PhD Scholarship for Project on ‘Food Security and the Governance of Local Knowledge in India and Indonesia’ at the University of Newcastle (UON), Australia

by SpicyIP November 11, 2019

We’re pleased to bring to your notice two PhD scholarship opportunities for the Australian Research Council funded project on ‘Food security and the governance of local knowledge in India and Indonesia’ at the University of Newcastle (UON), Australia. The deadline for applications is November 30, 2019. For further details, please see the announcement below: PhD Scholarship for Project on ‘Food Security and the Governance of Local Knowledge in India and Indonesia’ at the University of Newcastle (UON), Australia The aim…

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SpicyIP Events: CUSAT’s 7th Annual ‘Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights’ Workshop 2020 [Kochi, April 3 – 5, 2020]

by SpicyIP November 2, 2019

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We are pleased to announce that Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is organising the seventh annual ‘Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights’ workshop on the theme ‘Role of IPR in the Realm of Sports’ for law students and students of other disciplines interested in this area (under graduates, post graduates and research scholars). The programme is scheduled to be held from April 3 – 5, 2020. For further details, please read the announcement below:…

SpicyIP Fellowship 2019-20: Do Not ‘Broadcast Yourself’ over Trivial Claims – Applying the De Minimis Standard to Copyright Claims on YouTube

by SpicyIP October 20, 2019

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We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by our fellowship applicant, Antony Moses. Antony is a 4th year student at NUALS, Kochi. Do Not ‘Broadcast Yourself’ over Trivial Claims: Applying the De Minimis Standard to Copyright Claims on YouTube Antony Moses Recently, YouTube made changes to its copyright enforcement policy. The new policy prevents copyright owners from making use of the “Manual Claims” tool to claim copyright infringement for: Short song clips (eg: 5 Secs of a song)…

Broadcasting, Internet and Section 31D of the Copyright Act

by SpicyIP October 17, 2019

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We’re pleased to bring to you an insightful guest post by Jagdish Sagar, an independent lawyer practicing largely in the field of copyright and entertainment law in Delhi, on the (in)applicability of the statutory licensing scheme under Section 31D of the Copyright Act to internet broadcasting. Mr. Sagar was formerly a partner at Anand and Anand till 2011. Prior to that he was a civil servant till 2004. During his service with the Central Government he served as the Joint…

Others

Call for Abstracts: Second IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference [Jakarta, Feb 27-28, 2020]; Submit by Oct 30

by SpicyIP October 11, 2019

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We are pleased to inform our readers that the Second IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference will be held on February 27 & 28, 2020 at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The deadline for submission of the request to present a paper and the abstract is October 30, 2019. For further details, please read the post below: Second IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia Conference February 27-28, 2020 The IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Network is…

Geographical Indication

SpicyIP Fellowship 2019-20: DPIIT’s Draft Guidelines on Geographical Indications Logo and Tagline: Issues and Challenges

by SpicyIP October 9, 2019

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We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by our fellowship applicant, Akanshha Agrawal on the Draft Guidelines on Geographical Indications Logo and Tagline released by DPIIT in June this year. Akanshha is a 3rd year student at National Law University, Delhi. This is her second submission for the Fellowship. Part I of her first submission can be viewed here. DPIIT’s Draft Guidelines on Geographical Indications Logo and Tagline: Issues and Challenges Akanshha Agrawal In India, Geographical…

Publication

Call for Papers: NUALS Intellectual Property Review (Vol. 2) [Submit by Dec 30, 2019]

by SpicyIP October 1, 2019

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We’re pleased to announce that the NUALS Intellectual Property Law Review, operating under the aegis of the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR), NUALS, is inviting submissions on the contemporary issues related to intellectual property rights for publication in the second volume of the journal. The deadline for submissions is December 30, 2019. For further details, please read the call for papers below: Call for Papers: NUALS Intellectual Property Review (Vol. 2) The NUALS Intellectual Property Law Review (ISSN 2582-4244)…

Trademark

SpicyIP Fellowship 2019-20: FUCT the USPTO? – Revisiting the Free Speech, Morality and Trademark Law Debate

by SpicyIP September 27, 2019

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We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by our fellowship applicant, Akanshha Agrawal. Akanshha is a 3rd year student at National Law University, Delhi. This is her first submission for the Fellowship. In this post, Akanshha discusses the recent US Supreme Court judgment in Iancu v. Brunetti, which held the Lanham Act’s ‘immoral or scandalous’ bar on the registration of trademarks to be unconstitutional. FUCT the USPTO? – Revisiting Free Speech Under Trademark Law Akanshha Agrawal In…

Geographical Indication

Banglar Rasogolla v. Odisha Rasagola: Deciphering the Real Win

by SpicyIP September 20, 2019

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We’re pleased to bring to you an interesting guest post by Jupi Gogoi on the ongoing dispute between West Bengal and Orissa over the GI tag for rasgulla, which we’ve covered on the blog earlier here, here and here. Jupi is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. She was formerly associated with the Indian Law Institute, Delhi. Jupi has guest blogged for us in the past as well (see here). Banglar Rasogolla v….

Tips Industries v. Wynk Music: A Case of Statutory Mis-Interpretation?

by SpicyIP September 18, 2019

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We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Karan Dhalla, a 4th year student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. The post critically analyses the judgment passed by the Bombay High Court in Tips v. Wynk earlier this year, wherein it was held that the statutory licensing scheme under Section 31D of the Copyright Act does not apply to internet broadcasting. We’d covered this judgment in an earlier post here. Tips Industries v. Wynk Music: A Case…

Mathews P. George { Thanks for the comments. i) It is not clear as to how this judgment will lead to over-valuation and flooding of cases in the high court. The more... }
Eashan Ghosh { I notice that Shobhit’s comment above has addressed much of what I’d intended to say so I’ll just reinforce a couple of talking points: First, there is no... }
Shobhit { The unforseen domino effect that this judgment can create is missed while writing it. A particular Plaintiff for a particular IP, so far as Delhi is concerned, can... }
Lokesh Vyas { Hi Saswati, I think there is no separate submission of the abstract, there is just one deadline for the essay i.e. July 14, 2022 (23:59 IST). Best of... }
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