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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2018
Here’s wishing all our readers a Happy New Year! We hope 2018 lived up to your expectations. If it didn’t, forget about it. It’s in the past now – best leave it there as 2019 beckons! As always, we...
View ArticleTrademarking “Hakuna Mata”: A Problem Free Philosophy For IP?
Even as we were bidding adieu to 2018, one of the most contentious IP issues cropped up. Thanks to Disney’s trademark over Hakuna Matata (from the Lion King) and an online petition protesting against...
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Excluding “Essentially Biological Processes”: Implications for Monsanto vs...
We are pleased to bring to you an insightful guest post by Dr. Deepa Kachroo Tiku on a contested provision of patent law involving the exclusion of plants/animals and essentially biological processes....
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 31-January 6)
We started 2019 with a bang-and quite a few interesting posts! Thematic Highlight We had an enlightening guest post related to the Mosanto v. Nuziveedu case. In her post, the author notes that the...
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IP vs Morality vs Free Speech: What the Fuct?
As some of you may have heard, the USPTO denied a trademark to Erik Brunetti’s “FUCT” line of apparel on grounds that the mark was immoral/scandalous! The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...
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A Draft Amendment to the Cinematograph Act could Put You In Jail the Next...
Artwork from Wikimedia Commons The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting recently published a draft amendment to the Indian Cinematograph Act of 1952, with the stated aim of countering film piracy....
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Supreme Court Saves Monsanto From Its Own “Incomprehensible” Legal Strategy
In a judgment delivered today, the Supreme Court set aside the judgment of a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court which had revoked Monsanto’s patent and remanded the matter to the trial court. The...
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Is Braille a ‘Language’ Capable of Translation, Reproduction or Adaptation...
We’re pleased to bring to you an interesting guest post by Dr. Sunanda Bharti. Dr. Sunanda is an Assistant Professor in Law at Delhi University. She has written a guest post for us in the past as well,...
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Call for Submissions to the Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) Blog
We are pleased to announce that the Indian Journal of Law and Technology Blog is calling for articles from students and academics interested in the field of law and technology. For further details,...
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Patent Working PIL (Update): Court Directs Govt. to File Status Report within...
Some of you may be wondering as to what happened to the patent working PIL filed in 2015. As noted in the last post, the Delhi High Court had disposed of the petition in April last year, directing the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 7-13)
Thematic Highlight We had a guest post on the issue of whether Braille, as a language, is capable of translation, reproduction or adaptation. The author first analyses the nature of Braille and comes...
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Decoding the Monsanto (BT Cotton Patent) Ruling: Story Abhi Baaki Hai, Mere...
Monsanto’s fight against Nuziveedu and other seed companies over BT Cotton (that Prashant recently blogged about) will rate as one of the toughest patent battles ever. Not just patents, but involving...
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Does Sui Generis Protection of Unoriginal Databases Reconcile Access and...
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Siddharth Sonkar. Siddharth is a 4th year student at NUJS, Kolkata. Does Sui Generis Protection of Unoriginal Databases Reconcile Access and Incentive to...
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DIPP’s Proposed Patent Rules Amendment to Legitimize India-Japan Patent...
We’re pleased to bring to you an insightful guest post by Roshan John, examining the amendments proposed by the recently published Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2018 in light of the India’s recent...
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Rajat Sharma v/s Zee Media-Delhi HC’s Latest Order on Personality Rights
In an order passed a few days ago, the Delhi High Court issued an injunction against Zee Media from using Rajat Sharma’s name in all its print and electronic advertisements. It further directed the...
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IPRS Rejoins Cisac After a Two Year Hiatus
The Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS) has been readmitted to International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (Cisac) as an associate member, after spending two years in exile....
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (Jan 14-21)
Topical Highlight Prof. Basheer wrote a post on the Monsanto decision that was recently passed by the Supreme Court. In his post, he highlights the magnitude of the litigation that has taken place and...
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SpicyIP Events: 15th ITechLaw 2018 International India Conference (Jan 30 –...
We’re pleased to inform you that ITechLaw is organising the 15th ITechLaw 2019 International India Conference from January 30, 2019 to February 1, 2019 at the JW Marriott in Bangalore. For further...
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When IP Law and Cultural Appropriation Meet At a Crossroad…
Can a culture die? It’s debatable. Can a culture be erased from the memories of the public and/or assimilated completely into a dominant culture? When we think of the loss of several Indian languages,...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (Jan 21-27)
Thematic Highlight Our thematic highlight came from Prarthana, who wrote on the impact of intellectual property law may on culture. In her post, she discusses the meaning of the term ‘cultural...
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