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SpicyIP Events: Free NPTEL Online Course on ‘Patent Law for Engineers and Scientists’ by Dr. Feroz Ali

We are glad to inform you that Dr. Feroz Ali Khader, Chair Professor on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, is offering a free NPTEL (MOOCs) course titled “Patent Law for Engineers and Scientists”. The course covers the syllabus of Paper 1 of the Patent Agent Examination. The registration is now open and the course will begin on July 24, 2017. For further details, please read the post below: About the Course The course shall […]

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SpicyIP Welcomes Its First ‘Scholar in Practice’

We are thrilled to announce that SpicyIP is introducing a new position on the blog called ‘Scholar in Practice’. These scholars will be exemplary lawyers and thought leaders who are actively engaged in the practice of IP law and who will therefore lend a bit more of the practitioner perspective to the blog. As many of you know, the core team of the blog comprises mainly academics, researchers and students. We are therefore opening up this position to infuse more

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SpicyIP Jobs: Lawyers Specializing in IP Litigation at S. Majumdar & Co., New Delhi

We are happy to inform you that the New Delhi office of S. Majumdar & Co. is immediately looking for lawyers specialising in IP litigation. For further details, please see the job description below: Responsibilities The candidate must be competent to draft all kinds of pleadings and appear in Courts, brief Senior Counsels and assist them during the hearings. Desired Joining Date Immediate, by 1st of July, 2017. Desired Qualification & Experience LL.B. degree and/or LL.M. Minimum 5 years of experience

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SpicyIP Events: 6th Annual IP Teaching/Research Workshop, 2017; Registration Closes Tomorrow

We are pleased to remind our readers that the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC), National Law University, Delhi and Centre for Intellectual Property Rights & Advocacy (CIPRA), National Law School of India University, Bangalore are organising the 6th Annual IP Teaching/Research Workshop, 2017 on July 2-3, 2017 in Bangalore.  Interested law students, practitioners or faculty members must send in their request to attend the workshop by June 29, 2017 (tomorrow) to [email protected]. Late entries will not be accepted. For further details, please

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SpicyIP Events: CIIPC’s Second Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition

  We are pleased to announce that the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC), National Law University, Delhi is organising the 2nd Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition on July 1-2, 2017 at Taj Westend in Bangalore. For further details, please read their post below:   Second Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (1st– 2nd July, 2017) Taj Westend, Bangalore About the Roundtable: The CIIPC conducts the Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition to offer

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Manupatra to Launch E-Learning Platform ‘LawSkills’

We are pleased to inform our readers that Manupatra is launching an e-learning platform, ‘www.lawskills.in‘, aimed at bridging the gap between legal education and profession. The launch is to take place on June 28, 2017 at Silver Oak, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. As per Manupatra, “LawSkills is an e-learning platform that aims to revolutionize professional online education in the field of law. LawSkills will attempt to leverage technology and build an ecosystem of industry practitioners and learners to make learning easy,

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SpicyIP Events: Trade Talk on IP, Innovation & Public Interest To Be Hosted by Centre for WTO Studies Tomorrow

We are pleased to inform you that as part of the 4th Joint Academy, the Centre for WTO Studies is also hosting a series of Trade Talks. These are short talks on contemporary issues in world trade that are presented by the Resource Persons of the Joint Academy.  The details of the Third Talk are provided below: Trade Talk by Mrs. Jayashree Watal, Counsellor, Intellectual Property Division, World Trade Organization, Geneva Topic– IP, Innovation and Public Interest Date: Wednesday, 21 June 2017

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Content Legitimacy and Copyright: Guest Post by Justice G. Patel

We are extremely pleased to bring to you a guest post by Justice Gautam Patel. Justice Patel needs no introduction. One of the finest IP judges to have walked the hallowed halls of the Indian legal firmament, he’s given us one insightful decision after another. He was rated as one of the top 50 IP personalities in 2014-15. In fact most of the decisions covered on this blog in the last year or so are from his stable. We are

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SpicyIP Events: 6th Annual IP Teaching/Research Workshop, 2017

We are pleased to announce that the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC), National Law University, Delhi and Centre for Intellectual Property Rights & Advocacy (CIPRA), National Law School of India University, Bangalore are organising the 6th Annual IP Teaching/Research Workshop, 2017 on July 2-3, 2017. For further details, please read their post below: Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC) National Law University, Delhi & Centre for Intellectual Property Rights & Advocacy (CIPRA) National Law School of India University, Bangalore VI

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SpicyIP Fellowship 2017-18: Kaun Banega Copycat: Sony Takes One Plus To Court

We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by our Fellowship applicant, Sreyoshi Guha. Sreyoshi is a 4th year student at Symbiosis Law School, Pune. This is her third submission for the Fellowship. Kaun Banega Copycat: Sony Takes One Plus To Court Sreyoshi Guha Over the last month or so, the IP community has been abuzz with news and events that have culminated in interesting debates and discussions on the blog itself. Somewhere amidst all of the hustle, a

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