Talk of Irony: Plagiarism guideline paper caught for plagiarism

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Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.  What I just did in the first sentence of this post is plagiarism. I took this definition of plagiarism from the Oxford English Dictionary, posted it verbatim and tried to pass it off for my own. This is also one of the biggest problems academic journals today face as they try to ensure that all the papers they publish are original. Most […]

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Call for Papers: The 8th Annual NLSIR Symposium on Competition Law

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We are happy to bring to our readers attention information regarding the 8th Annual NLSIR Symposium organised by the National Law School of India Review. The call for papers has been reproduced below. Call for Student Papers: The 8th Annual NLSIR Symposium on Competition Law The National Law School of India Review (NLSIR) is the flagship journal of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. For more than 25 years, it has been at the forefront of legal scholarship

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Guest Post: ‘Interim damages’ in FRAND patent litigation: When did that become a thing?

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Prashant Reddy has for our readers an incisive post on interim damages in FRAND patent litigation. Prashant Reddy was an integral part of SpicyIP for many years and is a prolific writer and a wonderful mentor!  Formerly with Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, Prashant is now an independent IP consultant. For our other posts on FRAND litigation see here, here, here ‘Interim damages’ in FRAND patent litigation: When did that become a thing? -Prashant Reddy In the last few years we have seen

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SpicyIP Tidbit : NUALS’ Centre for Intellectual Property Rights launched

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Folks, we have an exciting bit of information for you – we recently brought to you the news about the launch of GNLU’s IPR Centre and we’re glad to say that another National Law School has recently inaugurated its Centre for IPR as well ! We were recently made available with the Press Release on the official inauguration of The Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) at NUALS. Where on one hand, the government’s lax attitude has resulted in little

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Media Freedom: Hetero’s response to statements of Director

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The recent controversy surrounding statements made by the Director of Hetero Pharma (Mr. Srinivasa Reddy) in relation to compulsory licensing, which we covered here, and subsequent responses from Hetero, brings out a troubling issue for media freedom. To contextualize, after Mr. Srinivasa made controversial statements regarding Compulsory Licensing, Hetero was quick to distance itself from these comments, calling them ‘personal views’.  However, Hetero also went a step further to state “We are also taking up the matter with the requisite

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The Government of India Adopts Open Source Software: We Approve!

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In a period that has witnessed a revolution in the way India perceives technology and its dynamics (yes, I’m talking about Shreya Singhal) comes another heartening development. The Government of India has adopted a policy of utilising, where available, Open Source Software (“OSS”) to fulfil its software requirements in Central Government organisations for e-Governance applications systems and while replacing existing software applications. The Central Government has also indicated that it is open to the States (the State of Tamil Nadu

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Shreya Singal v. Union of India: Part II – Copyright Infringement and Intermediary Liability

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While the Supreme Court in Shreya Singhal struck down Section 66A for unconstitutionality (See earlier post: Shreya Singhal v. Union of India: Part I – Overbreadth, chilling effect and permissible restrictions on speech), it upheld Section 79 on intermediary liability, albeit, after reading it down to drastically narrow its applicability. Interestingly, despite its wide repercussions for free speech, the only party to have filed a separate writ challenging this Section’s constitutionality was the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI),

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Shreya Singhal v. Union of India: Part I – Overbreadth, chilling effect and permissible restrictions on speech

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The Supreme Court this week sparked off celebrations across the internet with its decision in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India striking down draconian Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Widely criticised for overbreadth, vagueness and its chilling effect on speech, the Section has been notoriously invoked to target statements made by ordinary citizens in, at best, lukewarm criticism of prominent political leaders. The decision has free speech activists excited for several reasons. It brings clarity and coherence to our free speech jurisprudence

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Rebutting false rhetoric around the Natco CL

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On 31st March, 2015, the Economic Times carried an article titled “Compulsory Licensing hit India’s Image: Hetero Pharma“. The article quotes the Director of Hetero Pharma stating that the Compulsory License granted to Natco and upheld by the Courts “did more harm to our image than actually helped patients“. Moreover, the Director was cited as saying that “the CL for this drug was hardly in favour of public health or an emergency situation, as very few patients were treated for the

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SpicyIP to charge readers a nominal fee for subscription in certain regions

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As we were busy crunching numbers on the financial year ending, we realized that we cannot afford to keep SpicyIP free anymore. As you all know, SpicyIP depends on a team of analysts who volunteer their time to analyze complex issues of IP and innovation law and policy free of cost to readers. However, in order to offset the heavy operating costs of maintaining our website and the technical support staff, a nominal fee will be charged from here onwards. We are introducing

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