Author name: Kiran George

Folks, we’ve had a rather busy week ! Posts have come pouring in, covering a whole melange of issues. Here’s a quick review of the week’s posts : Our SpicyIP Highlight of the week is definitely Shamnad’s article that he originally wrote for the Wire, where he talks about the unhindered thriving of the cosy cliques and cabals that infest the country’s legal ecosystem. He begins with the defect-ridden collegium system, that although had originally been borne out of noble intentions, is

The highlight of the week was Swaraj’s extremely fascinating post on the US and Switzerland’s efforts to bring back to life a provision that would allow complaints to be brought before the WTO Dispute Settlement System even when TRIPS provisions were not violated. India’s very much TRIPS compliant pharmaceutical patents provisions – Section 3(d) particularly – have escaped what could potentially be an explosively controversial discussion at the WTO, despite the mounting pressure from the US. Swaraj writes that even if the