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Webinar on EFTA-India Trade Deal & Amendments to Patent Rules: Threat to Affordable MedicinesWebinar [April 26, 2024]

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We are pleased to inform you that the Working Group on Access to Medicines and Treatments is organizing a webinar today to examine the impact of the EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and the Patents Rules Amendment. The discussion is free and open to all to attend. For further details, please see the announcement below: Webinar on EFTA-India Trade Deal & Amendments to Patent Rules: Threat to Affordable MedicinesWebinar [April 26, 2024] India signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the […]

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[Sponsored] Admissions Open: WIPO-NLUD-IPO Joint Masters/LL.M. at National Law University Delhi (Apply by June 3, 2024)

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We are pleased to inform you that admissions are now open for the WIPO-NLUD-IPO joint Masters/ LL.M. programme. The last date to apply is June 3, 2024. For more detail please read the announcement below: Admissions Open: WIPO-NLUD-IPO Joint Masters/LL.M. at National Law University Delhi The National Law University Delhi invites online applications for admission to the Masters of Arts in Intellectual Property Law and Management (M.A. Degree Programme)/ Master of Law in Intellectual Property Law and Management (LL.M. Degree

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 15- April 21)

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Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the Ericsson- Lava SEP dispute, unauthorized use of protected material to train Gen AI, and CGPDTM’s call for feedback on IP administration in India. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week Looking for the Reasons in the Delhi High Court’s FRAND Determination in the Ericsson- Lava SEP Case- Part I The Ericsson-Lava SEP decision

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (8 April- 14 April)

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Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the India- EFTA TEPA, AP High Court’s curious findings on fair use, and Delhi High Court’s order imposing INR 1 lakh as damages on Google for failing to disclose information about their corresponding foreign applications. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and Patents Rules Amendment: Compromising Public Accountability and

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Training GenAI: Infringement or Fair Use?

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Discussing the implications of unauthorized use of materials for training Generative AI models, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Goutham Rajeev and Vedant Bharadwaj Singh. The authors are third year students at the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. Training GenAI: Infringement or Fair Use? By Goutham Rajeev and Vedant Bharadwaj Singh A recent public response by OpenAI’s CTO (Chief Technical Officer) on the data sources used by them to train their new text-to-video AI engine

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Section 24(5) of the Plant Varieties Act Revived?

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[This post is authored by SpicyIP Intern Vishno Sudheendra. Vishno is a second year law student at the NLSIU, Bangalore. His previous post can be accessed here.] On 22nd February 2024, the Delhi High Court, in UPL Limited v. Registrar & Anr. (“UPL judgment”), made observations that prima facie revived Section 24(5) of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001 (“PV Act”). Some readers may know this section has had a recently troubled past. In 2016, a Division

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 1- April 7)

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[This weekly review is co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Vishno Sudheendra. Vishno is a second year law student at the NLSIU, Bangalore. His previous post can be accessed here. Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the Delhi High Court’s decisions in Sulphur Mills v. Dharmaj Crop Guard and Kudos Pharma v. Natco. Along with this dont forget to read our review of SpicyIP posts published in the month of February, from 2005

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EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and Patents Rules Amendment: Compromising Public Accountability and Transparency in the Indian Patent System

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Recently, India and a group of 4 European countries- Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland (EFTA) signed a Trade Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) on a variety of trade related issues, including intellectual property rights. Significantly, the agreement requires India to make substantive changes to its provision obligating a patent applicant to furnish information about their foreign applications corresponding to their application in India. While there are multiple provisions in the agreement dealing with issues like trademarks and GIs (indicatively see here),

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Dissecting Contrasting Rulings: Examining Madras High Court’s Dual Pronouncements on Intervention in Post-Grant Opposition Proceedings

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[This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Kevin Preji. Kevin is a second-year law student at NLSIU Bangalore. His passion lies in understanding the intersection of economics and public health with intellectual property rights. His previous posts can be accessed here.] Recently, the Madras High Court delivered two seemingly contradictory judgements (on the same day by the same judge!) regarding whether the High Court by way of judicial review under Article 226/227 could interfere with the recommendations of the Opposition Board

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Delhi HC in Sulphur Mills Limited v. Dharmaj Crop Guard Limited & Ors.– Case of Credible Challenge to the Validity of the Patent

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Recently, the Delhi High Court rejected Sulphur Mills’ request for an interim injunction against multiple defendants, finding their patent on a sulphur-based agrochemical fertilizer to be invalid for being obvious. Analysing this decision, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Kartikeya Tandon. Kartikeya is an Advocate practicing in the High Court of Delhi. He was previously engaged as a law researcher in the Intellectual Property Division of the High Court of Delhi. He is interested in the development of law due to emerging

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