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From Iancu v. Brunetti to Constantin Film: Should Morality Interfere with...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 6 – 12)
Topical Highlight Telegram Copyright Infringement Case: India’s Chance to Seek Inspiration from Foreign Principles Image from here In a guest post, Abhishek Iyer discussed the issue of intermediary...
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Delhi HC Refuses Interim Injunction against Use of Acronym ‘TCV’ for a...
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Devangini Rai, analysing a recent Delhi High Court order that refused to grant an interim injunction against the use of the acronym ‘TCV’...
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Copyright ‘Strikes’ Cricket: Films Division’s Tryst with Old Cricket Clips
Image from here The Films Division of India (‘Films Division’) holds copyright in a large number of old clips pertaining to cricket, primarily in form of newsreels or short documentaries about some...
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The Challenging Pursuit of Patent Claim Amendments in India
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Durgesh Mukharya and Meenakshi Chotia, examining the Patent Office’s practice of allowing amendments in claims of a patent application....
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Cornrows and Cultural Appropriation: What is the Best Way to Protect Black...
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you another guest post by our fellowship applicant Adyasha Samal, discussing the problems with the approach of protecting traditional cultural expressions...
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Bombay HC Clarifies Nature of Reliefs Applicable in Cybersquatting Disputes
image from here In an interesting and important order and judgement delivered by Justice Gautam Patel, the Bombay High Court has shed some clarity on the nature of reliefs applicable in domain name...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 13 – 19)
Topical Highlight Bombay HC Clarifies Nature of Reliefs Applicable in Cybersquatting Disputes Image from here Divij wrote a post about a refreshing order and judgment delivered by the Bombay High Court...
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Does JioMeet’s GUI Infringe Copyright in Zoom’s Software?
Recently, Reliance Jio launched its video-conferencing application called ‘JioMeet’. The launch, however, has been muddled with controversy as the graphical user interface (‘GUI’) of the application is...
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Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Trademark Law: How Freely Can...
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Bhavya Solanki and Medha Bhatt, discussing the applicability of the fair use provisions of trademark law to unauthorised use of trademarks...
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JGLS’ Panel Discussion on ‘Can We Reimagine International Institutions? A...
We’re glad to inform our readers that Centre for International Legal Studies at Jindal Global Law School is organising an online panel discussion on ‘Can We Reimagine International Institutions? A...
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IDMA Sues the Central Government over ‘Missing’ Technical Member for Patent...
Almost a year after the Delhi High Court’s bizarre order in the Mylan case, the Indian Drug Manufacturer’s Association (IDMA), represented by Advocate Guruswamy Natraj has sued the Central Government...
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Onerous Copyright Licensing, Fair Dealing and Alternatives to TikTok
Image from here Content sharing platform TikTok is the first among the list of apps in the Indian government’s recent Press Release, announcing a ban on 59 Chinese applications due to concerns such as...
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Solutionism, Social Innovation and IP
Back in 1970, Justice Stephen Breyer, (now of the US Supreme Court, then a professor at Harvard Law School), in contemplating the proposals to extend copyright terms, wrote an interesting article where...
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Reengineering of the Requirement of Disclosure of Foreign Applications by the...
Image from here We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Shivam Kaushik, discussing the impact and legality of the guiding principles regarding the requirement of disclosure of foreign patent...
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LexisNexis IP’s Live Webinar on ‘Patent Analytics: A Scientific Approach’...
We’re glad to inform you that LexisNexis IP is organizing a live webinar on ‘Patent Analytics: A Scientific Approach’ on August 6, 2020. For further details, please read the announcement below: Live...
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The fortunes of Indian copyright societies
A few years ago in 2018, I had written about the financial state of Indian copyright societies dealing with music. At the time, things were not looking well for the two main copyright societies in the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 20 – 26)
Topical Highlight Does JioMeet’s GUI Infringe Copyright in Zoom’s Software? Image from here Nikhil wrote about the controversy of JioMeet’s GUI infringing Zoom’s software. Addressing the controversy...
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What Kind of Trademark is ‘Make in India’? A Brief Academic Inquiry
We’re pleased to bring you a thought provoking post from Dr. Sunanda Bharti, on the ‘Make in India’ trademark. In this post, Sunanda examines the now famous ‘Make in India’ mark and raises the question...
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Tattoos: The Tussle between Copyright and Publicity Rights
Image from here The world’s attention was first drawn to the copyrightability of tattoos when Victor Whitmill, the artist behind Mike Tyson’s face tattoo, sued Warner Bros for an imitative tattoo worn...
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