SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 29- December 5)

/ By / Opportunities, Patent, Plant Variety Protection, Publication, Trademark

We bring you a number of IP updates this week!  This time we have quick summaries of 2 blogposts and 2 opportunities, followed by case summaries of 30 court orders and decisions 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 SpicyIP Tidbit: IPD Updates in Delhi, Calcutta and Madras High Courts. We discussed […]

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Call for Submissions- The IP Press Law Review: Volume I Issue 2 [Submit by Jan 2]

/ By / Opportunities, Publication

We are pleased to inform you that the IP Press Law Review is inviting submissions for the second issue of its first volume. The last date for the entries is January 2, 2023. For further details, please refer to the call below.   Call for Submissions: The IP Press Law Review: Volume I Issue 2 (2022) About the Law Review:The IP Press Law Review (IPPLR) is an initiative of The IP Press to extend our objectives of spreading awareness on the

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Never Gonna Give You Up? Discussing the Recent Patent Application Restorations by Delhi and Madras High Courts

/ By / Patent

On November 4th, the Madras High Court directed the restoration of two previously ‘deemed abandoned’ patent applications as well as the completion of examination of these restored applications within 6 months. The order, Chandra Sekar v. Controller of Patents and Designs (pdf), appears to be picking up on the not infrequent situations of applications being ‘deemed abandoned’ after apparent negligence from the applicant’s patent agent.  In this case, the applications were ‘deemed to be abandoned’ due to delay in filing

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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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[Sponsored] PatSeer’s IP Symposium ‘PatSight’ [Bangalore, December 9]

/ By / Opportunities, Sponsored

We are pleased to announce that PatSeer is hosting its IP Symposium PatSight on December 9, 2022 in Bangalore. The symposium aims to highlight the best innovative method in IP research and analysis via case studies and panel discussions and is free to attend. For further details, please read their announcement below. PatSeer’s IP Symposium ‘PatSight’ [Bangalore, December 9] We’re excited to announce that PatSeer is hosting our free IP symposium – PatSight on December 9, in Bangalore. About PatSeer

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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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Forzest v. Folzest: DHC’s Quest for Setting the Balance Right

/ By / Trademark

A few days ago, Aparajita highlighted the need for a cautious approach by our courts while deciding on interim injunction applications in trademark disputes surrounding medicinal products. She discussed the underlying public health argument in such matters, which courts have frequently overlooked. However, the recent Delhi High Court order in Sun Pharma v. DWD Pharmaceuticals, confirming an ex parte interim injunction on account of public interest, presents a case that may fall on the other side of this spectrum. Despite

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Copyrighting The Uncopyrightable – The NSE Saga

/ By / Copyright

We’re pleased to bring you a guest post by Kartik Sharma and Aditya Singh, analysing copyrightability of datasets in light of the recent controversy surrounding NSE’s issuance of C&D notices to many stock gaming apps.  Kartik and Aditya are 2nd year students at NLSIU, Bengaluru, and had earlier written for us here and here. Copyrighting The Uncopyrightable – The NSE Saga Kartik Sharma and Aditya Singh In the last week of October, NSE proceeded to issue cease and desist notices to stock gaming

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Copyright and Classical Music: Not the Best Fusion?

/ By / Copyright

We’re pleased to bring to our readers a guest post by Akshat Agrawal on the recent Kantara – copyright issue that’s been on the news. Akshat Agrawal is an LLM student at Berkeley Law specialising in IP policy. He is a graduate of Jindal Global Law School and has previously clerked at the Delhi High Court. He is also a trained Indian Classical Musician from the Prayag Sangit Samiti, Allahabad and the KM Music Conservatory, Chennai. He’s written several posts

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SpicyIP Tidbits: Request for an Interim Order in Nokia-Oppo SEP Case Refused; Unclean Hands Doctrine Used in Medicinal Product Trademark Case

/ By / Patent, Trademark

[The post is co-authored by Swaraj Barooah and Praharsh Gour]  The past week saw the Delhi High Court passing two significant orders pertaining to medicinal trademarks and SEPs. We’re still going over the orders and hope to bring out a more detailed assessment of both of these orders in the near future, however, for the time being here’s a quick overview. As always, any additional details or thoughts from readers are welcome!  Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. vs Dwd Pharmaceuticals Ltd

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