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After 19 Years, Delhi High Court Passes the Judgement in the Viagra-Vigoura Trademark Dispute[ This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Surabhi Katare. Surabhi is a recent graduate from Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. She is...
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What’s in a Name? Taking a look at IPO’s Interesting Observations on Benami Pre-Grant OppositionsImage by freepik The recent decision of the Indian Patent Office in Suman Das v. Arcelormittal (Application no. IN 201717013441)...
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Delhi High Court Clarifies the Position on Writ Jurisdiction Against Orders Rejecting a Pre-grant OppositionImage from here In Rich Products Corporation v. The Controller of Patents (dt. May 1, 2024), a division bench of the Delhi High Court...
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Reconceptualizing Trademark Protection in the Digital Age: A Proposal for Reform in Response to Google Ads’ Policy- Part IIContinuing the discussion (see here for Part I) on the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court’s 2023 Keywords decisions, Malak Sheth...
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Reconceptualizing Trademark Protection in the Digital Age: A Proposal for Reform in Response to Google Ads’ Policy- Part ICritiquing the 2023 decisions on Keywords by the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court, we are pleased to bring to you this two part post by...
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Leaving Out the Working Examples?A development that patent lawyers are surely going to find interesting, on March 13, the Delhi High Court, in Bayer Pharm Aktiengesellschaft v....
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Announcing the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property LawProf (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer 1976-2019; taken at NUJS, Kolkata circa 2009. Celebrating our founder Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer’s 48th...
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Law Commission’s 289th report- Trade Secret and Economic EspionageImage from here The Law Commission (LC) recently released its report no. 289- “Trade Secret and Economic Espionage”. ( Part 1 , ...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 6- May 12)Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the post on DHC’S observation in Sun Pharma v. Dabur India. Anything we...
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Whose Serve is it Anyway? Assessing the Sun Pharma v. Dabur Finding on the Applicants’ Obligation to Serve Counter-StatementsOne of the seemingly under-discussed aspects of the Delhi High Court’s decision in Sun Pharma v. Dabur India is the Court’s passing...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 29- May 05)Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the DHC’s decision in Natco v. Novartis appeal...
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Natco v Novartis 2024: Delhi High Court’s Novartis Moment & Indian Patent Law’s Déjà VuThe Delhi High Court, on 24th April, passed an order that our patent law enthusiast readers will be very interested in! Reviving, (and at least...
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Problem Statement Precision: A Key Factor in TSM-Based Non-Obviousness Determination?Discussing the Delhi High Court’s Microsoft Technology Licensing v. Asst. Controller of Patents decision on the role of PSITA in...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 22- April 28)Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the Ericsson- Lava SEP dispute, disclaimed trademarks,...
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Disclaimed Trademarks: Protection or UsurpationWe are pleased to bring to you this guest post on the statutory position and judicial interpretation of disclaimed marks in the Indian trademarks...
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Perverse Incentives: How Academic Incentives are Counter-Productive to Innovation EcosystemCritiquing the policy to incentivise patent filing by academicians, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Apoorv Kumar Chaudhary...
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Webinar on EFTA-India Trade Deal & Amendments to Patent Rules: Threat to Affordable MedicinesWebinar [April 26, 2024]We are pleased to inform you that the Working Group on Access to Medicines and Treatments is organizing a webinar today to examine the impact of...
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[Sponsored] Admissions Open: WIPO-NLUD-IPO Joint Masters/LL.M. at National Law University Delhi (Apply by June 3, 2024)We are pleased to inform you that admissions are now open for the WIPO-NLUD-IPO joint Masters/ LL.M. programme. The last date to apply is June 3,...
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Some Thoughts on the “Fairness” of the Delhi High Court’s Ericsson-Lava FRAND Determination- Part IIImage from here [This Post is co-authored with Swaraj Paul Barooah.] This is Part II of the two part post on the recent Delhi High...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 15- April 21)Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the Ericsson- Lava SEP dispute, unauthorized use of...
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CGPDTM Invites Feedback on IP Administration in the CountryImage by storyset on Freepik In a welcome move, the office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) has invited...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (8 April- 14 April)Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the India- EFTA TEPA, AP High Court’s curious findings...
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Training GenAI: Infringement or Fair Use?Discussing the implications of unauthorized use of materials for training Generative AI models, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by...
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Looking for the Reasons in the Delhi High Court’s FRAND Determination in the Ericsson- Lava SEP Case- Part IImages from here and here This post is co-authored with Swaraj Paul Barooah . After the Delhi High Court dictated its decision...
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Google LLC v. Controller of Patents: Foreign Disclosure requirement and Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2024Image from here In Google LLC v. Controller of Patents , the court was hearing an appeal against the refusal to grant a patent on...
