)...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review: July 18th-24th
We have two topical highlights for this week: the first by Prashant and the second by Prof. Basheer. In his post, Prashant reported the Bombay High court’s reaction to Microsoft’s plea for an Anton...
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