2014

SpicyIP Events: Managing IP’s “India IP and Innovation Forum 2014”

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We are very pleased to bring to you information regarding regarding Managing IP’s India IP and Innovation Forum 2014 scheduled to be held on February 26 at the Le Meridian Hotel in New Delhi. The details as provided by the organizers are below. Is  compulsory licensing destroying India’s IP infractructure from within? As India’s sophistication in IP protection grows stronger year-on-year, so too do the concerns about the governments distorted balance between IP protection and public interest. Following amendments to […]

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NUJS Law Review Special Issue on the Copyright Amendment Act: Read it to believe it!

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This is a slightly belated notification but the Copyright Conference of 2012, has culminated in the publication of a special issue on the recent copyright amendments (Vol. 5 2012 No. (4) NUJS Law Rev.) Shamnad played a key and lead role in bringing this issue into existence! Various debates that took place at the Copyright Conference, took shape and transformed into informative, exhaustive and excellent papers that have now been published. This publication covers huge ground and deals with issues

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Auto Tuned Videos and Copyright

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Satire on YouTube seems to be stirring up quite the controversy. Some time ago, it was regarding the spoof of Dhoom 3 which YRF had objected to, on which we carried a post which observed how parodies could constitute fair use. More recently, Rohit Iyengar, an 18 year old film student, uploaded an auto tuned version of one of Rahul Gandhi’s speeches delivered at an AICC meeting, in a video titled “Rahul Gandhi sings”. Within no time the video was

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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

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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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Announcing the SpicyIP Fellows for 2014 – 2015!

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With nearly 70 entries over the course of 6 weeks, from 14 different law schools, we’ve had a terrific response to our call for applications to the 2nd Annual SpicyIP Fellowship! Of all the submitted entries, 24 entries made it as guest posts to our blog. We were very pleased to note the marked increase in participation as compared to last year when we received about 40 submissions of which we published 18. The criteria for selection included topic choice, research,

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Event: Pharma IPR Conference, February 2014

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Pharma IPR is a very targeted conference focusing on patent related matters for Pharma and Biopharma Industry across the globe.  The date and venue for the conference is: 26 to 28 February, 2014 at Holiday Inn Mumbai International Airport, Mumbai, India. Website: www.pharmaipr-india.com Please click here for more details about the conference. The theme of the conference is ‘US Patent Law in 2013: Winds of Change’. As the title suggests, the conference aims at highlighting and discussing important US Patent rulings

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