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(SpicyIP Tidbit)Nokia- Oppo SEP Litigation: The Dust (Dispute) Finally Settles!Template from Nokia’s timeless “hands” commercial (see here ) In a major development, all the patent disputes...
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(SpicyIP Tidbit) Devotion, Deception, and Confusion: Delhi High Court Restrains “Khadi Organic” from Selling Ram Mandir Consecration PrasadImage from here What if I told you that there was a way to get free prasad from the Pran Prathishta (consecration) ceremony of the Ram...
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The Ibrunitib Saga: DHC Restrains Generic Competitors, but What about Public Interest?The Ibrutinib Patent Dispute Adding another chapter to the long-standing legal dispute concerning the Leukaemia medication Imbruvica...
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[Sponsored] SWAYAM (Free) Online Course on Intellectual Property by NLU Delhi (January 08 – April 30) [Register by February 29]We’re pleased to inform you that a free online course on intellectual property starting on January 08, 2023 is being offered for...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 15- January 21)Here is a brief recap of IP developments from last week. Do read our summaries of the post on the history of IP teaching in India, some...
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IP Scholarship, Citations, and Knowledge Governance: Some Insights from the History of IP Teaching in IndiaSource – From Flickr’s Kevin Lim “Are Some Scholars More Equal than Others?,” a question that Prof. Basheer raised...
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Section 60 of the Copyright Act: Finally, Some Answers(?)While much of discourse around copyright infringement is around the owner’s rights, very little attention has been paid to the normalization...
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Glaring Procedural Questions Arising Out of a Recent Patent Prosecution ProceedingIdeally, it is the responsibility of the Patent Office to check that every applicant wishing to obtain a patent registration is complying with the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 8-January 14)Here is a brief recap of IP developments from last week. Do read out summaries of the post about a party seeking help from gods in a...
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The Taste of Triumph: Lays Sweeps Potato Variety IP DisputeLays Bags the Win A division bench (DB) consisting of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Dharmesh Sharma has nullified on 09...
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Nuziveedu v. Plant Varieties Authority: Reaping the Fruits of Pioneer’s SeedsRecently, the Delhi High Court clarified that the distinctness, uniformity and stability (DUS) testing is a must before a plant variety...
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Delhi High Court Checks-in With Clarity in Makemytrip and Booking.com Keyword DisputeRelying on the decision passed in Google v. DRS Logistics , a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court recently held that use of...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 1- January 7)This weekly review is co-authored with SpicyIP intern Vedika Chawla. Vedika is a third-year B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law...
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Angering the Gods: A Relook at the VBM Trademark Infringement CaseInvoking the “Holy Trinity of Hindu Gods” The case of VBM Medizintechnik GMBH v. Geetan Luthra raised eyebrows regarding the...
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The US’ Review of March-in Rights, and Some Questions on an Indian CounterpartThe US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on December 8 released guidelines inviting comments on the use of March in rights....
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Comments on Draft IPR Division Rules of High Court at Calcutta, 2023[ This post is co-authored by SpicyIP Intern Pranav Aggarwal, Praharsh and Swaraj. Pranav is a second-year student pursuing B.A.LL.B.(Hons) at...
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PAEP: Free Course on Patent Agent ExamsThe Patent Agent Examinations are due on January 07, 2024. And looking at some of the previous discussions on the blog (indicatively see here ,...
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Copyright Bill, 1955: the Best Copyright Law that India Never HadDiscussing the Mahatma’s take on copyright and the interplay between the 1955 Copyright Bill and the Berne Convention, we are pleased to...
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Scandal and Obscene Trademarks: Determining Immoral Trademarks in Indian LawDiscussing the historical foundation of the absolute ground of refusing scandalous marks and its implementation by the Indian Trademark Registry,...
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A Spotlight on TKDL Once More: Oppose, Only To Abandon?Recently, Laila Impex’s application pertaining to an herbal composition ( IN201641013908 ) was opposed by CSIR’s TKDL unit....
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 25- December 31)[This post has been co-authored with SpicyIP intern Jyotpreet Kaur. Her previous posts can be found here . ] Wishing our readers a...
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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023[ This post has been co-authored with Jyotpreet Kaur, Tejaswini Kaushal, Praharsh Gour, and Swaraj Barooah ]. As 2023 comes to...
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AI and copyright: Prompts and intellectual inputs this time from ChinaThe Beijing Internet Court recently decided an interesting copyright infringement lawsuit concerning AI generated images ( GW law translated...
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Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC V. The Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs- A Reasoned Judgement or Inherently Contradictory?In a judgement passed on May 15, the Delhi High Court despite noting the lack of clarity on the concepts of “technical effect” and...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)From an in-depth discussion on the terms of copyright and translations in India to the recent UK Supreme Court’s order regarding the patentability...
