Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance Submission to the USITC
The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance has made a pre-hearing statement before the USITC with regard to its Indian investigation. The hearing is scheduled for 12 and 13 February 2014. In its letter...
View ArticleGuest Post: Copyright – shield or sword against “revenge porn”
With the ever-increasing pervasiveness of technology into our lives, the law is often left lagging behind in terms of how it can deal with resultant issues. In this post, Sadhvi Sood, a 3rd year...
View ArticleGuest Post: It’s time for Real Action, Jackson
Shashank Mangal, a 4th year student from ILS, Pune, brings us a newsy tidbit relating to a Hollywood-Bollywood movie title clash. It’s time for Real Action, Jackson Warner Bros. has sent a legal notice...
View ArticleRegistering Trade Marks Abroad Made Easy: Indian Government Releases...
Earlier last year, SpicyIP had reported that India officially joined the International Trademark System by depositing its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol. Prior to India’s accession,...
View ArticleTo Endorse or Not to Endorse
‘To endorse or not to endorse’- actors will now find themselves grappling with this question the next time they sign an endorsement contract. This is because the Central Consumer Protection Council...
View ArticleWas ‘Dumb Starbucks’ a Dumb Idea?
Last weekend, residents and tourists in Los Angeles were surprised to see a new coffee shop called “Dumb Starbucks”. The logo of the store was an exact replica of the Starbucks logo, except with the...
View ArticleWAKE UP: IT IS COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT!
A recent Lay’s commercial starring Ranbir Kapoor has caught my fancy; Lay’s newest ad campaign is titled ‘Lay’s Best Buddies’ and the storyline of the commercials revolve around the “loveable rascal...
View ArticleWeekly Review (10th-16th February, 2014)
This week saw SpicyIP cover a wide array of topics. It began with Aparajita discussing in two different posts, Indian submissions made to the U.S. International Trade Commission’s decision to...
View ArticleGIPC IP Index: Propagating imaginary IP norms
One would expect that the US Chamber of Commerce would have enough funds to commission a thorough and well researched report whenever they were to do so. Yet, their GIPC IP Index 2014 is what I would...
View ArticleAnalysing the AFTI’s Report for the Special 301 Investigation
The Alliance for Fair Trade with India (AFTI) submitted a report to the Office of the Trade Representative of the United States as a part of the ongoing Special 301 investigation into India’s IP...
View ArticleCall for Papers: IJIPL 2013-2014 [Deadline Extended]
The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (Nalsar’s peer-reviewed journal) is accepting submissions for Volume VI of the journal. The deadline for the same has been extended to 8th March, 2014....
View ArticleProducers of ‘Youngistan’ accused of infringement
According to Bollywood Hungama, PepsiCo. sent a legal notice to the producers of the upcoming movie ‘Youngistan’ alleging copyright infringement of its tagline – “Yeh Hai Youngistan Meri Jaan”....
View ArticleIPAB snubs Assistant Controller of Patents, sets aside Pre-Grant Opposition...
The IPAB has recently come up with a decision that calls into question the reasoning behind an order given by the Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs allowing a pre-grant opposition against...
View ArticleFRANDly Wars at Delhi HC: Ericsson cries foul play against Intex; CCI barred...
In 2013, Intex filed a complaint against Ericsson with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) alleging abuse of dominance by the Ericsson whilst negotiating a Standard Essential Patents (SEPs)...
View Article‘Brahmos’ is a well-known Trademark: Delhi HC in Brahmos Aerospace Pvt Ltd v....
The High Court of Delhi, on February 24th, granted an interim injunction in favour of ‘Brahmos Aerospace Ltd’ restraining FIIT JEE, an institute that offers training for competitive exams from using...
View ArticleCopyright to Effect Censorship?
IPKat recently carried a post reporting that Spain was contemplating introducing an amendment in their laws to allow for press publishers to monetize their content for a fixed period of time. This...
View ArticleGuest Post: A look at Software Patents – I
In this 2 part guest post, Punam Kadam takes a look at software patents by first examining basic principles and international treatment of software patents, and then goes on in her second post to...
View ArticleGuest Post: A look at Software Patents – II
Punam Kadam continues her two part blog post here. You can view the first part of her post here. [You can also view our previous related posts here (Shamnad's comments on the guidelines) and here...
View ArticleA flowery matter: Madras HC on the Orchid trademark dispute
Background Litigation over the ‘orchid’ trademark between Kamat Hotels and The Royal Orchid Hotels (‘ROH’) continues. This dispute has been covered by Prashant here and here. After losing at the IPAB,...
View ArticleUK Courts set aside £100,000 judgment against Indian law firm in professional...
In early 2013, Prashant had reported a default judgment of 100,000 pounds entered into by the London High Court against Fox Mandal in a suit filed by one of its former clients for professional...
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