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.

SpicyIP Tidbit: Global Patent Co-operation by 5 IP Offices

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(Image Location: http://www.fiveipoffices.org/images/logo.jpg) Recent times have seen a website being launched (here) representing a forum consisting of five of the largest intellectual property offices in the world, viz. the European Patent Office (EPO), the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China (SIPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The said forum, named the Five IP Offices (IP5), has been established with the aim […]

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SJMSOM ready to host 1st IPR Researchers’ Confluence

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The Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management (SJMSOM), a part of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, is all set to host the 1st Intellectual Property Rights Researchers’ Confluence on December 21 and 22, 2009. The theme of the confluence is going to be Spearheading Intellectual Property Research in India –An Agenda for Research. With innovation in organizations assuming significant importance in the modern world and the emerging economies being channeled towards developing an IPR system by the global

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Cybersquatting gets Sharp Rap from INDRP Arbitration: Bloomberg Finance Wins

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(picture source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6449363.stm) Among the recent cases that have been decided in relation to .IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (INDRP), the following one has seen Bloomberg Finance L.P., (BF) a United States-based company, winning the domain name Bloomberg.net.in (full judgment available here). BF had filed a complaint with the .In Registry, National Exchange of India (NIXI), against Mr. Kanhan Vijay, a resident of Nagpur, India and claimed to be the registered proprietor of the services mark BLOOMBERG in India

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Call for Papers: 7th Annual Symposium on IP/Gender: Mapping the Connections held at the Washington College of Law

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(Image source:http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/images/pijip_logo_short.png) The American University Washington College of Law (WCL) (a top U.S. law school that is renowned as the provider of quality legal education in all areas of the law, including intellectual property, information about which can be obtained from here) requires scarce introduction to the academically oriented. Among other programs offered by it, WCL can boast of the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) (it works to advance access to information for people, who depend on

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Virginia Journal of Law & Technology and Altacit Global announces IP Writing Competition

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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; details about Altacit Global can be obtained here), has decided to host an intellectual property law writing competition. The topic for this 1st Annual Intellectual Property Law Writing Competition is “The Varying Treatment of Patentable Subject Matter“. The Competition is open to all law students of Indian and AmericanUniversities, Colleges

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Guest Post: Much Music to be faced

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(http://anytimehotels.com/hotelimage/MarriottResortGoa/1.jpg) Image Location Strengthening of the copyright regime in India seems to be carving a niche for itself as the question of obtaining and renewal of a valid license before any multi channel music can be played by the hotels to entertain their guests, seems to be resurfacing with Indian Performing Rights Society Limited (IPRSL) dragging Hotel Goa Marriott Resort to the Delhi High Court over the payment of license fee for the same. IPRSL is a society, which is

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Guest Post on the Conference on Publicly Funded Patents and Technology Transfer: A Review of the Indian “Bayh Dole” Bill

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Most of the readers are already familiar with the discussions that have taken place (see here , here, here, here, here and here) in this blog regarding the Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill that has been modeled in the line of the U.S. Bayh-Dole Act. On September 12, 2009, a conference had been organized regarding the same at the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata (see here). Following is a report of the proceedings

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Getting Primed in the Language of Copyright

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Copyright law has since long been one of the most prominent cornerstones of intellectual property regime worldwide. However, while there already exist a large amount of literature and scholarly work regarding that discipline, few have cared till date to make an effort of conveying the basic features of copyright law to the mass populace at large. In an attempt to fill the said void, the Copysouth Research Group has recently published a copyright primer in September, 2009. The book, titled

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If (legal) knowledge is wealth, then you can get it for free now!

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Welcome to The India Business Law Journal is a monthly magazine (published 10 times a year) that specializes in providing detailed and comprehensive analysis of the legal, financial and regulatory scenario challenges that feature prominently in the Indian business world. Among other things, this journal seeks to provide vital intelligence to the subscribers ( othe present list of subscribers can boast of prominent names such as Allen & Overy; Amarchand Mangaldas; Aon; Ashurst; AT&T; AZB & Partners; Baker & McKenzie;

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Applying for Patents does pay: Wockhardt wins Kudos from the Indian Government

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Wockhardt Limited, a renowned Indian pharmaceutical and biotechnology company (logo image taken from here) that has its base in Mumbai, has recently earned quite a significant accolade from the Government of India for the large number of patents it has filed for and been granted in course of the past few years. It was on September 24, 2009 that the Union Government had made its decision known of awarding to the company the prestigious title of the ‘Pharmaceutical Company with

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