SpicyIP Events: Interactive Session on “Best Practices in IPR” by PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry & United IPR on World IP Day [April 26, 2019]

by Pankhuri Agarwal April 22, 2019

We’re pleased to announce that PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with United IPR is organizing an interactive session on ‘Best Practices in IPR’ on April 26, 2019 in New Delhi. For further details, please read the announcement below: Event on “Best Practices in IPR” this World IP Day at PHD House, New Delhi In the spirit of celebrating this World IP Day, PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry in collaboration with United IPR is organizing an interactive…

Plant Variety Protection

The ‘Farmers’ Rights’ Law Lays the IPR Trap

by Pankhuri Agarwal April 21, 2019

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We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Shalini Bhutani. Shalini is an India-based independent legal researcher and policy analyst working in the Asian region. The ‘Farmers’ Rights’ Law Lays the IPR Trap Shalini Bhutani One day intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the seed sector granted to MNCs would entrap farmers. This is precisely what farmers’ groups and concerned citizens in the country had been warning against, ever since India chose to introduce IPRs through the Protection of…

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SpicyIP Events: 2019 WIPO-UNIGE Summer School in Geneva in June! [June 24-July 5]

by Pankhuri Agarwal April 20, 2019

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We’re pleased to inform you that the 2019 WIPO-UNIGE Summer School will be conducted in Geneva from June 24 to July 5, 2019. The deadline for applications is May 15, 2019. For further details, please read the announcement below. 2019 WIPO-UNIGE Summer School in Geneva in June! Interested in spanning the IP Globe in 2019? Join the WIPO-UNIGE Summer School in Geneva! The Summer School, this year in its 9th edition, gathers each year participants from around the world with…

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SpicyIP Events: 5th Annual Refresher Course for Law Teachers on Developmental Perspectives on IPRs [CUSAT Cochin, June 21-28]

by Pankhuri Agarwal April 10, 2019

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We are pleased to announce that the Inter University Centre for Intellectual Property Rights Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT is hosting a seven-day exhaustive training programme for law teachers from 21st to 28th June, 2019. The theme for 2019 is “IPRs and Competition-Social Dimensions”. The deadline for submission of applications is May 20, 2019. For further details, please read the announcement below: Announcing the 5th edition of our Annual Refresher Course on IPR for Law Teachers on Developmental Perspectives of Intellectual Property…

Trademark

Need for Boosting Trademark Law for Keeping Pace with Artificial Intelligence

by Pankhuri Agarwal April 6, 2019

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We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Shubham Borkar and Nitish Daniel. Shubham is a Senior Associate at Khurana and Khurana Advocates and IP Attorneys and Nitish is an Assistant Legal Advisor at ONGC. Need for Boosting Trademark Law for Keeping Pace with Artificial Intelligence Shubham Borkar & Nitish Daniel Business Giants like Google, Facebook, IBM are integrating AI systems into their operations, so are online retailers, online marketers, and product manufacturers like Amazon. For example, you…

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SpicyIP Fellowship 2019-20: “See You Later, Alligator!” The Delhi High Court Rejects Crocs’ Suit For Passing Off of Registered Design

by Pankhuri Agarwal April 4, 2019

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We’re pleased to pleased to bring to you a guest post by our Fellowship applicant, Arushi Gupta. Arushi is a 2nd year student at Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai. This is her first submission for the Fellowship. “See You Later, Alligator!” The Delhi High Court Rejects Crocs’ Suit For Passing Off Of Registered Design Arushi Gupta On 7th March 2019, in Crocs Inc. USA v. Aqualite India Limited, the Delhi High Court rejected the maintainability of a suit of…

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University of New Hampshire and Royzz & Co. Partner for a Scholarship for LL.M. Students Specialising in IP Law

by Pankhuri Agarwal March 24, 2019

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We’re pleased to inform our readers that The Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property at the University of New Hampshire School of Law (UNH) and Royzz & Co. (erstwhile Solomon & Roy) have partnered to offer a scholarship for prospective international LL.M. students specialising in IP Law. The deadline for submitting applications for the scholarship is May 15, 2019. For further details, please read the announcement below: UNH Law-Franklin Pierce and Royzz & Co. Partner for IP Scholarship The Franklin Pierce…

