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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 6-12)
The topical highlight of the week was Prashant’s piece on the impact of Donald Trump’s ascendancy to power, on Indian IP law and policy. Prashant starts off by pointing out the grand declarations made...
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Analysis of controller’s decisions – April 2016
I am bringing a number crunching post after a long time – and is based on the 400+ decisions issued by Controller’s office in all four patent offices. April 2016 was a busy month! The rate of grant,...
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Cohen and Copyright: Lessons in Letting Go
(Image from here: Verse from Cohen’s “Anthem”) “And like that..poof…he [it] was gone!” These legendary lines describing the enigmatic Keyser Söze, (from a stunning suspense of a Hollywood thriller...
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Latest ‘Access to Medicine Index’ Released
The latest ‘Access to Medicine Index’, a biennial study that ranks the top 20 innovator companies on 7 parameters related to access, has been released for 2016 (for our coverage of the 2008 and 2014...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Adjudicate Upon the Full Import of the Immunity Enjoyed by...
While few would disagree with the broad proposition that granting immunity to Internet intermediaries from legal liability for the content posted on their platforms is critical for the maintenance of...
View ArticleSpicyIP Jobs: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for Int’l Dev. & IP Project
We are happy to announce that applications are now being accepted for a 9-month post-doctoral research position within a new AHRC-funded project on intellectual property, narrowly and broadly...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 13-19)
This week’s topical highlight was Prof. Shamnad’s insightful tribute to celebrated singer Leonard Cohen. Prof. Shamnad writes a heartwarming piece on Cohen’s life as a musician and examines his tryst...
View ArticleBombay and Uttarakhand High Courts Clarify Points on Benefit Sharing under...
Two recent orders from the High Courts of Bombay and Uttarakhand raise jurisdictional and substantive points relating to the benefit sharing mechanism provided for under the Biological Diversity Act,...
View ArticlePatent Office Rejects Patent Application for Prostate Cancer Drug Xtandi
Regular readers of this Blog will recall that, in his guest post on the topic of exorbitant drug pricing, Zakir Thomas had alluded to Xtandi (enzalutamide), a wonder drug developed at the University...
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SpicyIP Jobs: Max Planck Society India Office Manager in New Delhi
We are happy to announce that the Max Planck Society of Germany is looking for a New Delhi based Office Manager. The deadline for sending applications is November 30, 2016. About Max Planck Society The...
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Release of Justice Prabha Sridevan’s Book, ‘Of Vineyard Equality’
We are extremely pleased to bring to the notice of our readers that the book, ‘Of Vineyard Equality’, by Justice Prabha Sridevan was launched on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at the Inter University Centre...
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The Times of India gives a spin to a recent SC order on copyrightability of...
Earlier this week, the Times of India published a news report, by its legal correspondent Dhananjay Mahapatra regarding an appeal by Reeds Elseiver that was dismissed by the Supreme Court on November...
View ArticleSpicyIP Weekly Review (November 20-26)
This week’s topical highlight doubtless has to be Prashant’s analysis of the Supreme Court’s recent order on the copyrightability of edited judgments. Prashant commences his analysis by alluding to an...
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Killing Me Softly: Of Data Exclusivity and Deadly Drugs!
In a recent post, Prashant took issue with the IPA’s contention that the Indian governments’ latest move to extend the moratorium for state drug regulatory approvals from 4 years to 10 years results...
View ArticleNSAI Writes to American Ambassador; Calls for Stringent Action Against Monsanto
On this Blog, we have extensively covered the Bt cotton saga involving Monsanto and Indian seed companies [see here, here, here, here and here]. The Indian seed companies have been represented in this...
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Proportion of Women Inventors on the Rise, Say Two New Studies
A brief while ago, I had published a piece on the interface between gender and IP. One of the key take- aways from the post was that the number of women patentees worldwide is extremely low as compared...
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Government contemplates a ban on foreign investment through the licensing...
According to reports, the Union Cabinet is considering a proposal to introduce a complete ban on all foreign investments in the tobacco sector. The Commerce and Industry Ministry has forwarded the...
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SpicyIP Events: National Conference on Intellectual Property Rights in New Delhi
We are happy to announce that PHD Chamber in collaboration with University of Delhi (under the aegis of IPR Chair), is organizing a two day National Conference on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) on...
View Article458 Patent Examiners recruited, 396 begin work!
Here’s some good news to begin the week! Earlier this year to commemorate World IP Day the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (“DIPP“) had announced the appointment of 458 new patent...
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Spicy IP Weekly Review (November 27- December 3)
This week’s thematic highlight is Prof. Basheer’s post on the recent proposal of the government to change the four year limit for State level drug regulatory approvals to 10 years, which some consider...
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