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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 6- December 12)

/ By / Copyright, Drug Regulation, Patent, Trademark

In addition to the usual round up of our own blog posts in the last week, we also bring to you 20 case summaries and other important national and international IP developments this week. We’re also asking for your help! Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Especially from other High Courts? Please let us know so we can include them! Additionally, we’ve run this format for weekly reviews for a few weeks now. Do you like it? Hate […]

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Call for Interns and SpicyIP Fellows!

/ By / Opportunities

Are you interested in transparency and accountability in the Indian IP ecosystem and looking to work on engaging projects? Or think a decision is interesting to analyze and write an opinion on?  Well, we have good news for you!  SpicyIP is presently looking for enthusiastic individuals for the following positions :- 1. SpicyIP Fellowship: SpicyIP Fellows are typically sharp, passionate bloggers, interested in researching and writing on developments in intellectual property rights and the innovation policy scenario in India, with

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Call for Submissions- The IP Press Law Review: Volume I Issue 2 [Submit by Jan 2]

/ By / Opportunities, Publication

We are pleased to inform you that the IP Press Law Review is inviting submissions for the second issue of its first volume. The last date for the entries is January 2, 2023. For further details, please refer to the call below.   Call for Submissions: The IP Press Law Review: Volume I Issue 2 (2022) About the Law Review:The IP Press Law Review (IPPLR) is an initiative of The IP Press to extend our objectives of spreading awareness on the

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[Sponsored] PatSeer’s IP Symposium ‘PatSight’ [Bangalore, December 9]

/ By / Opportunities, Sponsored

We are pleased to announce that PatSeer is hosting its IP Symposium PatSight on December 9, 2022 in Bangalore. The symposium aims to highlight the best innovative method in IP research and analysis via case studies and panel discussions and is free to attend. For further details, please read their announcement below. PatSeer’s IP Symposium ‘PatSight’ [Bangalore, December 9] We’re excited to announce that PatSeer is hosting our free IP symposium – PatSight on December 9, in Bangalore. About PatSeer

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Copyrighting The Uncopyrightable – The NSE Saga

/ By / Copyright

We’re pleased to bring you a guest post by Kartik Sharma and Aditya Singh, analysing copyrightability of datasets in light of the recent controversy surrounding NSE’s issuance of C&D notices to many stock gaming apps.  Kartik and Aditya are 2nd year students at NLSIU, Bengaluru, and had earlier written for us here and here. Copyrighting The Uncopyrightable – The NSE Saga Kartik Sharma and Aditya Singh In the last week of October, NSE proceeded to issue cease and desist notices to stock gaming

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Copyright and Classical Music: Not the Best Fusion?

/ By / Copyright

We’re pleased to bring to our readers a guest post by Akshat Agrawal on the recent Kantara – copyright issue that’s been on the news. Akshat Agrawal is an LLM student at Berkeley Law specialising in IP policy. He is a graduate of Jindal Global Law School and has previously clerked at the Delhi High Court. He is also a trained Indian Classical Musician from the Prayag Sangit Samiti, Allahabad and the KM Music Conservatory, Chennai. He’s written several posts

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SpicyIP Tidbits: Request for an Interim Order in Nokia-Oppo SEP Case Refused; Unclean Hands Doctrine Used in Medicinal Product Trademark Case

/ By / Patent, Trademark

[The post is co-authored by Swaraj Barooah and Praharsh Gour]  The past week saw the Delhi High Court passing two significant orders pertaining to medicinal trademarks and SEPs. We’re still going over the orders and hope to bring out a more detailed assessment of both of these orders in the near future, however, for the time being here’s a quick overview. As always, any additional details or thoughts from readers are welcome!  Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. vs Dwd Pharmaceuticals Ltd

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From Creating Patent Ecosystem to Building National Innovation System for Industrial Growth

/ By / Innovation, Patent

We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Prof. (Dr.) Ruchi Sharma. Dr. Ruchi Sharma is a Professor of Economics in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Indore. Her research area is the Economics of Innovation with specific focus on R&D, Patent Policy, and Technology Transfer (FDI and Licensing). This post focuses on the need to facilitate data access by IPO for the betterment of the national innovation system. This is in view of

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Workshop on Patent Opposition in the Pharmaceutical Field [Kochi, December 4-8]

/ By / Opportunities

We are pleased to inform you that the Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), and Third World Network are organizing a workshop on ‘Patent Oppositions in the Pharmaceutical Field’ from December 4- 8, 2022 in Kochi, Kerala. The deadline for applications is November 19, 2022. There are no registration fees and travel plus accommodation will be arranged by the organizers through scholarships. For further details, please see their announcement below: Workshop on Patent

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SpicyIP Tidbits: Clarification on Jurisdiction of High Courts after the Tribunals Reform Act 2021, and Need for Reasoned Orders for Rejecting Patent Applications.

/ By / Patent

Delhi High Court clarifies the position on the jurisdiction of High Courts after the Tribunal Reforms Act [Note: The present tidbit is from a quick skim of this order and we’ll try to bring out a detailed assessment soon.] To address issues pertaining to jurisdiction of High Court(s) in aftermath of scrapping Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) via the Tribunals Reforms Act, 2021, Delhi High Court passed an order clubbing three matters together. The three cases pertained to revocation of

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