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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 8- May 13)

/ By / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Opportunities, Others, Patent, Trademark

[This Weekly Review has been co-authored with Shikhar Chauhan. Shikhar is a second-year law student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. He shares a keen interest in developments concerning IP Law.] Here are the quick summaries of the 5 posts, 16 case summaries, and other IP developments that took place last week. Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Especially from different High Courts? Please let us know so we can include them! Highlights of the Week Announcing the …

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CGPDTM to Continue Daily Open House Sessions to address Grievances/Suggestions on IPR Issues

/ By / Copyright, Design, Geographical Indication, Patent, Trademark

Image from here Attention all intellectual property enthusiasts! On some exciting news on the transparency front, the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks has recently announced daily Open House sessions. These sessions began in October 2022 (see the December notice here) and will now continue on a daily basis. The sessions will be held on a daily basis from 4.30 PM to 5.30 PM via WebEx. These Open House sessions will address various IPR grievances and …

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 17- April 22)

/ By / Copyright, COVID-19, Design, Geographical Indication, Patent, Trade Secret, Trademark

[This weekly review is co-authored with SpicyIP intern Sudhiksha Maneeswaran. Sudhiksha is a 4th-year student pursuing B. A., LL. B (Hons.) from School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore.] Here are the quick summaries of the 4 posts 8 case summaries, and other IP developments that took place last week. Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Especially from different High Courts?  Please let us know so we can include them! Highlights of the Week Legal Basis …

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Spicy IP Weekly Review (April 2- April 8)

/ By / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Others, Patent, Trademark

[This weekly review has been co-authored with SpicyIP intern Rohan Srivastava. Rohan is a second-year student pursuing B.A. LL.B (Hons.) from National Law School of India University, Bengaluru.] Here are the quick summaries of the 5 posts, 8  case summaries, and other IP developments that took place last week. Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Especially from different High Courts?  Please let us know so we can include them! Highlights of the Week Madras High Court Notifies Intellectual …

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 27-April 1)

/ By / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Innovation, Others, Patent, Trademark

[This weekly review is co-authored with SpicyIP intern Anjali Baskar. Anjali is a fourth-year student pursuing B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from School of Law, Christ University, Bengaluru. She is keenly interested in exploring various fields in law, especially IP, Media & Entertainment.] Here are the quick summaries of the whopping 6 posts, 8  case summaries and other IP developments that took place last week. Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Especially from other High Courts?  Please let us know …

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 6- March 11)

/ By / Biological Diversity, Copyright, COVID-19, Drug Regulation, Geographical Indication, Patent, Trademark

Here are the quick summaries of 5 posts, 4 case summaries and other IP developments that took place last week. Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Especially from other High Courts?  Please let us know so we can include them!   Highlights of the Week Learning from India’s Disastrous Experience in Protecting Itself against Biopiracy In light of the upcoming WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, Prashant Reddy brings us a post highlighting India’s sub-par experience with …

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 13-December 19)

/ By / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Patent, Trademark

  Summarizing the three posts covered on the blog last week, we bring to you 17 case summaries, and other national and international IP developments. Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Especially from other High Courts? Please let us know so we can include them! Also we are thankful for the comments from our readers on the format of the weekly reviews, we have tried something new this time. Do let us know how you like it! Highlight …

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SpicyIP Tidbit: IPD Updates in Delhi, Calcutta and Madras High Courts

/ By / Copyright, Design, Geographical Indication, Patent, Trade Secret, Trademark

Recently it was announced that a new roster of judges will take charge of the Delhi High Court’s Intellectual Property Division (IPD), with effect from November 28, 2022 (pdf). The new roster shall comprise Justice C. Hari Shankar, Justice Sanjeev Nirula and Justice Amit Bansal and will take over the division from Justice Prathiba M. Singh, Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Jyoti Singh. The earlier roster was effective from July 4, 2022.  IPD, Delhi High Court was formed on the …

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Spicy IP Weekly Review (November 22- November 28)

/ By / Copyright, Drug Regulation, Geographical Indication, Patent, Trademark

It’s been another IP heavy week for the Indian IP landscape! Here is the last week’s review, discussing the 5 posts published on the blog along with summaries of 16 IP cases from Delhi High Court and a few national and international IP developments. (Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Especially from other High Courts? Please let us know so we can include them!)   Highlights of the Week Copyright and Classical Music: Not the Best Fusion? Akshat …

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Spicy IP Weekly Review (November 16- November 21)

/ By / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Others, Patent, Trademark

Here is our weekly review containing briefs of posts from the past week, 22 case summaries, and a few national and international IP developments. Do let us know in case you think we missed out on anything!       Highlights of the Week Pharmaceutical Trademark Confusion: Poison Pill or Public Health? Aparajita writes about the need of higher scrutiny while comparing competing marks in pharmaceutical products for similarity and confusion. She highlights that despite an order from the Supreme …

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