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Real-Time Piracy Concerns Emerge as Live Music Streaming Goes Mainstream in...
We’re glad to bring to you a guest post by Simrat Kaur, discussing the piracy challenges that may emerge with live music streaming becoming a norm in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Simrat is a New...
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Masakali 2.0: Unconsented Song Remakes and Ownership of Copyright
Image from here and here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Akshat Agrawal, discussing the issues relating to first ownership of copyright in musical works in light of the recent Masakali...
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Bombay HC Denies Interim Injunction in ‘Betaal’ Web Series Copyright...
Image from here A single-judge Bombay High Court bench recently passed an order refusing an interim injunction to stall the release of the Netflix series ‘Betaal’. The Plaintiff, in this case, Sameer...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (June 1 – 7)
[This post has been authored by our intern, Bhavik Shukla, a 5th year student at NLIU, Bhopal] Topical Highlight Bombay High Court Finds Web Series ‘Singardaan’ Prima Facie Infringing: Does Copyright...
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SEPs and Confidentiality Clubs: No Compatibility With Each Other
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by our former blogger Rajiv Choudhry, discussing why it is not in a defendant’s best interests to agree to a confidentiality club arrangement...
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Reminder: 1st Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law...
On the occasion of our Founder Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer’s 44th birth anniversary on 14th May, we had announced the first edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law...
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LexisNexis IP’s Live Webinar on How to Conduct a Prior Art Search Using...
We’re pleased to inform you that LexisNexis IP is organizing a live webinar on how to conduct a prior art search using their patent search software ‘TotalPatent One’ on June 18, 2020. For further...
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Patents for Pharmaceutical Innovation – Basic Concerns
Covid 19 seems to have done what public health activists have been crying hoarse about for years – that is, shine a bright spotlight on the various inadequacies of the public health systems around the...
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Government Copyright over Bare Acts: India’s Georgia et al Moment on the...
“Enable Access” by cogdogblog is licensed under CC0 1.0 Late last month, the Supreme Court issued notice to the Union of India in an appeal against the Delhi High Court’s decision in Arpit Bhargava v...
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SpicyIP Fellowship: Digital Copyright Exhaustion in India – A Need For an...
Image from here We’re happy to bring you a guest post by our Fellowship applicant, Vedangini Bisht, arguing for expansion of the copyright exhaustion doctrine to the digital medium in India. Vedangini...
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Consultation Process for New Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2020...
Image from here The Ministry of Science and Technology recently announced the initiation of the consultation process for the new Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2020. Notably, the...
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Why is the Patent Agent Exam Held in Only English? : Addressing the Language...
Image from here The Government released a public notice for the Patent Agent Examination 2020 sometime in February this year. Around the same time, we received information regarding a grievance to the...
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Delhi HC Directs Telegram to Take Down Channels Circulating Infringing...
Telegram, a widely used instant messaging platform, is in a copyright soup before the Delhi High Court, concerning the circulation of ‘e-papers’ or digital versions of newspapers, through open Telegram...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (June 8 – 14)
[This post has been authored by our new intern, Vedanigini Bisht, a 3rd year student at National Law University, Delhi] Topical Highlight Government Copyright over Bare Acts: India’s Georgia et al...
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SpicyIP Fellowship: Is Sub-Licensing Contemplated under the Indian Copyright...
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by our fellowship applicant Nikhil Purohit, on the issue of permissibility of sub-licensing of copyright in India. A couple of months ago,...
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Antitrust Scrutiny in Patent Licensing Disputes: An Alternative Approach to...
We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Abhilasha Nautiyal, analysing issues related to competition law scrutiny in patent licensing disputes in light of the Delhi High Court’s recent decision in...
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Video Games, User-Generated Content and Copyright
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Sankalp Jain on copyright issues related to video games and user generated content. Sankalp is a third year student at NALSAR University of...
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Staying the Post-Grant Revocation of Ibrutinib
Image from here [This post was co-authored with Praharsh Gour. Praharsh is a graduate from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur and has previously worked with an IP firm, practicing in New...
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Lexstructor’s Live Webinar on ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Patent Laws in India and...
We’re pleased to inform you that Lexstructor is organizing a webinar on ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Patent Laws in India and the Trade Related Aspects on Potential Drugs’. The deadline for registration is...
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Texas A&M School of Law launches the GIFTED Program with O.P. Jindal Global...
We’re pleased to inform you that Texas A&M School of Law together with O.P. Jindal Global University are launching a program that will allow students to spend one semester in each university, and...
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