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Cinematograph (Amendment) Act, 2023: Of Piracy and PenaltiesImage from here On July 31, the Lok Sabha passed Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2023 , which was earlier passed by the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 24 – July 30)Last week saw some pretty interesting discussions on the blog. Detailed posts analysing the recently-pronounced landmark judgements in...
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It’s a Product Patent… It’s a Process Patent… It’s Product-by-Process Patent!Image from here In a significant development, the Delhi High Court on July 24, 2023 passed a detailed order on ‘product-by-process’...
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Elon Musk’s Obsession with Letter ‘X’- A Possible Trademark Issue for Twitter in India?[ This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Abhijeet Audichya. Abhijeet is a fourth-year law student at Hidayatullah National Law University,...
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Taking Publicity and Privacy to the Grave: Delhi High Court on Descendability of Publicity Rights[ This guest post is authored by Devangini Rai. Devangini is a graduate of the University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: The Never-ending Jugalbandi Between The Government And Court Over Playing Of Music In Marriage Related Events!Image by Freepik The DPIIT, recently issued a public notice regarding collection of royalties by copyright societies for playing of...
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[Sponsored] NLU Delhi IPR Chair Invites Applications for the Position of Research Assistant (Law) [Apply by August 05]We are pleased to inform you that the Chair on Intellectual Property Rights, National Law University, Delhi is inviting applications for the...
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[Sponsored] SWAYAM (Free) Online Course on Intellectual Property by NLU Delhi (July 31-October 31) [Register by August 31]We’re pleased to inform you that a free online course on intellectual property starting on July 31, 2023 is being offered for students...
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Hollow Victory? Delhi High Court Says Patents Act Supersedes Competition Act, with Shaky ReasonsImage from sketchplanations [Long Post ahead] Who wins in a conflict between the Competition Act and the Patents Act? That’s been...
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Is Messenger RNA Patent-Eligible?While several intellectual property rights battles are being fought over the mRNA platform, a key question that remains unaddressed is...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 17- July 23)Last week we published a literature review cum blog post on Artificial Intelligence and IP. We also came across interesting orders from...
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Artificial Intelligence and IP: A Literature ReviewWith a plethora of developments and discussions on AI and AI based innovations, almost everyone has an opinion on how it should develop! While...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 10 – July 16)[ This weekly review is co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Yashna Walia. Yashna is a fifth-year law student at UILS, Panjab University,...
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The Wonder That is BerneImage generated through DeepAI Readers will recall that last month Swaraj announced our IP History series which was followed by Shivam’s...
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Who’s Filing These Patents, and Are They Working Alright? Looking at the Data from the IPO Annual ReportsImage from here [ This post is co-authored with Swaraj Paul Barooah and Anshuman Kar. Anshuman, a SpicyIP intern, is a third year law...
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EPO Decisions – The Not So Holy Grail?Image from here Issues related to patent quality are pressing and worrying, even a standard measure of monitoring patent quality has...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 3- July 9)Last week, we had some interesting discussions on the blog and saw some important IP development across the courts. We featured a total of...
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How India Learnt to Stop Complaining and Love CopyrightImage generated used Dall E [This post is a part of the IP History series and is authored by Shivam Kaushik. Shivam is a 2020 law...
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CGPDTM to Recruit 553 Patent and Designs Examiners via QCIImage by Freepik Starting the day with some good news, the office of Controller General of Patent Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) has...
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Karnataka HC Rules Against Twitter’s Plea for Restricting the Scope of Online Blocking OrdersIn its judgement of June 30, 2023, in X Corp v Union of India, the Karnataka High Court ruled against Twitter in its plea to quash the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (June 26-July 2)Last week was pretty action-packed here on the blog. We featured 8 posts ranging from the Bombay High Court’s important clarification...
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K’taka HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Rahul Gandhi And OthersImage from here People following Indian politics would know about the “ Bharat Jodo Yatra ” (Yatra). While the Yatra seems to have...
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Sifting Through the Pages: SpicyIP in the JunesImage from here . SpicyIP, in its over 17 years of existence, has discussed a substantial part of Indian IP’s modern evolution. From...
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Results for Patent and Trademark Agent Exams Are Out!!!Image by rawpixel.com on Freepik The Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks released the results for the 2023...
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‘Where thou documents?’ asks BHC, denying interim injunction to ShemarooImage from here In a copyright dispute involving two giants of the media industry, Shemaroo sued Super Cassettes (SCIPL), in Shemaroo...
