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Book Review: The Law and Practice of Trademark Transactions: A Global & Local...
Over the years this blog has covered several interesting issues pertaining to trademark transactions. Illustratively these include disputes arising out of trademark transactions (the Tiger and Maaza...
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Whatsapp with Privacy and How Not to Deal with Frivolous PILs
A few weeks ago, two millennial babalog filed a public interest litigation (PIL) before the Delhi High Court against Whatsapp’s new privacy policy which informed users that their data would now be...
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Really, industry sponsored IP conferences are no big deal
Image from here There’s an old saying: Blessed is he who manages to provoke a tenured American law professor to write out a full post in response to a mere four sentences. Jokes aside, I’m glad that...
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Singh & Singh Lall & Sethi promotes 7 to Associate Partners and Senior...
We are glad to inform our readers that Singh & Singh Lall & Sethi (SSL&S) announced promotion of 7 of its attorneys this week. Senior Associates Archana Sahadeva, Ashutosh Kumar &...
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European Patent Office Partially Revokes Gilead’s Patent on Sovaldi
In a major victory for public health, the European Patent Office (EPO) has partially revoked Gilead’s patent on Sofosbuvir (branded as Sovaldi), used for the treatment of Hepatitis C. Ruling in an...
View ArticleSpicyIP Fortnightly Review: September 25th – October 8th
SpicyIP Highlight of the Fortnight: Our topical highlight of the fortnight doubtless has to be Prashant’s post, pertaining to the Delhi High Court’s recent verdict directing WhatsApp to delete users’...
View ArticleSpicyIP Policy on Law Firm Coverage
Yesterday, we posted an update about the elevation of certain lawyers as partners etc. within a law firm. The reason we did so was to also begin covering issues within law firms (elevations, promotions...
View ArticleGilead Releases Statement on EPO’s Sovaldi Decision
Continuing our coverage on the recent Sovaldi patent decision by the European Patent Office (EPO), Gilead sent us a statement clarifying certain details. I reproduce it below: “On October 5, 2016, the...
View ArticleUsing International Intellectual Property Law as a Tool to Break Down...
I. Introduction That persons with disabilities, despite constituting the world’s largest minority, have hitherto lacked access to the tools, resources and institutions that can help them thrive on an...
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A Critique of DU Photocopy judgment – I
I co-authored an article in Livelaw wherein the Delhi High Court judgment in DU photocopy case was critiqued. I am re-publishing the article in two parts. As a prelude, I would like to make some...
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A Critique of DU Photocopy judgment – II
The Delhi High Court judgment, unfortunately, doesn’t appreciate the aforesaid jurisprudential nuances. Practically speaking, the Delhi High Court judgment, though technically confined to the...
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UN High Level Panel Releases a Hard Hitting Report on Access to Medicines and...
The UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines (“Panel”) released its final report (“Report”) last month on the issue of promoting innovation and access to health technologies. It...
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SpicyIP Event: IICA Courses on Competition Law
We are happy to announce that the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) is inviting applications for two of its courses on competition law comprising strong IPR modules. About the Courses In a...
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14 months later, the wait continues for the final report of the Commission of...
Image from here As reported earlier on this blog, the Government of India had appointed a Commission of Inquiry on August 14, 2015 to investigate the happenings at the Indian Performing Rights Society...
View ArticleSpicy IP Weekly Review (October 9th- October 15th)
Our topical highlight for this week is Balu’s coverage on the UN High Level Panel’s report on Access to Medicines and Health Technologies. This report is notable for its bold stance on issues such as...
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Govt. Appoints Nuziveedu Chairperson to PVPFR Authority
Prabhakar Rao The ET recently reported that the Ministry of Agriculture has appointed Prabhakar Rao, Chairman of Nuziveedu Seeds to the Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority (“Authority”), a...
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Justice Patel’s Order (GoAir Against Google & Indigo) & the Propriety of...
Judges seem to be conspiring to amplify the extent of misery affiliated with my life. As I slave upon their convoluted novellas, I can almost imagine them leaning back upon their high chairs in some...
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ISRA marks another victory at the Delhi High Court
Image from here In a strikingly similar decision to the one reported by Prashant two months ago (Indian Singers’ Rights Association v Chapter 25 Bar and Restaurant, “ISRA-1”), the Indian Singers’...
View ArticleThe “Stellar” Case (DHC) – Copyright and Confidential Information
M/S Stellar Information Technology Pvt. Ltd. v. Rajesh Kumar and Ors. deals with two areas: 1. Copyrightability of compilations. 2. Extent to which a contract can determine the boundaries of...
View ArticleCSIR Admonishes Laboratories for Promiscuous Patenting; Urges Them to Follow...
In a welcome development, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has asked the 38 laboratories affiliated to it to desist from seeking patent protection for their inventions without...
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