Section 31D of the Copyright Act Does Not Cover Internet Broadcasting

by Pankhuri Agarwal March 8, 2019

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We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Swaroop Mamidipudi. Swaroop is an advocate practicing in copyright law at the Madras High Court. He has guest blogged for us in the past as well (see here and here). Section 31D of the Copyright Act Does Not Cover Internet Broadcasting Swaroop Mamidipudi The Spotify litigation (covered here) centres around the question that has been simmering around the Indian copyright scene for some time – does the statutory licensing regime…

Biological Diversity

Developing Bio-Cultural Jurisprudence for Securing Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities – Divya Pharmacy v. UoI

by Pankhuri Agarwal March 6, 2019

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We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Alphonsa Jojan. Alphonsa teaches at Tamil Nadu National Law University, Trichy. She has written a guest post for us earlier as well. Developing Bio-Cultural Jurisprudence for Securing Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities – Divya Pharmacy v. UoI Alphonsa Jojan On 21st December, 2018, the Uttarakhand High Court delivered its judgment (previously covered on the blog here) on a contentious issue under the Biological Diversity Act: whether Indian companies,…

Patent Plant Variety Protection

Analyzing Subject Matter Excluded from Patenting in the Backdrop of Lawsuits Involving Monsanto

by Pankhuri Agarwal March 4, 2019

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We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Kartik Puttiah. Kartik is the co-founder of InvnTree IP Services. He has over thirteen years of experience in patent consulting. He specialises in patent drafting and prosecution, and routinely advises his clients on patent portfolio development. He also works with his clients in addressing patent risks. He obtained his B.E. degree in Industrial Engineering and Management and is also a registered patent and trademark agent. Analyzing Subject Matter Excluded from…

Jagdish Sagar { It is certainly necessary to configure, and for the Courts to interpret, the limitations and exceptions to copyright on the basis of empirical experience, and this may be... }
{ Has the tenure of Justice Manmohan Singh been extended post December 31st 2020? }
Jagdish Sagar { Surely a viable solution to this problem would be a statutory licence for users, with suitable guidelines to the IPAB regarding fixation of the fee. Such legislation would... }
Achille Forler { https://blogs.law.gwu.edu/mcir/ This is an invaluable resource about music copyright infringement cases from the mid-nineteenth century forward in the U.S. and, to an increasing extent, in foreign jurisdictions. }
Achille Forler { In the absence of a forensic musicologist, courts still largely rely on subjective impressions of audio similarity/dissimilarity (the extrinsic test or 'golden ear' analysis); see Cottrill v. Spears... }

De-Coding Indian Intellectual Property Law

SpicyIP Events: Interactive Session on “Best Practices in IPR” by PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry & United IPR on World IP Day [April 26, 2019]

The ‘Farmers’ Rights’ Law Lays the IPR Trap

SpicyIP Events: 2019 WIPO-UNIGE Summer School in Geneva in June! [June 24-July 5]

SpicyIP Events: 5th Annual Refresher Course for Law Teachers on Developmental Perspectives on IPRs [CUSAT Cochin, June 21-28]

Need for Boosting Trademark Law for Keeping Pace with Artificial Intelligence

SpicyIP Fellowship 2019-20: “See You Later, Alligator!” The Delhi High Court Rejects Crocs’ Suit For Passing Off of Registered Design

University of New Hampshire and Royzz & Co. Partner for a Scholarship for LL.M. Students Specialising in IP Law

Section 31D of the Copyright Act Does Not Cover Internet Broadcasting

Developing Bio-Cultural Jurisprudence for Securing Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities – Divya Pharmacy v. UoI

Analyzing Subject Matter Excluded from Patenting in the Backdrop of Lawsuits Involving Monsanto

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