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GIPC IP Index: Propagating imaginary IP norms

/ By / Copyright, Innovation, Patent, Trademark

One would expect that the US Chamber of Commerce would have enough funds to commission a thorough and well researched report whenever they were to do so. Yet, their GIPC IP Index 2014 is what I would call a thoroughly embarrassing example of research methodology, let alone something that can be passed off as a useful “international index”. Is it a coincidence that the report comes up with results that favour some of industries well known for their lobbying in the United […]

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Guest Post: It’s time for Real Action, Jackson

/ By / Trademark

Shashank Mangal, a 4th year student from ILS, Pune, brings us a newsy tidbit relating to a Hollywood-Bollywood movie title clash. It’s time for Real Action, Jackson Warner Bros. has sent a legal notice to Baba Films asking them to change the title of their forthcoming movie ‘Action Jackson’ as its use will lead to infringement of their trademark which it claims is also valid in the sub-continent…. On February 4, 2014, Warner Bros. sent a legal notice (click here)

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Guest Post: Copyright – shield or sword against “revenge porn”

/ By / Copyright, Privacy

With the ever-increasing pervasiveness of technology into our lives, the law is often left lagging behind in terms of how it can deal with resultant issues. In this post, Sadhvi Sood, a 3rd year student from NUJS, examines whether copyright law can deal with one such issue – ‘revenge porn’. Copyright – shield or sword against “revenge porn” The recent phenomenon of “revenge porn” over the internet is representative of the conundrum that can be created when technological developments are

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Announcing the SpicyIP Fellows for 2014 – 2015!

/ By / Others

With nearly 70 entries over the course of 6 weeks, from 14 different law schools, we’ve had a terrific response to our call for applications to the 2nd Annual SpicyIP Fellowship! Of all the submitted entries, 24 entries made it as guest posts to our blog. We were very pleased to note the marked increase in participation as compared to last year when we received about 40 submissions of which we published 18. The criteria for selection included topic choice, research,

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Guest Post: Copyright Aspects in Open World Gaming

/ By / Copyright

In his fourth submission to our SpicyIP Fellowship applicant series, Thomas Vallianeth brings us an interesting post discussing the copyright issues that arise in Open World Gaming – the phenomenon of immersive gaming with dynamic environments and character development. With this submission, we have concluded our 2nd annual SpicyIP Fellowship applicant series and we thank everyone who has participated in it! We should be announcing our new SpicyIP fellows later tonight! Copyright Aspects in Open World Gaming Video game enthusiasts might

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Moving past some starting trouble

/ By / Others

As we get more cozy with our new website, we’ve recently discovered that there were still a few issues with parts of it. It appears that though the website has been getting entries in both the SpicyIP Jobs section, as well as the Anonymous Tips section – the notifications haven’t been coming to us! We’re working on getting this fixed and will be manually checking for updates till then. Apologies to everyone who has tried sending us an anonymous tip

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Guest Post: Dow Jones and MSM Resurrect the Hot News Doctrine

/ By / Others

Thomas J. Vallianeth brings us his third guest post in our SpicyIP Fellowship series with this post on the Hot News doctrine. In this post Thomas looks over a recent suit filed by Dow Jones & Co for hot news misappropriation and concludes comparing it with the on going proceedings between Akuate Internet Services and MSM Satellite. You can view his previous posts here. Dow Jones and MSM Resurrect the Hot News Doctrine Dow Jones & Co., the financial information

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Guest Post: Deconstructing the Facebook Privacy Notice – Copyright and Privacy Protection

/ By / Copyright, Privacy

In case you’ve ever wondered about Facebook’s terms of use regarding content you put on it, this guest post by Thomas J. Vallianeth will be of interest to you. This is Thomas’ second entry to our SpicyIP Fellowship applicant series. You can view his first entry here. Deconstructing the Facebook Privacy Notice – Copyright and Privacy Protection Among the many “urban legends” that go viral on Facebook, there is one of particular interest to the IP community. A few years ago

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Guest Post: 3D Printing and Indian Copyright Law

/ By / Copyright

We move into the last few entries to our Fellowship applicant series with this post by Thomas J. Vallianeth, a third year student at NLU-Jodhpur. In this post he takes us through the copyright implications of what is perhaps one of the biggest technological advances we’ve made in the last decade – 3D printing. 3D Printing and Indian Copyright Law Hailed as the next best thing to happen to the printing industry since the invention of the printing press itself,

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Guest Post: One Work, Multiple Protections- Dilemma of IP

/ By / Copyright, Trademark

In his third entry to our SpicyIP Fellowship applicant series, Shashank Mangal looks into the dilemmas of what type of protection one ought to seek for a particular subject matter that may be eligible for multiple types of IP protection. He focuses on Copyright, Trademarks and Designs in this post. You can view his previous posts here. One Work, Multiple Protections- Dilemma of IP Can one form of IP be isolated from another? What if the subject matter is a

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