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Examining the Suspension of India’s GSP Trading Privileges
A post earlier today by Prashant looked at the axing of royalties paid by around 45 seed companies to Bayer (which acquired Monstanto) for its Bt technology, through an order under the Essential...
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A Weak Case against America’s Suspension of GSP Benefits for India?
I read with interest, and some puzzlement, Srividya’s speedy rebuttal to my post yesterday where she examines America’s case for suspending GSP benefits. It is in keeping with a tradition that we have...
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Can Patents and Trade Secrets Co-exist? : Delhi High Court Answers in the...
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a post by Aditya Gupta on the Delhi High Court’s recent decision on the interplay between trade secrets and patents. Aditya is an attorney at Ira Law. He...
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SpicyIP Announcements: PatSeer’s Hackathon to Beat COVID-19
We’re glad to inform you that PatSeer has undertaken an initiative to assist anyone working or researching on medical devices, vaccines or drugs to combat COVID-19, free of cost. For further details,...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 30 – April 5)
(This post has been authored by our intern, Bhavik Shukla, a 5th year student at NLIU, Bhopal) Topical Highlights Divij wrote on the voluntary initiatives undertaken across the world for facilitating...
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FIR against ShareChat for Copyright Infringement: Time to Introspect the...
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Priyanka Joshi, examining the liability of platforms like ShareChat for copyright infringement in view of the recent dispute between...
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SpicyIP Fellowship: Badshah’s Genda Phool Controversy – Cultural...
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by our Fellowship applicant, Anupriya Dhonchak on the recent ‘Genda Phool’ row involving the rapper Badshah. Anupriya is a 4th year law...
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SpicyIP Events: SagaciousIP’s Webinar on Best Practices in Innovation...
We’re pleased to inform you that SagaciousIP is organizing a webinar in order to provide an insight to IP departments, into how they can deal with the economic impact of COVID-19. For further details,...
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Call for Papers: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL)...
We’re happy to inform you that NALSAR Hyderabad’s Indian Journal of Indian Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting papers for publication in Volume 11 of the journal. The deadline for submission...
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Copyright in Unpublished Works: What Constitutes Publication?
We’re pleased to bring to you a riveting guest post by Dr. Sunanda Bharti, exploring issues related to copyright in unpublished works in India. Among others, she looks into the question as to when is a...
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A Response To the IMI’s Claims about ShareChat and Intermediary Safe Harbour...
ShareChat, an Indian local language social media service, is once again in the middle of a copyright storm. Readers may remember ShareChat’s tussle with TikTok from last year, regarding its status as...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 6 -12)
(This post has been authored by our intern, Bhavik Shukla, a 5th year student at NLIU, Bhopal) Topical Highlight Our Fellowship applicant, Anupriya discussed the copyright-related issues thrown up in...
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Patent Statistics: A Clue towards the Underlying ‘Momentum’ and ‘Acceleration’
Image from here Many may have followed the press release by the WIPO earlier this month declaring that in 2019 China had surpassed the United States to become the largest filer of international patent...
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Trademarks for Digital Currencies
Image from here The difficulty in defining virtual/crypto-currencies and its accompanying challenges has been beautifully captured by the prolific raconteur Justice V. Ramasubramanian in a recent...
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The Case for Shutting Down the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB)
(This post has been co-authored with Prannv Dhawan, 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at NLSIU, Bangalore) This year marks the 17th year of existence of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board...
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SpicyIP Announcements: Considering an Online Master’s? Explore UNH Franklin...
Image from here We’re pleased to inform you that the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law is offering a range of graduate IP law programs online. The priority application deadline for these programs is...
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The Case for Keeping the IPAB Open
Image from here I had read Prashant and Prannv’s post, and wanted to explain why scuttling the IPAB is not the fix for bureaucratic red-tapism, of which the IPAB has been a rather targeted victim....
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CovEducation, Copyright and Fair Use in India
Image from here The coronavirus pandemic and the consequent lockdowns across the globe has completely turned our everyday lives upside down. Social distancing, work from home and online classes are the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 13 – 19)
(This post has been authored by our intern, Bhavik Shukla, a 5th year student at NLIU, Bhopal) Topical Highlight In an important and pertinent post, Namratha discussed the applicability of India’s fair...
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Former IPAB Chairperson Supports the Scrapping of IPAB, while IP Lawyers...
Image from here Last week, Arun responded to my piece to shut down the IPAB and shift back its functions to the High Courts. I am not surprised – Arun’s firm makes a healthy living by filing matters...
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