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Prof. Shamnad Basheer & Justice Ravindra Bhat on MIP’s List of the 50 Most...
It is with immense pleasure and pride that we inform you that our founder, Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer has been identified as one of the 50 Most Influential People in IP 2019 by Managing IP (MIP) for...
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Patents and Plant Variety: Development from Brazil
Image from here In this post, I intend to provide my views on the recent judgment of the Superior Court of Brazil (the highest Court in Brazil) dated October 9, 2019 on the overlap (or non-existence...
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WIPO Public Consultation on AI and Intellectual Property
The World Intellectual Property Organisation has called for public comments as part of its process to develop a policy on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Rights. The call is available...
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Avnish Bajaj Redux? Supreme Court of India Denies Relief to Google in...
In its judgement in Google India Pvt. Ltd. vs M/s Visakha Industries, delivered on December 10, 2019, the Supreme Court denied to quash defamation proceedings against Google for its failure to...
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SpicyIP Fortnightly Review (Dec 2-15)
Topical Highlight Divij wrote a post on a recent order of the Supreme Court in Google India v Visakha Industries. Through this order, the Supreme Court denied to quash defamation proceedings against...
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Trastuzumab Litigation: A Development from the Supreme Court Concerning...
On 17th December, a three-judge bench of Supreme Court of India in Genentech Inc. & Ors. v. Drug Controller General of India & Ors., set-aside the interim order of the Division Bench of the...
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Why Such Small Pittance For Our Music ? : Music Industry Lifts Up Its Voice...
We’re 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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An Indian Perspective on Singapore HC’s Decision in ‘Isetan Tartan’ Trade...
This post analyses the recent decision of the Singapore High Court in Scotch Whisky Association v. Isetan Mitsukoshi Ltd., that involved the trade mark ‘Isetan Tartan’ owned by the Japanese department...
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Kerala HC Directs Film Release without Script Writer’s Name in ‘Mamankam’...
Image from here This post covers the judgement delivered by the Kerala High Court in Sajeev Pillai v. Venu Kunnapalli & Anr., earlier this month. ‘Mamankam’ is a grand festival which used to be...
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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2019
Here’s wishing all our readers a very happy new year! Or happy ‘now’ year as Prof. Basheer would have said! As always, on this occasion, we look back at the year gone by and take stock of all the...
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Distortion or Destruction of Artistic Works : Scope of Moral Rights of Artists
We’re pleased to bring to you an interesting post by Kaveri Jain on the scope of moral rights of an artist vis-à-vis destruction and alteration of its original artwork. Kaveri Jain is an attorney at...
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SpicyIP Fortnightly Review (Dec 23 – Jan 5)
[This post has been authored by Bhavik Shukla, a 5th year student at NLIU, Bhopal] Topical Highlight Adarsh wrote a post on the recent order of the Supreme Court of India in Genetech Inc v Drug...
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Looking at the Ferid Allani Order on Software Patents
Who would have thought a Tunisian citizen would end up having a couple of major impacts on the Indian IP landscape? Yet, Ferid Allani, in his quest to get a patent on a “method and device for accessing...
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‘Chhapaak’ Credits Conundrum: Does Every Contributor to a Work Have a Right...
Image from here In an intriguing case last week, the Delhi High Court directed the makers of the film ‘Chhapaak’ to acknowledge the inputs by Aparna Bhat, the lawyer who represented the acid attack...
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SpicyIP Events: CUSAT’s Workshop on Research Methods in IPRs [Kochi, Feb 28 &...
We’re pleased to inform our readers that the Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is organising a two day workshop on Research methods...
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SpicyIP Fortnightly Review (January 6 – 19)
SpicyIP Fortnightly Review (January 6 – 20) Bhavik Shukla Last week, Swaraj wrote a post on the paradigm-changing order of the Delhi High Court in Ferid Allani v. Union of India & Ors. Through this...
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Bol Ree Kathputli [Tell Me O Kathputli], What IP Rights Do I Have in You?
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you an interesting guest post by Dr. Sunanda Bharti on IP protection of kathputlis and other puppets. Sunanda is an Assistant Professor in Law at Delhi...
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SpicyIP Events: PatSight – IP Symposium [Mumbai, Feb 28]
We’re pleased to inform you that Gridlogics will be holding a free to attend IP symposium, PatSight on February 28 in Mumbai. For further details, please see the announcement below Join us for PatSight...
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It is “Covered”, Yes, but is it “Disclosed”? Delhi HC Gives a Huge Shot in...
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post on the recent judgment of the Delhi High Court in Astrazeneca v. Emcure and Astrazeneca v. MSN Labs. The author of this post wishes to remain...
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Brand Protection in the Age of Social Media Influencers: Bom HC in Parachute...
Image from here What happens when social media influencers such as bloggers and vloggers comment on the quality of branded products recklessly? Earlier this month, Justice Kathawala of the Bombay High...
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