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SpicyIP Fortnightly Review (January 21 – February 2)
[This post has been authored by Bhavik Shukla, a 5th year student at NLIU, Bhopal] Topical Highlight Last week, we received an anonymous post on the recent judgment of the Delhi HC in Astrazeneca v....
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Delhi HC Division Bench Sets Aside Order Restraining E-Commerce Platforms...
Image from here Last week, a Division Bench (DB) of the Delhi High Court set aside a common judgment passed by a Single Judge thereof in July last year in Amway India Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. v. 1Mg...
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Reflecting Upon the Quality of Innovation and Its Future Roadmap in India
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you an interesting and insightful post by Mohd Shadab Danish on the long-debated relationship between patents, innovation and economic growth. Shadab is a PhD...
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Amazon v. Amway: A Growing Appellate Scrutiny Problem
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Eashan Ghosh on the recent Delhi High Court Division Bench’s decision that set aside the Single Judge’s order restraining various e-commerce platforms...
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Madras HC: No Right to Demand Mandatory Sharing of Sports Broadcasts Over the...
Image from here. The Madras High Court, in its judgement in Adithya Modi v Union of India and Ors., has refused to mandate Prasar Bharati to stream sports broadcasts shared under the Sports...
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The Ping-Ponging Paradigm of Patenting Computer Programmes in India...
Patents for Computer Related Inventions (CRIs) or “Software Patents” have, unfortunately, been an evergreen issue in India, with much confusion, lobbying, changes, misunderstandings, and anything else...
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SpicyIP Fortnightly Review (February 3 – 17)
(This post has been authored by Bhavik Shukla, a 5th year student at NLIU, Bhopal) Topical Highlight Last week, Eashan wrote a post on the judgment of the Delhi HC in Amazon Seller Services v. Amway...
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IPRS Take on Yash Raj Films Over Misappropriated Royalties
The Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS), India’s only copyright society with statutory sanction to collect royalties on behalf of authors, composers and producers of music, is going after Yash Raj...
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The GIPC IP Index 2020: The Misleading Saga Continues
(This post has been co-authored with Bhavik Shukla) Recently, the Global Innovation Policy Center (“GIPC”) released the 2020 edition of its international IP Index. Titled “Art of the Possible”, the...
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What MoU? What Review of IP Acts?
Image from here Yesterday evening, Reuters sent out a short report titled “India clears accord on intellectual property rights with U.S.” It contained the following three lines: NEW DELHI (Reuters) –...
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Synthesising Arbitrability of Standard Essential Patents Disputes in India
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Sushant Shekhar Singh on arbitrability of disputes related to standard essential patents in India. Sushant is a 4th year student at NUJS, Kolkata....
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Bom HC Division Bench Stays Interim Injunction against Vlogger in Parachute...
Image from here Last month, I had blogged about Marico v. Abhijeet Bhansali where a Single Judge of the Bombay High Court directed the defendant, Abhijeet Bhansali (‘Bhansali’) to take down (in the...
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Delhi HC Issues Notice on Petition Challenging Price Control Exemptions for...
The Delhi High Court recently issued notice on a petition by All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) that challenged the Drug (Prices Control) Order 2013 and Drug (Prices Control) Amendment Order, 2019....
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In defense of free speech and the ‘Bearded Chokra’
Over the last decade, after witnessing Shamnad getting sued for alleged defamation by a pharmaceutical company and Aparajita Lath getting a legal notice for alleged defamation from a leading media...
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News Aggregators’ New Concerns in the EU; Does It Matter in India?
Image from here Last year, the Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market was adopted in the EU (text available here). The IPKat blog carries a series of posts on it...
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Parachute Disparagement Case: Free Speech, Yes; but Not at the Cost of...
Image from here This is a rejoinder to Prashant’s recent post, replying to my post on the order of the Division Bench (DB) of the Bombay High Court in the Marico disparagement case. My post was...
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SpicyIP Fortnightly Review (February 18 – March 1)
(This post has been authored by Bhavik Shukla, a 5th year student at NLIU, Bhopal) Topical Highlight Namratha, our new Student Fellow, discussed the notice issued by the Delhi HC on a petition...
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Draft Competition (Amendment) Bill Proposes Extension of Protection to IPR...
We’re pleased to bring to you an insightful guest post by Dr. Vikas Kathuria on the new section 4A proposed by the Draft Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which would extend the IP related exception...
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Parachute Disparagement Case: A Trivial Error or Actual Malice?
I read with interest Latha’s post published yesterday on why the ‘Bearded Chokra’ would be liable for disparagement even under the ‘actual malice’ standard. Needless to say, I disagree because it is an...
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Justice Rajagopala Ayyangar Summer Fellowship 2020 by IUCIPRS, CUSAT [Apply...
We’re pleased to inform you that the Inter University Centre for Intellectual Property Rights Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT is offering two Summer Fellowships under ‘IUCIPRS Justice Rajagopala Ayyangar...
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