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Udta Punjab: An IP Controversy [Part II]
In Part I (read here), I explored the pre-release torrent leak of Udta Punjab and the orders passed by the Bombay High Court blocking these websites. In this very belated Part II, I shall discuss the...
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The Big Mc-Mac Wars- II: India not Lovin’ McDonald’s as much
(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) In Part I of this post, we had discussed the EU General...
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New Plan Scheme for the ‘Modernization and Strengthening of IPAB’ proposed
As reported by LiveLaw, and published by the Press Information Bureau on the 27th of July 2016, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry proposed a Plan Scheme to ‘Modernize and Strengthen’ the...
View ArticleBombay HC Effectively Transforms John Does from Swords to Shields –...
Last week, Professor Basheer discussed the Bombay High Court’s refusal to grant a John Doe order for the movie Dishoom, which is slated for release on the 29th of July. Noting that Justice Patel’s...
View ArticleUpdate: Respite for Microsoft in its dispute with Girnar
We have a short update on the ongoing dispute in the Bombay High Court between Microsoft and Girnar. For a background of the case so far read Prashant’s post available here and Balu’s update here. As...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 25-30)
The topical highlights of the week were Professor Basheer’s follow up piece on the John Doe order for ‘Dishoom’ and Rahul’s analysis of this order. As Professor Basheer had noted in his previous post,...
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Be careful what you pray for, you might just get it – CTR v Sergi contempt case
The Bombay High Court (Justice G. S. Patel) in CTR Manufacturing Industries Limited (“CTR”) v. Sergi Transformer Explosion Prevention Technologies Private Limited (“Sergi/defendant”), recently...
View ArticleDelhi High Court takes ‘internet blocking’ jurisprudence back to the stone ages
Just as the Bombay High Court was restoring some sense of sanity by streamlining ‘blocking’ orders demanded by copyright owners against online pirates, a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court has...
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SpicyIP Event: 11th Prof. S. P. Sathe National Moot Court Competition, ILS...
ILS Law College, Pune has released the problem for the 11th installment of its Prof. S. P. Sathe National Moot Court Competition (Moot). The Moot is slated to be held between 23rd and 25th September...
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US Copyright law faces constitutional challenge
In a major international development, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit to strike down the provisions on Digital Rights Management(DRM) in the Digital Millennium Copyright...
View ArticleModulus sues Financial Technologies (India) Ltd. for copyright infringement –...
The Mint’s Jayshree P. Upadhyay, recently published a detailed report on how an American company, Modulus Financial Engineering Inc. has sued Financial Technologies (India) Ltd. before the Bombay High...
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Innovation and Regulation of Ayurvedic medicine: CSIR’s BGR-34, nimensulide...
A few years ago, Open magazine published an excellent cover story “Ayurveda: Hoax or Science?” by Priyanka Pulla, one of India’s best science journalists. (She’s written for us on a couple of occasions...
View ArticleTOI Accuses Guerrilla Advertisers of Violating its IP Rights
In an interesting development, the Times of India (“TOI”) recently issued a warning to guerrilla advertisers, who use the TOI’s newspapers for engaging in illegal insert advertising, about the...
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“Mohenjo Daro” Plagiarism Claim Sealed
On 28th July 2016, Mr. Akashaditya Lama filed an infringement claim in the Bombay High Court and asked for an injunction preventing the release of Ashutosh Gowariker’s 150 crore movie starring...
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Recognizing (patent) flaws and dealing with them
Much ink has been spilt on the issue of Indian patent laws and how good (or bad!) they are (depending on which side of the you are) on this blog. This post deals with a different issue of patent...
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Do online advertising platforms qualify for ‘intermediary liability’ protection?
A couple of weeks ago, The Wire, published an article by Apar Gupta titled ‘The Supreme Court’s Slow March Towards Eroding Online Intermediary Liability’. In his very well-written piece Apar, a...
View ArticleCountering the Menace of Counterfeits
In a development that brings to light some rather interesting issues, the Indian Government has accused Chinese companies of counterfeiting goods legitimately manufactured in India. Noting that large...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 31-August 6)
This week, our topical highlight is Prashant’s excellent post in our series on John Doe orders. He notes that in stark contrast to the Bombay High Court’s streamlining of internet blocking orders, a...
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Is Prasar Bharati having the cake and eating it too: Star Sports v. Prasar...
(This post has been co-authored with Prashant Reddy) The Supreme Court ruled that broadcasters broadcasting sporting events of national importance must provide ‘clean’ feeds to Prasar Bharati. The...
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My views on Session on ‘Open Standards’ in SpicyIP Consilience, 2016
In the recently concluded SpicyIP Consilience 2016 Conference at NLS, we had an interesting session on Open Standards, FRAND and Royalty-Free models (pertaining to licensing of Standard Essential...
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