February 2014

SpicyIP Tidbit: ‘Mad Men’ Litigation settled

/ By / Copyright

In my earlier post almost a year back, I had reported that yesteryear model Gita Hall May had sued Lionsgate, the production company of the hugely popular TV show ‘Mad Men’ in the Los Angeles Superior Court for the use of her image in the TV show’s title sequence without her consent. With Lionsgate raising First Amendment arguments, we were awaiting  the Los Angeles Superior Court ruling. However, it appears that there will be no ruling as the parties have […]

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IPAB sets aside patent office order refusing crystalline form patent of Vorapaxar

/ By / Patent

Ever filed a patent application and have a rejection issued without any explanations? With the recent IPAB order, hopefully we won’t be having more of that anymore. In this case the patentee/appellant (Plough Schering now Merck) had filed a patent application claiming a particular crystalline form of a thrombin receptor antagonist, Vorapaxar. In 2009, the patent office passed an order rejecting the patent application under Section 15 citing lack of inventive step and lack of proof regarding therapeutic efficacy of the

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National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning- India’s Contribution to the Open Education Movement

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The National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (“NPTEL”) is an initiative led by seven IIT’s and IISc, and funded by the Government of India. The website provides access to web and video-based courses in Engineering, Science and Humanities, taught by the professors of these eminent universities. There are currently more than 1,000 courses being offered on the website. They have recently introduced several new courses on Polymer Chemistry, Infrastructure Finance, Money and Banking, and several other subjects. The courses offered by NPTEL

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Applications for the 2014 – 15 LAMP Fellowship are now open

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Legislative Assistant to Members of Parliament Fellowship 2014 – 15   PRS is offering an exciting fellowship, please read the announcement below for more details: Last for submitting applications: February 20, 1014.  Cut off age for the fellowship : 26 years (i.e. born on or before January 1, 1987). About the Fellowship: The Legislative Assistants to Members of Parliament (LAMP) Fellowship places one legislative assistant to work with one MP for a period of 11 months. The Fellowship exposes LAMP Fellows to the

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GIPC IP Index: India ranked last

/ By / Copyright, Data Exclusivity, Others, Patent

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Intellectual Property Centre recently released the latest ‘International IP Index’. As per this report, India has been placed last in terms of protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property practices out of 25 countries. India scored only 6.95 points out of 30. US ranked the highest, scoring 28.5 on 30. Even in the previous GIPC Index, India was ranked last. However, the findings of this report need to be examined. As Swaraj pointed out (here), even

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