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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 Prasad
Image 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 India
Source – 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 Proceeding
Ideally, 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 Dispute
Lays 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 Seeds
Recently, 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 Dispute
Relying 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 Case
Invoking 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 Counterpart
The 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 Exams
The 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 Had
Discussing 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 Law
Discussing 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 China
The 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...