Thematic Highlight In a guest post, Dr Sunanda Bharti shared her views on sarees as a subject matter of intellectual property rights. Specifically, she argues that the methods of draping sarees can be protected as Traditional Cultural Expression. She notes that the use of these methods would constitute misappropriation if used commercially or in a manner that offends the culture. Further, she posits that these rights may be implemented through the Domaine Public Payant method, where the government collects revenue…

Pankhuri co-authored a post with Bhavik on a recent decision of the Delhi HC, which dismissed Bayer’s appeal and left it to the trial court to apply the reasonable relationship test for deciding whether the use and export of Bayer’s patented drug ‘Sorafenib Tosylate’ by Natco and Alembic was permissible under Section 107A of the Patents Act (India’s Bolar Provision). The Court ruled that the ‘export’ of a patented invention for experimental purposes was covered under the provision. In their post, the…