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Global Music Record Industry Plays the Fight Song Loud, as “Stream Ripping”...
We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Simrat Kaur. Simrat is a New Delhi based IP lawyer. She pursued her undergraduate law course from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab and...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 26 – December 2)
The topical highlights for this week, were brought by Prashant and Prateek, respectively – Prashant reported on the recent call for applications made by the DIPP, for certain appointments to the IPAB....
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Novartis succeeds in 37 patent infringement lawsuits related to Vidagliptin –...
Image from here Starting in March, 2014 the Swiss Pharma company Novartis filed multiple qua timet patent infringement lawsuits against a number of generic companies including Biocon, Glenmark,...
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RTIs reveal tardy record keeping practices at the IPO – no records of pending...
Over the last two years we have been subject to a relentless stream of press statements from the DIPP Joint-Secretary Rajiv Agarwal and Controller General O.P. Gupta, about how the backlog at the...
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(SpicyIP Duet) Aten, Hut! The SC Clarifies Law Regarding Rectification...
(This post was co-authored by Harshavardhan Ganesan and myself. Long post ahead.) On 29th November, the Apex Court, by way of an SLP, conclusively settled (or did they? *dramatic music*) an extremely...
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Sovaldi Saga Rages On – Malaysia Issues Government Use License Despite...
Image from here. The World Health Organization records that as of October, 2017, 71 million people were affected by the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), a debilitating virus which attacks the liver. Around 12...
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Determination of Patent Eligible Subject Matter: A Comparison of US and India
Image from: PATSEER This post compares a current US case law relating to patent eligibility of computer implemented methods and compares with an example Indian case decided by a Controller. It is...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 3 – December 10)
The topical highlight for the week comes from Harshavardhan and Sreyoshi, writing about the Supreme Court’s decision in Patel Field Marshal and Anr. v PM Diesels and Ors. The question before the...
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SpicyIP Jobs: Research Fellow (Law) at CIIPC, NLU Delhi; Applications Close...
We’re pleased to announce that the National Law University, Delhi is seeking to engage, on a contractual basis, one full-time Research Fellow (Law) for the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property...
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Part II: The “ Sexy Barbie/Baby Girl” Controversy #Mattel #TM Dilution...
Since we have already discussed the issues concerning Mattel’s “in camera hearing” application, we will now be dealing with a more substantive issue i.e. the claim of TM Dilution. But first, the facts....
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Madras HC: Producer’s Right to ‘Communicate to the Public’ Includes the Right...
The Madras High Court, in Thiagarajan Kumararaja v. M/s Capital Film Works and Anr. recently held that the producer of a film has the right to dub that film in any other language, subject to any...
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SpicyIP Events: The Prof. T.N. Daruwalla 4th Memorial Lecture, Mumbai
Prof. T.N. Daruwalla We are pleased to announce that the Intellectual Property Law Practitioners Association (IPLPA) along with The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property...
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Breaking News: Passing off by Prius…Reputation Must be Proved, Rules Indian...
In a path-breaking development for Indian trademark law, the Supreme Court reiterated yesterday that IP rights are “territorial” and not “global”. The court was deciding a matter involving “Prius”,...
View ArticlePart I: Seizure of Medicines In Transit #Broad Issues At Play
I write to bring to your notice a World Health Organization (WHO) “Discussion Document” (non-binding) that proposed “possible justifications for an intervention on the ground of public health” with...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 10-16)
Bringing in this week’s thematic highlight, Prateek discussed a recent WHO Discussion Document with respect to seizures of medicines in-transit. The document has reportedly proposed “possible...
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Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies...
We are pleased to announce that NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies [JIPS] is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication in the Summer 2018 Issue of the Journal...
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Are Patents Property: India vs United States
In a recent brief filed before the United States Supreme Court, the US government argued that patents are not property! For those not in the know, this relates to a monumental constitutional challenge...
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By Invitation: The Delhi High Court declares Louboutin’s Red Sole as a ‘well...
The Delhi High Court recently declared Christian Louboutin’s ‘Red sole’ a well known trademark. The decision is rather surprising and is going to once again raise questions about the Delhi High Court’s...
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IPRS Gets Re-registered as a Copyright Society – Akhtar & Saregama Bury the...
Image from here The Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) has at long last been re-registered as a copyright society, under the Copyright Act, by the Registrar of Copyrights. The re-registration took...
View ArticleSpicyIP Events: Workshop on Trademark Strategies in Europe, Mumbai
We are happy to announce that Boehmert & Boehmert, Patent Attorneys, Germany will be conducting a workshop on Trademark Registration, Protection and Enforcement in Europe on Monday, January 22,...
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