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Subsidies for Academic Publishing and Access to Education in Light of the DU...
Prof. Satish Deshpande, a reputed sociology professor at the Delhi University, recently authored an enlightening piece in The Indian Express on the academic publishing ecosystem, titled ‘Copy-wrongs...
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Barking up the Wrong Tree: Of Copyright, Course Packs and the Poverty of...
In a thought provoking piece in the Indian Express, Prof Krishna Kumar, a former NCERT Chairman argues that the Delhi University (DU) copyright decision encourages students to merely photocopy and...
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Call for Applications for SpicyIP’s New IP Case Law Team
SpicyIP is forming a new IP case law team to provide quick summaries of recent IP cases. Who are we looking for? We are looking for a total of 3-4 law students/lawyers who can prepare quick summaries...
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CopyCamp 2016: International Conference on the Future of Copyright in Europe
We are happy to announce that the 5th edition of the CopyCamp Conference on the future of copyright in Europe will be held at Kinoteka in Warsaw, Poland and also be streamed online (UTC + 01:00) on...
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Does the DU Photocopy judgment place any limits on photocopying?
One of the issues that has arisen out of Justice Endlaw’s judgment in the DU photocopying case is whether it allows for photocopying of entire copyrighted works. Shamnad and Ananth Padmanabhan in two...
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A brief note on Kar HC judgment in M/s. Avighna Coffee Private Limited v....
The Karnataka High Court judgment lays down some significant pointers in trademark law which are helpful for practitioners: firstly, on lifting the corporate veil and secondly, for re-affirming the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 16-22)
The topical highlight for this week is Rahul’s coverage of CSIR Director’s call to its affiliated laboratories to refrain from ad-hoc and unprincipled patenting of their inventions without undertaking...
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Brosnan’s ‘Pan’demonium – The Right of Publicity and a Possible Contractual...
Pan Bahar’s new advertisement featuring Pierce Brosnan was met with much incredulity, leading to his ridicule on social media. Brosnan reacted to the advertisement only about a week after it aired, to...
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The Pure Joy (Anand) of Creativity: The Story of India’s First “John Doe”
2.00 am. 3rd June, 2002. Nizamuddin East, New Delhi. 3 sleepless nights in a row and my body was beginning to give way. No food…no sleep…and the intellectual excitement around IP was beginning to...
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A strange Delhi High Court judgment on DTH broadcasting and copyright law
Image from here In a news report published in the Mint yesterday, Priyanka Mittal and Harveen Ahluwalia reported on a mind-boggling decision of the Delhi High Court in a lawsuit filed by Gulf DTH FC...
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Some Trends in Pharmaceutical Patent Infringement Actions
We are happy to bring to you a guest post by Mr. Sandeep K. Rathod. Sandeep is a lawyer with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical space. The views contained in this post are his personal...
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MCI gives generic prescription a shot in the arm
Commentators have lamented the lack of a mandatory generic prescription regime in India, with some even pointing to a perceived nexus between pharmaceutical manufacturers (“innovator” companies, to be...
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Reminder: Call for Applications for SpicyIP’s New IP Case Law Team
As announced last week, SpicyIP is forming a new IP case law team to provide quick summaries of recent IP cases and is inviting applications from law students and lawyers for the same. The deadline for...
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Industry Funding and Bias (I): Some Personal Reflections in the Aftermath of...
Reddy vs Ragavan Industry funding into academic spaces has always been a bone of deep contention. Little wonder then that we’ve had sharply divergent views on this blog in the recent past. While Prof...
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Three Birds, One Stone: Inphase Power Technologies v. ABB India
In a fascinating case before the Karnataka High Court: Inphase Power Technologies v. ABB India (read the order here), Justice P.S. Dinesh Kumar passed an order confirming the misappropriation of...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 23 -29)
This week’s topical highlight is Balaji’s coverage of an MCI Notification that amended the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002 to effectively make it...
View ArticleIn a Blow to User Rights, YouTube Takes Down Entertainment Channel
In a troubling development, YouTube has taken down SRbrosEntertainment, a channel with over 1,00,000 subscribers, on a mere allegation of copyright infringement. The channel, launched in 2012 by two...
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Dozing DoP Wakes Up: Consults Ministries on Price Regulation of Patented Drugs
DoP was in a deep slumber till now Vasundhara had recently alerted us about the Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurances pulling up the Department of Pharmaceuticals (‘DoP’) for their inaction...
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SpicyIP Events: GIAN Course on IPRs and International Economics Development
We are happy to announce that a GIAN course on Intellectual Property Rights and International Economics Development will be conducted from December 12-16, 2016 at IIT, Indore. The last date to...
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TRIPping on post-eBay injunction jurisprudence in the US
Introduction The right to exclude has historically been among the most fundamental attributes of a patent monopoly around the world. It is for this reason that injunctive relief plays a much greater...
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