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Guest Post: Open Source in TN Govt

/ By / Copyright, Privacy

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

/ By / Event

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

/ By / Competition Law, Innovation, Others

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?

/ By / Patent

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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Taking IP on a spin – round 2

/ By / Innovation, Patent

This is the second post of a two part series where I am looking into the manner in which certain industry lobbies have worked towards creating a certain perception/narrative of IP in which maximalist IP policies are hailed as the best and only way forward. In part 1, I discussed the heavy industry influence in the creation of the TRIPS agreement as well as the intellectually dishonest methods in which IP maximalist policies were justified. Continuing from where I left

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Taking IP on a spin – round 1

/ By / Innovation, Patent

The lines below (emphasis: mine) are taken out of a letter (see here) dated August 2nd, 2013 sent by 4 US Senators requesting the US International Trade Commission (USITC) to investigate India’s international trade (read: IP) policies. “Based on the survey and analysis of results, and to the extent feasible, a summary of U.S. firms’ perception of (1) recent changes in India’s trade and investment policies in selected sectors and (2) the effects of these changes on U.S. firms’ strategies towards India …”

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Guest Post: “RPG Life” Arbitration – some interesting observations

/ By / Others, Trademark

Shashank Mangal, who is fast becoming one of our regular guest posters, brings us a post on a in an area we don’t cover very often – domain name disputes. Shashank is a 4th year student at ILS, Pune. “RPG Life” Arbitration – some interesting observations Recently, an award (here) was passed in a domain name dispute initiated by an Indian entity ‘RPG Life Sciences Ltd.’ against ‘James Mathe’. It was arbitrated upon by ‘WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center’ and

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Guest Post: Change of fees in new Patent Rules

/ By / Patent

We’re happy to bring our readers a guest post on the recent amendments to the Patent Rules dated 28th February, 2014. The article below is written by Advocate Abhishek Pandurangi, an Indian IP Attorney and Founder, CEO of closer2patents, an IPR Solutions Firm based in India and UAE, with contribution from Ms. Geetha Loni, Senior IP Associate at closer2patents. It does not intend to provide any legal opinion nor is intended to be biased to any person or group of persons

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Guest Post: A look at Software Patents – II

/ By / Patent

Punam Kadam continues her two part blog post here. You can view the first part of her post here. [You can also view our previous related posts here (Shamnad’s comments on the guidelines) and here (Aparajita’s post highlighting the feedback received on the draft IPO Guidelines)] A look at Software Patents – II Continuing from my previous post that looked at the patentability of software in various jurisdictions in the light of the distressing reactions from Software industry associations, this post seeks to anatomize the inadequacies

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Guest Post: A look at Software Patents – I

/ By / Patent

In this 2 part guest post, Punam Kadam takes a look at software patents by first examining basic principles and international treatment of software patents, and then goes on in her second post to suggest that the IPO has erroneously used some key terms in their draft guidelines. Punam Kadam is a research professional who has worked in Pharma and Agrochemicals Industry and currently working as a Patent Associate at Inttl Advocare. The views expressed are her personal views and

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