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Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights Workshop at CIPRS

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SpicyIP is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for students interested in IP to participate in the first annual workshop on Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights, organised by the Inter-University Centre for IPR studies in association with the HRD Chair on IPR, Cochin University of Science and Technology, from March 10-12, 2011 . The theme for this year’s workshop is ‘Indian Copyright Law: A Social Perspective‘. The workshop has been organised keeping in mind the impending Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2010, with […]

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Copyright Act Standing Committee Report:Technological Protection Measures

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In the next few posts, I will be covering various aspects of the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s report on the proposed amendments to the Indian Copyright Act. I will try and highlight the key points discussed during the committee proceedings with minimal analysis, and provide links to our earlier discussions and posts on the concerned issue. I hope to present the different industry positions and lobbying strategies, in the name of transparency. In this post, I will be covering the issue

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First GNLU-Y. J. Trivedi Annual IP Essay Competition

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We are pleased to inform you that GNLU in collaboration with the Y. J. Trivedi & Co., Ahmedabad is organising a National level Annual Intellectual Property Rights Essay Competition 2010-11. Following are the topics for the IP Essay Competition: 1) IPR: A key driver of business strategy in I.T. Industry 2) Protection of Database: An analysis of international scenario and the Indian Position – the road ahead. 3) The role of Indian Judiciary with special reference to the Global IP

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SpicyIP Announcements: IJIPL Call for Papers

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The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law is India’s only student run journal that is wholly devoted to intellectual property law. Published annually, it is an endeavour of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in collaboration with the N.C. Banerjee Centre for Intellectual Property Law. The Journal, now in its fourth year of publication, serves as a forum for contributing to the fascinating and burgeoning field of intellectual property law. The Journal aims at not just documenting student scholarship but also

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SpicyIP Events: Consilience – A Conference on Privacy

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The Law and Technology Committee (elTek) of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore is hosting ‘Consilience’, a conference where contemporary issues of critical relevance in the field of law and technology are addressed. Past editions of the conference have engaged with a vast spectrum of cutting edge issues such as “Legal Aspects of Business Process Outsourcing”, “Biotechnology and the Law” and “Free and Open Source Software” drawing in on the rich experience of luminaries like Mr. Montek Singh

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SpicyIP Tidbit: RTI Application on Foreign Film Shooting in India

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One of our readers, Arpan Banerjee sent us this interesting bit of information concerning foreign films shot in India, which could be useful to lawyers working in the field of entertainment law. Arpan has a law degree from Calcutta and is interested in the film, music and publishing world and has written a few articles related to media law. Based on an RTI application, Arpan made the following observations: Since 2006, 108 foreign films have been shot in India: 22

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Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act: A Lesson in the Legislative Process

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I’ve picked up on this piece to illustrate and support the common notion that public discussion and transparency do in fact help to bring about sensible legislative and policy decisions, and there really shouldn’t be a doubt that important legislative changes must go through a consultation process, with as much public participation as possible before it is concluded. The post deals with the recent controversy surrounding the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) which is a proposed bill in

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Guzaarish in Copyright Controversy

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Bollywood’s affinity for copyright controversies continues with the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed, Hrithik Roshan-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer, Guzaarish embroiled in a copyright dispute with novelist, Dayanand Raajan, alleging that the writers of Guzaarish lifted the theme of his book and that the film’s plot bears a striking resemblance to the novel’s storyline and also in terms of the characters in the film. The Indian Express reports that as of now, the producers of the film have been served with a

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Copying, Stealing and Medieval Writings

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It is undisputed that the Internet has radically changed the idea of copy-protection, given the relative ease with which one can make prefect digital copies of a copyrightable piece of work. But who would have thought that the Middle Ages suffered from the same problem – theft of their intellectual property. In a wonderful blog post, Got Medieval highlights how safeguarding intellectual property was a concern even in medieval times and provides illustrations of their efforts to protect their work.

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Ph.D Scholarship at IPR Centre, CUSAT

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Spicy IP is pleased to announce the establishment of the Inter University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS) a centre of excellence in Intellectual Property Rights at the Cochin University of Science and Technology. The main objective of IUCIPRS is to evolve into a research hub and resource center for IPR and related subjects. It also seeks to facilitate interaction between researchers from different universities and research institutions in India and abroad. The different areas of IPR that have been identified

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