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Is the Writing on the Wall? Decoding Street Art, Fair Use and Moral Rights

December 6, 2023 / By SpicyIP / Copyright

[This post is authored by SpicyIP Fellow Yogesh Byadwal. Yogesh is a 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. He is interested in IP Law, Constitutional Law and Criminal Law. His previous posts can be accessed here]. In St Art India Foundation v. Acko General Insurance, the Delhi High Court is faced with the opportunity to elaborate whether and how street art in general is subject to the Copyright Act, the scope of ‘artistic work’ […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 27- December 03)

December 4, 2023 / By SpicyIP / Copyright, Patent, Trademark

Here are our summaries of the blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. Anything we are missing out on? Please drop a comment and let us know. Division Bench of the Delhi High Court’s (Divisive?) Clarification on Divisional Applications Divide and Rule? The DHC DB’s broad interpretation of the requirement to disclose plurality in provisional or complete specifications instead of the claims is music to the ears of patent applicants. But

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 20- November 26)

November 27, 2023 / By SpicyIP / Copyright, Patent, Trademark

Here are our summaries of the blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. Anything we are missing out on? Please drop a comment and let us know. Highlights of the Week Checking the Constitutionality of the Notification Regarding the Appointment of Nodal Officers to Combat Film Piracy Assessing the constitutionality of the government’s move to appoint nodal officers to curb film piracy, Yogesh argues that the move violates the Right to freedom of

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Webinar on “How Patent Monopolies on Biologics and Vaccines Work” [November 22]

November 21, 2023 / By SpicyIP / Event

We’re pleased to inform you that Third World Network (TWN) is organizing a one-hour discussion (with Q&A) on “How Patent Monopolies on Biologics and Vaccines Work” on November 22. The discussion is free and open to all to attend. For further details, please see the announcement below: Webinar on “How Patent Monopolies on Biologics and Vaccines Work” Third World Network invites you to a one-hour discussion (with Q&A) on intellectual property monopolies on biologics and vaccines. We will be discussing

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Checking the Constitutionality of the Notification Regarding the Appointment of Nodal Officers to Combat Film Piracy

November 20, 2023 / By SpicyIP / Copyright

[This post is authored by SpicyIP Fellow Yogesh Byadwal with inputs by Balaji Subramanian. Yogesh is a 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. He is interested in IP Law, Constitutional Law and Criminal Law. His previous posts can be accessed here. Views expressed here are those of the author’s alone.] The Ministry of I&B, on Nov. 3, released a notification notifying nodal officers under Sec. 7(1B)(ii) Cinematograph Act, 1953, for issuing notifications to

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 13- November 19)

November 20, 2023 / By SpicyIP / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Patent, Trademark

Here are our summaries of the blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. Anything we are missing out on? Please drop a comment and let us know. Highlight of the Week HULM Entertainment v. Fantasy Sports: Reanalysing Originality, Idea-Expression Dichotomy and Copyrightability of GUIs The ongoing dispute between Hulm Entertainment and Fantasy Sports before the Delhi High Court is a roller coaster ride, involving intricate elements such as concept notes, the copyrightability

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Free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship [November 22-23]

November 18, 2023 / By SpicyIP / Courses & Workshops, Event

We are pleased to announce that registration for the free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship is currently open. The course is supported by Texas A&M University School of Law and will be delivered in-person at the Centre for Technology and Law, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), Gandhinagar on November 22 and 23. The instructors for the course are Prof. Srividhya Ragavan and Swaraj Paul Barooah. For further details please

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Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Vol. VIII, Issue I [Submit by January 7, 2024]

November 14, 2023 / By SpicyIP / Opportunities

We’re pleased to announce that NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies (JIPS) is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication for its upcoming issue (Volume VIII, Issue I). The last date for submissions is January 7, 2024. For further details, please read the journal’s call for papers below: Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies [Vol. VIII, Issue I] About the Organization/Institution: National Law University-Jodhpur (NLU Jodhpur) is one of India’s leading Law Schools situated in the

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 6- November 12)

After a busy week at the blog, here are our summaries of the 9 blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. Anything we are missing out on? Please drop a comment and let us know. Highlights of the Week India Accelerates in the Patent Race: But Is There a Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow? The World IP Indicator 2023 highlights India’s progress in the global patent race.

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Nodal Officers: Unbalancing Expedience and Fairness

[This post is authored by SpicyIP Fellow Yogesh Byadwal. Yogesh is a 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. He is interested in IP Law, Constitutional Law and Criminal Law. His previous posts can be accessed here]. On November 3, 2023, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a notification (see here), establishing an ‘institutional mechanism of Nodal Officers’, under Sec. 7(1B)(ii) Cinematograph Act, 1953, for issuing notifications to intermediaries to disable access to content found

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