Author name: Sreyoshi Guha

The topical highlights for this week, were brought by Prashant and Prateek, respectively – Prashant reported on the recent call for applications made by the DIPP, for certain appointments to the IPAB. Prashant notes that the DIPP’s decision to proceed with these appointments is strange, considering the Rules under which the appointments are to be made, as well as the Finance Act governing the Rules, have both been challenged. After reiterating some of the deep rooted issues concerning the Finance Act, Prashant

This week, we had two thematic highlights – Simrat Kaur, an IP lawyer based out of New Delhi, wrote a guest post on Copyright Surrogacy. Simrat introduces copyright surrogacy as the attempt to reclaim copyright in public domain works. This process includes the making of digital reproductions of works that have passed into the public domain, and then claiming copyright protection over these digital reproductions. Simrat then traces the treatment of such “digital surrogates” under different jurisdictions – specifically the US and

Divij brought this week’s topical highlight through his post on the recent case of Icon Health v. Sheriff Usman. In this case, the Delhi HC held that the presence of the defendant’s goods on intermediary platforms such as Amazon, is enough to establish the court’s territorial jurisdiction. After briefly taking us through the facts and contentions, Divij notes that the Court has adopted a flawed reasoning for the above – especially in view of existing precedent laid down by the SC. Finally,