SpicyIP Jobs: Senior Associates (Patents/Trademarks) at P.S. Davar & Co., New...
We’re pleased to inform our readers that P.S. Davar & Co., a boutique IP law firm based in New Delhi, is looking to recruit two Senior Associates for their Patents and Trademarks teams. For further...
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‘Unacademically Speaking’: Madras HC Upholds Copyright Claim in 2IIM CAT...
On August 13, the Madras High Court ruled in favour of coaching institute, ‘Fermat Education’ holding that there had been infringement of copyright in the 2IIM CAT questions authored by them. The case...
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SpicyIP Fellowship 2018-19: Developments in ISP Liability on Copyright...
We are pleased to bring you a guest post by our Fellowship applicant Arth Nagpal. Arth is a 3rd year student at NLS, Bangalore. This is his first submission for the Fellowship. Developments in ISP...
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Standing Against XTANDI: An E-mail Campaign to Ensure Accessibility to Cancer...
In their latest efforts to stop the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from pursuing a patent for Xtandi, the Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) is sending an e-mail petition...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 20-26)
Thematic Highlight This week’s thematic highlight was brought forth by our fellowship applicant, Arth Nagpal. In his submission, he compares ISP liability on parties for copyright infringement in USA...
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Deconstructing the FRAND Regime vis-à-vis Recourse to Injunctive Relief
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Subhajeet Roy. Subhajeet is a recent graduate of Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirappalli. Deconstructing the FRAND Regime vis-à-vis Recourse to...
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The State of Indian Copyright Societies (And Assorted Bodies) After the...
It has now been over 6 years since the revolutionary Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 was passed by Parliament. As most of our readers may remember, the background to that amendment was corruption in...
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SpicyIP Events: First Galgotias University National Moot Court Competition...
We’re glad to inform our readers that the Centre for IPR Studies and Moot Court Society, School of Law, Galgotias University is inviting institutions to participate in the First Galgotias University...
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The bedaquiline patient consent form in India & the perils of single issue...
‘Access to medicine’ activists at MSF are kicking off yet another campaign to increase access to Janssen’s new drug bedaquiline. Based on a new study and a new set of guidance from the WHO, the...
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Obscenity and Morality under IP Law
Obscenity under the Indian Penal Code (“IPC”) is a relic of India’s colonial past. Though the need for such a provision is often subject to debate, it is indisputable that the judiciary’s...
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The Dilemma of Determining Well-Known Marks
In a trademark infringement suit, Texmo Industries inter alia prayed that their mark, TEXMO, be declared as a well-known mark under Section 11 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999. Under sub-sections (6)-(9),...
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IPO Grants Patent to Brodalumab
Last week, our IPO granted a patent to Amgen covering the drug Broadlumab. Brodalumab is a human monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of inflammatory diseases including psoriasis In the...
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SpicyIP Events: First IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference [Kuala...
We’re pleased to announce that the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia, the WIPO Academy, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the World Trade...
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“Drugs Are Not Sweets” – Bombay HC Imposes Exemplary Costs for Pharma...
In Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. vs. Curetech Skincare and Anr., Mr. Justice Kathawalla of the Bombay High Court imposed costs of 1.5 crores against the defendant found to be ‘habitually’ committing...
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SpicyIP Events: CUSAT’s 6th Annual ‘Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights’...
We are pleased to announce that Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is organising the sixth annual ‘Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights’...
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Yet Another Journalist Pitches for Ramping Up Access to Bedaquiline before...
Image from here In a column published on September 4, 2018 the Hindu’s science editor R. Prasad has explained why India should ramp up access to bedaquiline to treat MDR-TB. Unlike most of the other...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 3-9)
Thematic Highlight In Prashant’s latest update on the bedaquiline controversy, he discusses about how The Hindu’s science editor pitched for increasing access to bedaquiline to treat MDR-TB. In...
View ArticlePetition Filed in Supreme Court to Challenge Constitutionality of Provisions...
In a notable development, Lahari Recording Company has challenged two provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957 (“Act”) in the Supreme Court. The gravamen of Lahari’s case is that the impugned provisions...
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Is There a Hidden Indictment of the Aadhaar in the Justice Sri Krishna...
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Adarsh Ramanujan. Adarsh is an advocate primarily assisting clients as a litigation attorney. He has recently started his own counsel practice with offices...
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Bombay HC Addresses Ambiguity in the Patent Agent Examination
The Bombay HC recently delivered an order dealing with certain objections raised against the Patent Agent Examination, 2016. In their decision, they interpreted the Supreme Court’s decision in Kanpur...
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