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SpicyIP Events: Panel Discussion on Copyright and Course Packs: A Collision of Competing Values?

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We are happy to announce that the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre (OIPRC) and the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development (OICSD) have organised a panel discussion on Copyright and Course Packs: A Collision of Competing Values?. The discussion will take place from 6 to 8 pm (UTC) on November 24, 2016 at Somerville College in Oxford. In the panel discussion the representatives of the publishers involved in the DU photocopy case (The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford and Ors v. Rameshwari Photocopy […]

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Is the Import of Books into India too ‘Tax’ing? Debunking the Myth

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We are happy to bring to you a guest post by Tejas Popat, a 2nd year student at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata. In this post, Tejas debunks the myth that the books imported into India are expensive due to a high import duty.   Is the Import of Books into India too ‘Tax’ing? Debunking the Myth Tejas Popat It is widely recognized that academic books often need to be imported to make them available in India. A

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Bias in Industry Funded Research: A Problem of Funding Source or Lack of Openness in Research?

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We are glad to bring to you a guest post by Dr. Arul George Scaria on industry funded research/conferences and bias, a recently much debated issue on our blog. Dr. Scaria is an Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC) at National Law University, Delhi. The views expressed is this post are his personal and he wishes to thank Kuhuk Jain and Shreyashi Ray for their critical comments on this post. Bias in Industry Funded

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SpicyIP Events: 1st National Constitutional Law Olympiad by ILS Law College & MKCL

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  We are pleased to announce the 1st National Constitutional Law Olympiad being organised by ILS Law College, Pune and Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL) in January-February 2017 in commemoration of the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.   Eligibility The competition is open to all students pursuing 5 year or 3 year LL.B. course from Indian colleges/universities. There is no cap on number of participants from each college/university. Registration Online registration will be open from October 20, 2016 to

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YouTube: The Bi-Polar Behemoth

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We are happy to bring to you a guest post on a recent order by the Madras High Court directing Google and You Tube to disclose the identity and IP address of the user who uploaded an allegedly defamatory video about Lebara Foundation. The author of this post wishes to remain anonymous.   YouTube: The Bi-Polar Behemoth Anonymous Recently on Spicy IP, Rahul wrote an excellent post describing YouTube’s most recent over-zealous efforts to police content on their website. In short, YouTube’s

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Dispelling the Myth that the DU Photocopy Judgment Permits Photocopying of Entire Books

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Justice Endlaw’s judgment in the DU photocopy case, while hailed as historic by many for having endorsed the right to educational access in India, has been criticized by some as one that would lead to the decline of academic publishing in India. One of the criticisms, raised also as a ground of appeal by the publishers, has been that the judgment does not place any numerical restriction on the unauthorized photocopying of books by educational institutions permitted under Section 52(1)(i)

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SpicyIP Events: GIAN Course on IPRs and International Economics Development

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  We are happy to announce that a GIAN course on Intellectual Property Rights and International Economics Development will be conducted from December 12-16, 2016 at IIT, Indore. The last date to register for the course is November 7, 2016.   About the Course This is a survey course on the international aspects of intellectual property protection.  As Carsten Fink, the Chief Economist of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency, put it: “It is hard to find

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Reminder: Call for Applications for SpicyIP’s New IP Case Law Team

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As announced last week, SpicyIP is forming a new IP case law team to provide quick summaries of recent IP cases and is inviting applications from law students and lawyers for the same. The deadline for applications is October 31, 2016. Who are we looking for? We are looking for a total of 3-4 law students/lawyers who can prepare quick summaries of about 3-4 IP orders/judgments each per week for a minimum period of six months. Please note that the process

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Some Trends in Pharmaceutical Patent Infringement Actions

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      We are happy to bring to you a guest post by Mr. Sandeep K. Rathod. Sandeep is a lawyer with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical space. The views contained in this post are his personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of his current or past employer.     Some Trends in Pharmaceutical Patent Infringement Actions Sandeep K. Rathod Why has Pfizer filed a case against A. Gandhi and D. Rawal? Or why had Bayer IP sued Mr.

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SpicyIP Events: CopyCamp 2016: International Conference on the Future of Copyright in Europe

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We are happy to announce that the 5th edition of the CopyCamp Conference on the future of copyright in Europe will be held at Kinoteka in Warsaw, Poland and also be streamed online (UTC + 01:00) on the October 27 and 28, 2016. International artists and experts representing a variety of cultural institutions and businesses, non-governmental organizations, the media, academia, political and activist circles will meet at this conference to discuss copyright, its role and its future in a developing Europe. The conference programme

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