2008

New Kid on the Block: The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law

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SpicyIP is pleased to announce that the arena of academic writing in India now has it’s first student-run Intellectual Property Journal. With the first issue of the journal released only last month, the Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law already boasts of an extremely impressive advisory panel which aids the Board of Editors (headed by Dr. VK Unni- Faculty, NALSAR and assisted by a capable team of student editors). Published annually by NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad under the patronage […]

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SpicyIP Event: Protest of software patents by candlelight vigil in Bangalore, Aug 23rd.

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Readers may recall the various posts that SpicyIP has written on the status of Software Patents in India and abroad. The draft Patent manual, which has created scares of creating a backdoor entry for allowing Software patents is currently undergoing public consultation in the various metros. The Bangalore round of discussions is tentatively scheduled for the 27th of August and civil groups are preparing to protest the ‘sneaking in’ of the clause allowing software patents by means of a candlelight

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SpicyIP Tidbit:TK in the Hindu Kush

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TK(traditional knowledge) has been quite an attention grabber the last few months-from hotch potch state legislations that threaten to reawaken the bygone era of the License Raj, to high voltage discussions at the Green room in Geneva, TKs’ assumed centre stage. Making inroads into the mountainous terrains of the Hindu Kush, The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development(ICMOD) has launched a project to implement and facilitate an equitable ABS(Access and Benefit Sharing) mechanism in the Eastern Himalayan countries of India,

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SpicyIP Tidbit:Scotch Whisky in China. India Next?

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The international momentum and thrust on protecting Indigenous produce that merit G.I protection is fast catching up Extension of equal protection to all goods (and not merely wines and spirits as stipulated in the TRIPS articles) and the demand for a multilateral register for G.Is’ was largely bruited upon at the recently held Doha round of talks at Geneva , albeit inconclusively. Interesting international developments indicate that producers are fast waking up to the importance of acquiring a domestic G.I

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Patent Office Manual: Pre-judging the Novartis-Glivec Case?

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In a previous post, Prashant touched upon the brazen way in which the patent manual sought to prejudge the Novartis (Glivec) case. For those of you not familiar with the Novartis patent litigation (given the 100 odd posts that we’ve done so far on this big ticket patent litigation in India, its highly unlikely that our readers may not have come across this till now), here is a brief gist, from a recent paper of ours that was published a

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UNCTAD to support GI for Banarasi Silk

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According to a news report in the Economic Times, “Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of the UNCTAD personally visited the handlooms at Varanasi earlier known as Banaras, and saw for himself the labour being put in by the artisans in weaving the traditional brocade silk sarees.” Aparantly moved by the artisans’ hard work, he was reported as having said that “We would like to support the effort to have a formal geographical indication, of course, at national level. There would be a

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SpicyIP Jobs: Research Positions in Sarai-ALF project

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Sarai in collaboration with ALF, Bangalore are working on a three-year project focussing on non-traditionally dealt with aspects of piracy such as cultural needs and practices in developing countries and in connection with this, they are looking for researchers. Please check below for further details. We would also like to request you to mention where you’ve found out about the position (i.e., SpicyIP) while contacting the email address given below. Thanks in advance. _________ POSITIONS AVAILABLE The Cultural and Material

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Don’t lose hope Ms. Jishnu – Keep the faith

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Today’s Business Standard carried Ms. Latha Jishnu’s weekly column. As always Ms. Jishnu’s article made for some interesting reading. For this week she had written about the anti-IP crusades of Brazil’s Grammy Award winning former cultural minister – Gil. Of course Ms. Jishnu does not descend into the extremities of asking for the dissolution of the copyright regime but instead limits herself to a call for diluting the copyright regime on the lines of Gil’s efforts in Brazil which has

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SpicyIP Events: Conference on Traditional Knowledge in New Delhi.

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The National Institute for Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR) set up under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is organizing the “National Conference on Traditional Knowledge Systems, Intellectual Property Rights and their relevance for Sustainable Development”. The three day conference, from the 24th of November, 2008 and ending on the 26th of November, will be held in the National Agricultural Science Complex in New Delhi. While understanding the dynamism that Traditional Knowledge offers a legal system and

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Chrysler grills Mahindra over front grill design

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After their last IP dispute over the ‘Jeep’ trademark, Chrysler and Indian car major Mahindra & Mahindra have moved on to their next IP dispute over the design of Scorpio’s front grill. Chrysler has alleged that the Mahindra & Mahindra has ripped off one of its designs for the front grill. Its not clear as to whether or not Chrysler had actually protected its design under the Indian Designs Act. Regardless Chrysler could still sue for copyright infringement. Media reports

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