Author name: Swaraj Paul Barooah

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Movies and IP: Taking a look on World IP Day

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As many of our readers may already know, April 26th is celebrated as World IP Day, a day first marked 14 years ago by WIPO ‘in order to promote discussion of the role of intellectual property (IP) in encouraging innovation and creativity.’ In celebration of a 100 years of cinema this year, WIPO has themed this World IP Day around “Movies: A Global Passion”. I should admit that I’m unsure of how 2014 brings a 100 years of cinema, as, in […]

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Webinar on Patenting Computer Related Inventions in India

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We’re happy to bring our readers news of a free webinar on Patenting Computer Related Inventions in India hosted by ipMetrix Consulting Group. Please see their invite below: Patentability Requirements for Computer Related Inventions We, (ipMetrix Consulting Group) invites you to join a live webinar on patenting computer related inventions in India. You may register for the event by visiting the Eventbrite event page. The webinar details are as follows: Date/Time: Friday, April 25, 2014 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM (PDT) 5.00 PM

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2013’s Leading IP Developments Report – An Update

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A big thanks to our readers who’ve sent in suggestions for our upcoming SpicyIP report on 2013’s leading IP developments – namely, Shashank Mangal, Nehaa Chaudhari and two anonymous comments sent in. For readers who may have missed our earlier post, I’m referring to our request for input regarding our list of 2013’s biggest IP developments that we plan to write a report on. We’ve loosely defined ‘biggest’ as those with most jurisprudential value or those that have made a substantial

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2013’s Hard Hitting IP Developments – Input Requested

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IP developments in India have found themselves on a growing stage over the last few years. From being an area that only niche IP professionals concerned themselves with, IP in India is now slowly finding itself a more regular part of mainstream news. However, there is still much left to be desired in terms of coverage and analysis of these developments. Even on the blog, though we do try our best to put forth this coverage and analysis, we find

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Colloquium on Selected IP issues – II (NLU-D)

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We’re happy to announce the second part in NLU Delhi’s IP Colloquium series. Please see their invite below. The event is free to attend. Colloquium on Selected Intellectual Property Issues  Dear all, The NLU Delhi Colloquium on Selected Intellectual Property Issues is a panel/ speakers’ series launched with an aim to generate a nuanced dialogue and to promote free-thinking on emerging issues in IP law, policy and theory. The current global & Indian IP landscape is presenting new challenges on

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Of shadowboxing and strawmen

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Recently, an Indian Express Op-Ed that Shamnad and I had written discussed the US Chamber of Commerce’s (USCC) severely problematic GIPC report 2014. Around the same time, I had also written a post here on the same report, detailing more of its flaws. Interestingly enough, M. P. Pugatch, of the Pugatch Consilium (which authored the GIPC report), has put forth what seems to be a response, also as an Op-Ed in the Indian Express. Conveniently enough, this gives me a the perfect

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Guest Post: Open Source in TN Govt

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Kartik Chawla, a 2nd year student from Nalsar University of Law, brings our attention to a recent development wherein the Tamil Nadu State Government is considering installing a home-grown Open Source Operating System as one of the mandatory OSes in the various govt departments. In this post, Kartik notes that while a focus the affordability of Open Source softwares is evident, the government must also tread carefully with respect to possible security concerns. Open Source in TN Govt In a letter dated

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SpicyIP Events: Colloquium on Selected IP Issues, NLU-D

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NLU Delhi brings us news of an exciting event happening at their campus tomorrow evening – a panel discussion on “Early Market Entry of Biosimilars in India: Implications of the Roche/Mylan Dispute”. Please see the invite attached below: Colloquium on Selected IP Issues The NLU Delhi Colloquium on Selected Intellectual Property Issues is a panel/ speakers’ series launched with an aim to generate a nuanced dialogue and to promote free-thinking on emergent issues in IP law, policy and theory. The current

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Guest Post: On the Need for Network Neutrality

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Aside from a post (see here) that Prashant had written on it, network neutrality is a topic we’ve not often touched upon in this blog. In light of this, we are very glad to bring our readers a guest post on some recent developments in the network neutrality debate, by Kartik Chawla, an enterprising 2nd year at Nalsar University of Law. Network Neutrality The debate around Network Neutrality is a decades old debate, but it is not any less relevant for

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Guest Post: Heightened Pleading Standards for US Patent Cases?

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We’re happy to bring our readers a post from a friend of the blog and one of our regular guest bloggers, Chris Ohly, a leading patent litigator in the US. This post concerns a recent US case that imposes heightened standards for pleading in complaints in patent cases. For those interested, Chris has also made available a more detailed version of this post along with related case materials here. As he states there, “Heightened pleading requirements will alter the course

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