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SpicyIP Tidbit: Committee Constituted to Draft the Code of Conduct for Patent and Trademark Agents

/ By / Patent, Trademark

Consequent to the Delhi High Court’s direction in Saurav Chaudhary v. Union of India, CGPDTM has notified the constitution of a committee to draft the Code of Conduct for Patent and Trademark Agents. Md. Sabeeh Ahmad writes a tidbit on this development below. Sabeeh is an Advocate and is a law graduate from AMU, Aligarh. His previous posts can be accessed here. SpicyIP Tidbit: Committee Constituted to Draft the Code of Conduct for Patent and Trademark Agents By Md. Sabeeh Ahmad […]

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The Culmination of a Saga: How the Delhi HC Resolved the Two-Decade Long ‘Lacoste v. Crocodile International’ Impasse

/ By / Trademark

On August 14, the Delhi High Court passed the final judgment in a 23-year-old trademark dispute between Lacoste and Crocodile International. SpicyIP intern Samridhi Chugh discusses the key issues in the dispute and breaks down the Court’s verdict. Samridhi is a final-year student at the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, and a graduate in Journalism from Lady Shri Ram College for Women. With a passion for the dynamic intersection of law, media and technology, she is

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SpicyIP Tidbit: MP High Court Sets Aside Excise Commissioner’s Order for Not Considering Similarities Between Competing Beer Labels 

/ By / Trademark

On August 27, the Madhya Pradesh High Court passed a peculiar decision, in a writ appeal, setting aside the Excise Commissioner’s order for not considering the alleged similarities between the competing beer labels. The Court interpreted the responsibility to make such a determination under the MP Foreign Liquor Rules. In this tidbit, SpicyIP intern Mehnaz Khatoon breaks down the order, highlighting how such an interpretation by the Court cannot be made under the MP Rules and explaining the implications of

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 9-September 15)

/ By / Copyright, Overlaps in IP, Patent, Trademark

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on posthumous personality rights of artists, and book reviews of “Modern Law of Copyright in Singapore” and “Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (2nd Ed.). This and a lot more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know.  Highlights of the Week  Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights 2nd Edition The 2nd edition of “Overlapping IP

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Book Review: Modern Law of Copyright in Singapore

/ By / Copyright

We are pleased to bring to you this book review of David Llewelyn, Gladys Tan, Estelle Moh Huixuan and Ng Hui Ming’s ‘Modern Law of Copyright in Singapore’, (SAL Academy Publishing, 2023) by Prashant Reddy T. Prashant is an advocate and one of our most prolific bloggers (His posts can be accessed here). He is also the co-author of two books- “Create, Copy, Disrupt: India’s Intellectual Property Dilemmas” (OUP, 2017) and “The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India”

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 2-September 8)

/ By / Copyright, Drug Regulation, Patent, Trade Secret, Trademark

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on DHC’s orders in a trade secrets matter, and in the Louis Vuitton- Haute24 copyright dispute, HP HC’s order emphasising the importance of pre-institution mediation, and missing public records at the DCGI’s office. This and a lot more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know.  Highlights of the Week A Baffling Judgment

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Voice Clones and Legal Tones: The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Posthumous Personality Rights

/ By / Copyright

Discussing the impact of reviving and utilizing deceased persons’ voices through AI tools, and the sufficiency of the legal frameworks in India and other countries to address this phenomena, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Julia Anna Joseph and Snehal Khemka. Julia is an Associate at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Bengaluru and Snehal is an Associate at Chadha and Chadha IP, Gurugram. Views expressed here are those of the authors’ alone. Voice Clones and Legal Tones:

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[Sponsored] PatSeer Launches AI-Driven Industrial Design Database with Unrivalled Worldwide Coverage

/ By / Sponsored

We are pleased to bring to you this sponsored post by PatSeer on the launch of their new Industrial Design Search solution. For more details, read on below. PatSeer Launches AI-Driven Industrial Design Database with Unrivalled Worldwide Coverage The new solution brings a generational leap in Design Search PatSeer announces the launch of its new Industrial Design Search solution, featuring cutting-edge AI-driven image search. Utilizing computer vision model trained on millions of design images, it raises the bar for image search

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Lessons on the RTI Act: Of Missing Records at the DCGI’s Office & Litigation Fatigue at the Delhi High Court

/ By / Drug Regulation

Capturing his years-long journey trying to trace important “missing” public documents, Prashant highlights the lack of transparency and shoddy record keeping by CDSCO and shares his exhausting experience with the resultant litigation before the DHC. This hard hitting post raises important questions as to how useful existing “transparency” and “accountability” mechanisms are. [Edit: We would highly recommend that readers read this 2011 post about Parliamentary Standing Committee’s Report on Drug Regulation for necessary context and background.] Prashant Reddy T is

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“No Whisper of Urgency”: HP HC Dismisses Infringement Suit for Not Complying with the Mandate on Pre-Institution Mediation 

/ By / Design, Patent

Recently, the Himachal Pradesh High Court underlined the importance of pre-institution mediation under the Commercial Court Act (CCA) by refusing to hear a patents and designs infringement suit due to plaintiff’s non compliance with the above mandatory requirement. Discussing this order and its wider significance, we are pleased to bring to you this post by SpicyIP Intern Samridhi Chugh. Samridhi is a final-year student at the Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, and a graduate in Journalism

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