Author name: Prashant Reddy

T. Prashant Reddy graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, with a B.A.LLB (Hons.) degree in 2008. He later graduated with a LLM degree (Law, Science & Technology) from the Stanford Law School in 2013. Prashant has worked with law firms in Delhi and in academia in India and Singapore. He is also co-author of the book Create, Copy, Disrupt: India's Intellectual Property Dilemmas (OUP).

CSIR finally discloses details of patent licensing: More than 400 patents licensed over last ten years!

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Finally, after almost 6 months of RTI applications, appeals and reminders, the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) has provided me with a comprehensive, lab-wise, list of all the patents that it has licenced in the last 10 years. The only information not provided was royalty figures but CSIR has promised to disclose even these figures in the not so distant future. The entire reply from CSIR can be accessed over here. (The print was small and hence a […]

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Guest Post: Airtel pays penalty for indiscriminate blocking – ISPs stuck between a rock and a hard place?

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Adithya Reddy, a practising advocate before the Madras High Court, has sent us this excellent post on the various issues that arise out of the decision of a court to impose a penalty on Airtel for blocking access to file-sharing websites as a result of the ‘John Doe’ order granted by the Madras High Court to the producers of the film ‘3’. This post is a must read for all those of you who are interested in the taking the

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Division Bench of Delhi High Court settles the law on interpretation of IPR (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, 2007

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Image from here In an interesting co-incidence, the Delhi High Court delivered two judgments on an identical point of law on the same day – 13th July, 2012. The first judgment by Justice Manmohan Singh was covered by us over here and here. (The first ex-parte order is available over here) That judgment which in my opinion was highly erroneous, had interpreted the IPR (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, 2007 in a manner which concluded that the Customs Department could apply

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From the Archives: Official documents from the 1999 Indo-American Pharmaceutical Patents trade dispute before the WTO

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Image from here Khomba Singh of the ET had carried this interesting report on 3rd August, 2012 hinting at the possibility of the European Union (E.U.) installing ‘non-tariff’ barriers to punish Indian generics for blatantly violating the patents of foreign innovator companies in India. The measures proposed so far seemed to be aimed at using India’s own impotent drug regulatory bureaucracy to slow down Indian generic drug exports to the E.U. Honestly, I’m not surprised that E.U. is considering something

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G.I. Registry dismisses plea against G.I. tag for ‘Tirupati Laddu’; imposes costs of Rs. 10,000 on Praveen Raj

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Image from here. Although we are yet to see a copy of the final order, we have been informed that the Geographical Indications Registry dismissed, on July 30th 2012, the rectification petition filed by Praveen Raj against the registration of ‘Tirupati Laddu’ as a geographical indication. Some of the newspapers have carried reported the same over here and here.  Honestly, I’m not surprised that the G.I. Registry has dismissed the petition and imposed costs of Rs. 10,000 on Praveen Raj.

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SpicyIP Tidbit: ToI on “U.S. doublespeak on patent waiver”

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On the 27th of July, both the Times of India and the ET carried a news report titled “U.S. doublespeak on patent waiver”. The report alleges hypocrisy on the part of the U.S. in objecting to India’s decision to grant a CL for Bayer’s patent over Nexavar since the U.S. itself has recently authorized the import of cancer drugs from India in a bid to meet a critical shortage of cancer drugs in the USA. The opening line of the

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Madras Bar Association fights to save independence of key tribunals from the ‘babus’ of the Central Govt.

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Image from here The ToI and the legal news website Law et. al. have both reported on a public interest litigation filed by the Madras Bar Association before the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality and administration of several tribunals. The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union of India on the petition. Given the scope of the relief prayed for in the petition, the case has the potential to both streamline and revolutionize the increasingly powerful and unwieldy tribunal system

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APEDA discloses legal expenses on ‘Basmati’ – Rs. 7,62,00,000 and counting;

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Finally, after much coaxing and at least one appeal, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has disclosed its legal expenses on protecting and registering the phrase ‘Basmati’ as a ‘trademark’ and as a ‘geographical indication’. The response can be viewed over here.  As per APEDA’s reply, “An amount of Rs. 7.62 crores (Rs. 7,62,00,000) has been paid to M/s K&S Partners as aggregate professional fee from 1995-96 to 2011-12 (upto 31.3.2012) towards protection of intellectual property

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A face-off in the offing between the Delhi High Court and the Customs Board?

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Continuing from my earlier post on the order of the Delhi High Court in the L.G. case, I would like to point out an interesting trend where orders of the Delhi High Court especially those of Justice Manmohan Singh, pertaining to the IPR (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, 2007 are being skilfully countered by one Mr. Satish Kumar Reddy, Director at the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC). (Rest assured he is in no way related to me.)  (i) Samsung

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Delhi High Court passes restraining orders in a declaratory patent lawsuit after the patent has already been revoked by IPAB!

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Image from here. In a recent 80 page order, Justice Manmohan Singh of the Delhi High Court has, probably unwittingly, passed restraining orders in the case of L.G. Electronics India Pvt. Ltd. v. Bharat Bhogilal Patel & Othrs after the patent in question was already revoked by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB). The order can be accessed over here. An earlier order passed in this lawsuit was also rather surprising and I’ve blogged about that order over here.  The

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