September 2014

SpicyIP Weekly Reviews (1st to 7th September & 8th to 14th September)

/ By / Others

Some very important IP developments took place early this month. Anubha blogged about the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and how Japan is pushing for TRIPS plus commitment in the RCEP negotiation rounds. If this is accepted, it would be a great setback to India’s generic medicines industry. Thomas analysed a recent order passed by the Competition Commission of India wherein the CCI fined automobile manufacturers (including Tata Motors and Maruti Suzuki) for indulging in anti-competitive practices during sale of […]

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Opening up Indian Law Making?

/ By / Others, Patent

In a recent op-ed in the Mint, I lament the lack of public consultation in Indian law and policy making. I argue that its high time we moved from representative to deliberative democracy. I note the existence of a cabinet resolution calling for public consultation but note that it is weakly worded and that we need a stronger legal entitlement to the same. I extract some portions below. And welcome thoughts and suggestions. You can access the full piece here. Judging a

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Analysing parts of the CCI’s spare parts order

/ By / Competition Law, Copyright, Design, Patent

A group of automobile manufacturers were recently fined a total sum of Rs. 25.45 billion for the practices that they adopted in the sale of their spare parts (read the 215 page order of the Commission here). The worst affected in the group was Tata Motors with a penalty of about Rs. 13.4 billion with Maruti Suzuki coming in next with a penalty of Rs. 4 billion. The grievance of the informant was that the spare parts for the cars

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Japan pushes for TRIPS plus commitments in a regional FTA; Médecins Sans Frontières raises an alarm

/ By / Innovation, Patent

While PM Modi’s visit to Japan has been hailed as a huge success, especially after getting Japan to invest 35 billion dollars in India over the the next five years, it was only in the previous month at an entirely separate forum (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)) that Japan threw a potential spanner in the works by pushing for TRIPS plus provisions in the RCEP negotiation rounds held in Singapore.  However, PM Modi during his Japan visit expressed a general

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Guest Post: A tribute to Chris Ohly

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As many of you may know by now, Chris Ohly passed away earlier last week. Shamnad has penned a touching obituary which can be accessed here. Chris Ohly was a fine lawyer and a leading IP litigator. His expertise on the Hatch Waxman act and Biologic Price Competition act was unparalleled. His contribution to IP will be deeply missed! As readers may recall Chris Ohly has authored several posts for Spicy IP some of which include US patent reform (AIA)

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