Author name: Sumathi Chandrasekharan

India will be working as ISA by June 2010: IPO

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India will be functioning as an International Searching Authority (ISA) by June 2010, according to the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). Several may heave a sigh of relief, but it may also be time for the IPO to do some basic operations research and analysis to see if things are going as planned. The news, reported by the IPO in a post on the recent visit of Dr Francis Gurry, the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to […]

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India’s TK database wins early successes at EPO

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The Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL), recently reconstituted to form an independent entity within the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has already achieved early successes in its mandate to “prevent the misappropriation of Traditional Knowledge” in the international patent arena. Until now, many may have believed the potential of the TKDL to be merely academic, cloaked as it is in the linguistic maze of India’s TK, bio-medical and other arcane histories. But current statistics from TKDL may have

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Breaking News: Gandhi-Mont Blanc dispute "almost settled"

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We have another breaking news update for you today – this time on the Gandhi-Mont Blanc dispute, which comes via Adam Smith of the World Trademark Review. The dispute over Mont Blanc’s use of Gandhi’s image has been “almost settled” between the luxury pen maker and the NGO that had filed the writ petition, according to the in-house counsel at Mont Blanc, according to this news report by Adam run today on the magazine website, which can be accessed by

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SpicyIP Tidbits: The other side of piracy

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In an interesting op-ed on ContentSutra, the CEO and founder of games2win.com Alok Kejriwal offers a rare take on the pros of internet piracy. Rare because this is a voice seldom heard in India, and it’s great to find an Indian being innovative in matters of copyright, piracy and media convergence. It also promises to make the debate surrounding online content and related copyright issues more exciting. Kejriwal speaks from the point of view of a serial entrepreneur in the

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SpicyIP Tidbits: of Marlboro and Montblanc

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It’s raining trademark tidbits today – in this post, we bring to you updates of two very exciting cases in progress, involving Indian and international majors, and world-famous brands, including Marlboro and Montblanc. For more, keep reading. (Wel)come to where the flavour is… That’s a terrible pun, but I was in the mood. This case may be fascinating from the prospect of trademark jurisprudence, a cracker of a row, timed to perfection in the middle of the Diwali week. The

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SpicyIP Tidbits: Revlon fashions a TM trump

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The Delhi High Court saw an infringement suit decided in favour of the international cosmetics brand Revlon. The order, which we laid hands on earlier today, was passed by Justice S Ravindra Bhat, who has had an eventful (some would say even illustrious) tenure in deciding IP matters in Delhi. (Image from here) Revlon had filed a suit against a Delhi-based businessman and his associate companies who were using the mark Revon in their trade. Specifically, the defendants operated two

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SpicyIP Events: International Seminar on TK, New Delhi, Nov 13

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The Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) & the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the Government of India, is organizing an International Seminar on Traditional Knowledge at FICCI, New Delhi, on 13 November 2009. The Seminar will be inaugurated by His Excellency Dr. Francis Gurry, Director General of WIPO, and will be attended by participants from across the world. This international

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SpicyIP Tidbit: The Laddu and after

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SpicyIP ran a guest post recently on a post-grant analysis of the Tirupati Laddu geographical indication (GI). The post itself received an overwhelming response from readers, most of whom were in agreement with the author’s views that the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), being the sole producer and sole beneficiary of the sale of the product, could not qualify as a legitimate “association”, as required under the GI Act. A Bittersweet Tale Apologies to those who feel the story’s been done

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SpicyIP Nashery: The Revenge of the Trademark Lawyer

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The world is made up two sorts of people – the gifted versifiers, and the rhythmically and metrically challenged. Much as I would like to have been otherwise, I most definitely fall into the latter. I do, however, know a most talented comic poet, who also happens to be one of the brightest young IP lawyers in town. Shefali Sewak, who graduated from Lady Shri Ram College, and the Faculty of Law, New Delhi, has practised as an IP attorney

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SpicyIP Events: WIPO Forum on Creativity and Inventions, New Delhi, Nov 11-13

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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is organizing an Inter-regional Forum on “Creativity and Inventions – A Better Future for Humanity in the 21st Century”, in cooperation with the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Government of India, and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) at Crowne Plaza Hotel, New Delhi, from 11th to 13th of November 2009. The conference seeks to bring stakeholders together to share experiences, articulate views, and provide meaningful insights into

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