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Some Concerns about the Amendment Process to Key Patent Levers: A “Captured” Patent Office?

/ By / Patent

In light of the recent Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2024, we are pleased to bring this post by Prashant Reddy T., which was written in the context of the October ’23 draft amendments. Prashant raises questions as to the influence of business lobbying groups, and concerns regarding the then proposed changes to the Rules. Please note: in the finally published Rules (last week), the proposed change to pre-grant oppositions has been modified in the finally published version. Earlier, the controller could […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 11- March 17)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

[This SpicyIP Weekly Review is authored by 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.] After a busy week at the blog, here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the Patent Office’s disposal of 1500+ patent applications in one day, Delhi High Court’s decision in Interdigital v

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Workshop on Patent Oppositions in the Pharmaceutical Field [Kochi, April 26-30]

/ By / Courses & Workshops

We are pleased to announce that the Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT, and Third World Network are jointly organizing a workshop on ‘Patent Opposition in the Pharmaceutical Field’ between  April 26-30, 2024. The last date to apply for the workshop is March 24, 2024. For further details, please read the call for applications below: Workshop on Patent Oppositions in the Pharmaceutical Field Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT, and Third World Network are collaboratively organizing the fifth edition of the workshop titled

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Supreme Court Grants Booking.com Permission to Use ‘MakeMyTrip’ as Google Adword – Looking Beyond the 3-Line Order

/ By / Trademark

[This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Aarav Gupta. Aarav is a third-year law student at National Law University, Delhi. He is passionate about geopolitics, foreign policy, international trade, and intellectual property and spends his time reading and watching sports.]  The very anticipated Google AdWords case has reached a significant juncture in the Supreme Court (SC). The Court has dismissed the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by MakeMyTrip (MMT) against Google regarding the alleged misuse of MMT’s trademarks as “keywords” in Google

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

/ By / Copyright, Patent, Trademark

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments. Last week we published 3 posts including a post discussing the concept of hot tubbing, a post on the DHC interim injunction order restraining Geonix on the grounds of reverse passing off, and a tidbit on CCI’s appeal before the Supreme Court in. This and a lot more in this SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Please let us know in the comments below. Highlights of the Week

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Imputing Bad Faith in Trademark Infringement Disputes: Analysing DHC Nova v. Novya Judgement

/ By / Trademark

[This post has been 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.] In the case of Sterling Agro Industries Limited vs ASR Trading Company, the Delhi High Court while dealing with a trademark infringement suit, imputed mala fide intention to ASR Trading’s (the Defendant) act of applying for a trademark

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 26- March 3)

/ By / Copyright, Patent, Trademark

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments. Last week we published 6 posts including a post on the PAC Chairperson’s demand for a probe by CVC into the allegations of corruption against CGPDTM, and also introduced the inaugural SpicyIP Doctoral Fellow. This and a lot more in this SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Please let us know in the comments below. Highlights of the Week PAC Chairperson Demands Probe by Chief Vigilance Commission Into

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Navigating Denied Filings: Trademark Justice at the Crossroads of the Commercial Courts Act

/ By / Trademark

[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.] While the Trademark Act provides for proprietors to protect their trademarks using evidence of prior use, goodwill etc which requires documentation dating back to the early days of the business, the Commercial Courts Act 2015 provides for strict deadlines

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Announcing the Inaugural SpicyIP Doctoral Fellow!

/ By / Others

Our readers would have noticed that since November 2023, we have been publishing hard hitting, incisive posts by our fantastic two new SpicyIP Student Fellows Yogesh Byadwal and Tejaswini Kaushal. Yogesh is a second year student from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and Tejaswini is a third year student from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Yogesh and Tejaswini were among our most diligent interns and subsequently joined the team as a part of the

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 19- February 25)

/ By / Copyright, Patent, Trademark

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments. Last week we published 3 posts on the MHC’s interpretation of Section 3(d) in the Novozymes case, DHC’s referral of 3 questions concerning the jurisdiction of High Courts in trademark rectification matters, and DHC’s decision on infringement of product by process claims. Anything we are missing out on? Let us know by dropping a comment below. Highlights of the Week ‘Non’-Pharmaceutical Substance and Efficacy under Sec 3(d) Can Section 3(d) be

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