Author name: Shouvik Kumar Guha

Shouvik is at present employed as a Research Associate and a Teaching Assistant at The W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has obtained his B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) degree from NUJS itself and is also currently pursuing his LL.M. degree from the same university. From his very year at law school, he had been attracted towards the discipline of Intellectual Property and that interest has been kindled further in course of time. The interface between IP and other disciplines such as Economics, Anti-trust Law, Human Rights, World Trade Law and the technological developments relating thereto, has especially caught his attention since then. He’s authored several papers on issues relating to IP and other legal disciplines for journals, books, magazines and conferences in national as well as international levels. He is also currently co-heading an organization called Lexbiosis, which is an endeavor meant to facilitate the collaboration between the legal industry and academia.

Call for Papers: Public Interest Reviews of the International Intellectual Property Enforcement Agenda

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American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) is going to host a workshop of scholars and advocates on June 16-17, 2010, for gauging potential public interest impacts of the shift of international intellectual property norm setting to an enforcement agenda. Following the workshop, a working paper series on Public Interest Analysis of the International Intellectual Property Enforcement Agenda is scheduled to be launched. The agenda includes suggestions for a central Anticounterfeiting Trade Agreement […]

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Guest Post: Arguments against Software Patents in India

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The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a name familiar to many owing to its engagement with matters concerning digital pluralism, public accountability and pedagogic practices in the field of Internet and Society, with particular emphasis on South-South dialogues and exchange. The organization seeks to influence the form of internet and its relation with the contemporary political, cultural, and social environment, by way of research, intervention, and collaboration. The Spicy IP team is glad to bring forth to the

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To belong or not to belong? Toyota suffers setback in trademark battle before the Delhi High Court

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In a recent decision of the Delhi High Court, available here, the Japanese automobile magnet Toyota suffered a setback, when the petition that it had filed seeking exclusive rights over the trademark “PRIUS” for its hybrid cars was dismissed by the court. The matter, titled Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha v. Deepak Mangal & Others, comprised of I.A.Nos.16776/2009, 110/2010, 1156/2010 & Crl.M.A.No.1032/2010 in CS(OS) No.2490/2009 and the judgement was delivered on March 19, 2010 by Indermeet Kaur, J. The petitioner had

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Results of the 1st Annual Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition by VJLT and Altacit Global

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As the readers of Spicy IP are aware of, the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology, in collaboration with Altacit Global (an intellectual property law firm that is known for its specialty in offering strategic board-level advice to companies), had held the 1st Annual Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition on “The Varying Treatment of Patentable Subject Matter” sometime back (see post here). The following results of the competition have been conveyed to Spicy IP by the organizers, who graciously intend

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CSIR and GIIP to host Advanced Workshop on Patent Strategies

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The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in collaboration with the Global Institute of Intellectual Property (GIIP), are scheduled to host an Advanced Workshop on Patent Strategies from February 1 to February 4, 2010 (Time: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.). The workshop will focus, among others, on matters involving freedom to operate, patent analysis, landscaping, drafting, prosecution, valuation and portfolio management. It will take place at the Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) of CSIR at 19, Kamla Nehru Nagar,

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NUJS hosts the 1st Subrata Roy Chowdhury Memorial Essay Writing Competition

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National University of Juridical Sciences, the Society of International Law and Practice (SILP: a student-run academic society within the university) and the NUJS-ILSA Chapter (the network of NUJS students who are also a part of the International Law Students’ Association) are set to organize The 1st Subrata Roy Chowdhury Memorial Essay Writing Competition, together with the Indian Yearbook of International Law and Policy. The competition professes the aim to promote research and writing in the discipline of international law and

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Court gives Nod to Patent for Image on Flowers

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A few years ago, the Bombay High Court had reversed an order of rejection of a patent by the Controller-General of Patents. It is this case, titled Speaking Roses International Inc. vs Controller-General Of Patents And Anr. [citations: 2007 (109) Bom LR 630, MIPR 2007 (2) 75; full judgment available here], that forms of the subject of this post. The Petitioners, viz. Speaking Roses international Inc., had on September 19, 2002, applied for a patent for “providing an image on

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Guest Post on Intermediary Liability and IT Amendment Act

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Previously, SpicyIP readers have come across a discussion surrounding the liability of Internet Service Providers in the light of the provisions of the Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008. Following the notification of said Act (here), a Guest Post (here) had been put by Aditya Gupta, final year student of National University of Law, Jodhpur, and a follow-up post by Professor Shamnad Basheer (here). All these posts sought to discuss the different dimensions of intermediary liability under the Information Technology (IT)

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Protecting Basmati not Everybody’s Cup of Tea? NGO objects to APEDA’s Requirements

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TENDER NOTICE Some time back, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), which is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Commerce, had issued a tender inviting offers from the law firms specialized in registration and protection of Intellectual Property. The selected firm was to be engaged for an initial period of two years for the purposes of : (a) Advising APEDA on the protection of Basmati vis-à-vis the entire spectrum of Intellectual Property laws and assist

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From Jurassic Park to Bayh Dole: Crichton makes an Effortless Leap from Science Fiction to Policy Recommendation

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(Image Location: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e1/Next_book_cover.png/200px-Next_book_cover.png) Previously in Spicy IP, we have covered various aspects of the Bayh-Dole Act and the Indian Bill modeled along similar lines, titled Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill (see here). Many of the thoughts of the different stakeholders regarding this matter had also been voiced in the report of the conference that was held last September. This post, however, intends to draw attention towards a really fascinating argument that had been made a few

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