Déjà vu for Akhtar – nightmare before Barasat Courts plays out once again – with a different ending?

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The infamous dispute between music labels and authors/composers before the Civil Judge at Barasat, which we had blogged about over here and here, has reignited once again.  I do not have access to most of the information in this case but from I understand, Javed Akhtar filed a complaint on 9th of August, 2012 with the Registrar of Copyrights regarding the state of affairs at IPRS. Thereafter the Registrar of Copyrights issued a show-cause notice to IPRS and I’m speculating […]

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Faking it! Indian Companies using IKEA’s trademarks

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 Though India’s foreign investment agency approved IKEA’s entry into India, new ‘trademarked’ obstacles await IKEA. As business standard reports, IKEA is now facing trademark related challenges. It was reported that three registered Indian companies are currently using IKEA’s brand name. The three companies mentioned in the report are – 1. IKEA Home Décor Private Limited (which, as the report states, has a registered trademark), 2. IKEA Constructions Private Limited and 3. IKEA Furniture Private Limited. Of the three, as reported,

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Latest In: Delhi HC bars Bisleri from using brand Maaza in India

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Source In a closely followed and rather interesting trademark dispute, the Delhi HC recently in a division bench order barred Bisleri International from using the trademark Maaza to market its products in India. Briefly revisiting the facts:  In 1993, Golden Agro Products assigned rights in a number of products(Limca, Thums-up..) to Coca Cola. The agreement contained a negative covenant that allowed Coca Cola to use the trademark Maaza only on products sold in India, and nowhere else. Golden Agro later

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Part II: Digitization- Growth trends of the Film and Television Industry: comparative analysis

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Contrary to the fears of digitization viewed as the harbinger of doom to the film industry, the global film industry is intact and continues to churn out thousands of films annually. The report stated UNESCO’s finding of increase in feature film production from around 5,600 films in 2005 to 7,200 in 2009 and recorded a total of 31,519 feature films produced globally between 2005 and 2009.[1] Regionally, the US produced around 700 films both in 2005 and 2009, Germany produced

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Part I: Digitization of content: a comparative analysis of growth trends in the music, film and television industries.

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This post consists of two parts. Both parts examine the impact of digitization on the entertainment industry. The first part analyzes the growth patterns of the music industry (international as well as domestic). The second part analyzes the growth trends of the international and domestic, film and television industry. The conclusion seeks to show that inspite of digitization the entertainment industry is doing well in terms of output, revenues and creativity. Across the globe policy makers are coming to terms

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Patent office notifies the next patent agent examination

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Our patent office, yesterday, notified the dates for the upcoming patent agent examination.  The next qualifying examination for patent agents will be held on 4th and and 5th May 2013 at Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, New Delhi and Nagpur.  Based on the DIPP notification issued after the cases of Anvita Singh (discussed here), and Renu Rampal (discussed here), the weightage for viva is 25% of the weightage given to the written examination.   Our patent office has also clearly described the pattern of the upcoming examination.

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IPAB revokes several claims of yet another patent belonging to Dr. Wobben

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Image from here In a decision dated 23rd January, 2013; a bench of the IPAB, consisting of Justice Prabha Sridevan and D.P.S. Parmar, revoked 18 of the 21 claims of Patent No. 198648 granted to Dr. Alloy Wobben for “An inverter for producing an alternating or three phase current from a DC voltage”. The IPAB has ordered Dr. Wobben to amend even the 3 remaining claims, to narrow them down. The entire order of the IPAB can be accessed over

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The ‘Emcure model’ of Foreign Investment and Joint-Ventures

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Over the last few years, we’ve seen an increasing amount of co-operation between Big PhRMA companies and Indian generics, mostly in the form of acquisitions such as the Abbot-Piramal deal or the Ranbaxy-Diachi deal. The aim of these deals, for innovator companies, was to build up capacities in the generics sector to cater to the growing market for generic medicines. The growing investment led to a clamour for a ban on 100% foreign direct investment in generic pharmaceutical companies. Apart

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Patent Office makes public the feedback to the Draft Guidelines for Examination of Biotechnology Patents

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Image of E.Coli Bacilli from here In a welcome development, the Controller General has made public the feedback that his office received in response to his call for comments on the Draft Guidelines for Examination of Biotechnology Patents. The feedback can be accessed over here on the website of the IPO. Our earlier post on the topic can be accessed over here.  Most of the replies were from mainly law firms, specializing in patent prosecution. Responses from these law firms

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SpicyIP Announcement: Brainstorming Session on Traditional Knowledge & Biodiversity

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Patent Gurukul and Pravin Gandhi College of Law at Mumbai are hosting a ‘brainstorming’ session on ‘Traditional Knowledge & Biodiversity’ on February 15, 2013. The session will focus on the recent ‘Guidelines for Processing of Patent Applications Relating to Traditional Knowledge’ and its implications on the Biodiversity Act & Rules. The objective of this exercise as outlined in the press release below: In view of the extreme approach adopted by the government which is highly detrimental to indigenous research, it

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