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SpicyIP Events: WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property...
We are pleased to announce that the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) are jointly organizing a two-week colloquium for teachers of intellectual...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 14 – 20)
The thematic highlight of the week was Prof. Basheer’s post on how Brazil and India have responded to issues of pendency in IP administration. Here, he points to two examples – Brazil’s radical idea to...
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Examining the Delhi High Court’s Jurisdictional Quagmire on Online Elements –...
Image from here. Over the past few years, the Delhi High Court has had a number of occasions to consider the question of jurisdiction in trademark and copyright cases. One common thread between many of...
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In Conversation with Priyanka Khimani: Pondering IP, Law & Leadership
In June last year, I welcomed the news of the Anand and Anand & Khimani merger with the (shared, I’m sure) gut feeling that this was history in the making. I must confess, this gut feeling came...
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God, Sex and Truth – RGV Film in Copyright Row
Poster for God, Sex and Truth (Posting on behalf of Sreyoshi Guha) In what can be termed as a rather “spicy” development, Indian film maker Ram Gopal Varma – well known for films such as Aag, Sarkar,...
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Examining the Delhi High Court’s Jurisdictional Quagmire – Part II
Like the internet, the DHC too seems to be all over the place. In my last post, I examined some recent judgements of the Delhi High Court where the DHC had to grapple with the issue of when...
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Government Releases Reports on IPR in India – Focus on Access to Healthcare,...
The Centre for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM), a body established under the aegis of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), to guide policy in IPR and create a conducive...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 21 – 27)
The thematic highlight for this week is Divij’s two-part post examining the jurisprudence laid down by the Delhi High Court while determining online jurisdiction. In Part I, Divij outlines the context...
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Interpreting Invalidity under Section 124 of the Trade Marks Act
We are pleased to bring to you a guest by Arun Mohan on the recent decision of Supreme Court in Patel Field Marshall v. P.M. Diesel, which we had covered here. Arun is a graduate of the London School...
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SpicyIP Events: CIIPC Special Lecture by Prof. Josef Drexl on ‘Sense of Shame...
We are pleased to announce that the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC), National Law University, Delhi, is organising a special lecture by Prof. Josef Drexl (Director,...
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Announcing the 6th SpicyIP Fellowship 2018-19!
Have an interest in IP law? Love legal research and writing? Look no further! Apply immediately to become a SpicyIP Fellow! Year after year, our fellowship series has attracted some of the brightest...
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SpicyIP Cited in Economic Survey of India 2017-18
We are thrilled to bring to our readers’ notice that SpicyIP has been cited in the Economic Survey 2017-18 that was tabled in the Parliament by the Government on Monday. Chapter 9 of the Survey (titled...
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People Tree v. Dior: IP Infringement, Cultural Appropriation or Both?
Last week, Indian media was abuzz with the news of High Fashion brand, Christian Dior having allegedly plagiarised certain designs from a small, Indian art collective and store known as ‘People Tree’....
View ArticleDelhi High Court Vacates Injunction in Plaintiff’s Favour in a Case on the...
In a comprehensive and well-reasoned judgment issued last month, Justice Valmiki Mehta of the Delhi High Court (“Court”) vacated an interim injunction in a design infringement case. While the facts of...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 28 – February 3)
This week’s thematic highlight was Sreyoshi’s post on the controversy brewing between Indian textile artists and label ‘People Tree’ and the high fashion brand Dior, on what appears to be the copying...
View ArticleChoco Wars: The Attack of the Mars (Part I) #Slogan Mark #”Have a Break”
Episode 3 THE ATTACK OF THE MARS In a jurisdiction far, far away, Nestle and Mars, the confectionary behemoths, battle it out on the floors of the European Court of Justice. The Mark “Have a break…Have...
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Patent Working PIL (Update): Govt To Frame Rules To Prosecute Errant Patentees
Continuing our updates on the patent working PIL, here is what transpired in court today (bench comprising Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Hari Shankar) . A number of leading counsels including...
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A Case for Adjusting the Delhi High Court’s Recent Approach to IP...
We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Eashan Ghosh. Eashan has been in practice as an intellectual property advocate and consultant in New Delhi since 2011, and teaches a seminar on...
View ArticlePatent Working PIL: Ericsson claims “Club Confidentiality”
Continuing from our last post on the Delhi high court hearing on the patent working PIL, here goes: A bench comprising Justices Gita Mittal and Hari Shankar took up the matter as the first item around...
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SpicyIP Events: NPTEL Open Online Course on ‘Patent Drafting for Beginners’...
We are glad to inform you that Dr. Feroz Ali Khader, Chair Professor on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, has launched a NPTEL Open Online course...
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