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

by Pankhuri Agarwal June 28, 2017

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’

by Pankhuri Agarwal June 26, 2017

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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

by Pankhuri Agarwal June 20, 2017

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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…

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

by Pankhuri Agarwal June 1, 2017

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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

by Pankhuri Agarwal May 22, 2017

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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…

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

by Pankhuri Agarwal May 20, 2017

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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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Del HC Stays Its Previous Order Allowing Natco to Export Bayer’s Nexavar Under the Bolar Exemption

by Pankhuri Agarwal May 13, 2017

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We are pleased to bring to you this guest post by our intern, Radhika Agarwal. Radhika is currently working as a Research Fellow at the Centre for WTO Studies at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. Del HC Stays Its Previous Order Allowing Natco to Export Bayer’s Nexavar Under the Bolar Exemption Radhika Agarwal Recently, SpicyIP reported a landmark order of the Delhi High Court (dated March 8, 2017), where it had ruled that ‘export’ of a patented invention for…

SpicyIP Fellowship 2017-18: The “Charging Bull v. Fearless Girl” Controversy – Part II

by Pankhuri Agarwal May 7, 2017

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In Part I of this post, our Fellowship applicant Kuhuk Jain analysed whether the placement of Fearless Girl in opposition to Charging Bull amounts to infringement of copyright or moral rights of the latter’s creator, Arutro di Modica, under the US copyright law. In Part II, she analyses this issue under the Indian copyright law. SpicyIP Fellowship 2017-18: The “Charging Bull v. Fearless Girl” Controversy – Part II Kuhuk Jain Continuing from the previous post on the controversy surrounding Fearless Girl…

SpicyIP Fellowship 2017-18: The “Charging Bull v. Fearless Girl” Controversy – Part I

by Pankhuri Agarwal May 7, 2017

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We are pleased to bring to you a two-part guest post by our Fellowship applicant Kuhuk Jain. Kuhuk is a 4th year student at National Law University, Delhi. This is her first submission for the Fellowship. The “Charging Bull v. Fearless Girl” Controversy – Part I Kuhuk Jain Recently, New York saw an interesting copyright controversy regarding an art work, the Fearless Girl, placed near the Wall Street in opposition to another art work, the Charging Bull. The Charging Bull…

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SpicyIP Events: FICCI’s Online Certificate Course on Competition Law & IPR

by Pankhuri Agarwal May 3, 2017

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We are pleased to inform our readers that the deadline for registration for the May-June 2017 session of the online certificate course on IPR and competition law conducted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has been extended till May 10, 2017. For further details, please read their post below: “About the Course Any business and legal decision of a modern day corporations are intertwined. As distinction between roles in the office of CEO and General Counsel…