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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 17 – February 23)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

(Thanks to Aditi and Khushi for the case summaries) Keep up with the ever changing world of IP with SpicyIP’s Weekly Review! A quick glance at last week – Madras HC accepts a US District Court’s Letter Rogatory to furnish confidential information, a look at Functional Fallacies in Thomson Reuters vs Ross Intelligence and many more. We also have the initiation of our attempt to bring IP conversations to wider audiences through multilingual writing! This and much more in this […]

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Pfizer v. Softgel: The Errors of Comity

/ By / Patent

On January 28, the Madras High Court passed an order related to an ongoing patent dispute in the United States. The dispute concerned Cipla’s and Zenara (Hikma)’s ANDA applications seeking approval to market their generic versions of Vyndamax (tafamidis), a drug used to treat transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), in the US. Pfizer, the petitioner, argued before the US District Court, Delaware that the ANDA applications infringed its US patent. To further prove its allegation Pfizer requested the Court to issue

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Tier I, Tier II, Time for Experts; The Curious Case of Scientific Advisers, Party Expert and Two Tiered Confidentiality Club 

/ By / Patent, Publication

Image generated by DALL E and edited by Canva. On January 8, 2025, the Delhi High Court, presided over by Hon’ble Justice Amit Bansal, delivered a significant ruling in the case of Syngenta Limited and Anr. vs. GSP Crop Science Private Limited (See here). This case pertains to patent infringement concerning two process patents related to the fungicide Azoxystrobin. The Court allowed the Party Expert to be privy to the documents accessed by the Scientific Advisers appointed by the Bench.

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Call for Suggestions on the Draft Guidelines for Processing Patent Applications of AYUSH Systems and Related Inventions (February 28)

/ By / Patent, Traditional Knowledge

The office of CGPDTM has invited comments on the Draft Guidelines for Processing Patent Applications of Ayush Systems and Related Inventions for providing clarity on the filing and processing of patent applications of Ayush systems and related inventions. The guidelines are available on the IPIndia website here. The deadline for sharing suggestions with the CGPDTM is February 28. Interested readers can share their suggestions on anita[dot]ipo[at]nic[dot]in.

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Comments Invited on “AI Governance and Guidelines Development” Report (February 27)

/ By / Copyright

The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has published a report titled ‘AI Governance and Guidelines Development’. The Report was prepared by a Subcommittee, under the guidance of an Advisory Group (chaired by the Principal Scientific Advisor) to provide recommendations on AI governance in India. IndiaAI, an initiative of the MeitY has invited comments on the report. The comments are invited by February 27, 2025. Interested readers can share their comments by filling the form here

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After ANI, Bollywood Music Labels Have a Face-off with OpenAI

/ By / Copyright

On the news of the Indian Music Industry and music labels seeking to be impleaded as parties in the ongoing ANI v. OpenAI case, Anjali Tripathi writes on the issues raised by the trade body and labels and the overall impact this case can have on the music industry. Anjali Tripathi is a fourth-year law student at JGLS with an interest in IP rights, access to education, and the creative arts. After ANI, Bollywood Music Labels Have a Face-off with

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Extension of the Deadline for CIPRA’s (SLS, Hyderabad) 1st Blog Writing Competition Organized in Collaboration with SpicyIP- February 22

/ By / Opportunities

With several requests for extensions coming in, the deadline for the 1st Blog Writing Competition, 2025 Organized by CIPRA (SLS Hyderabad) in Collaboration with SpicyIP has now been extended. The new deadline is 22nd February, 2025 (11:59 pm.) For submission guidelines and other details please see the announcement here. As a reminder: The competition is open to all students pursuing 3-year/5-year law courses or LLM students or research scholars from any recognised law school across India.

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Error 303! Error 404! Exclusive Rights Not Found – DHC Vacates Injunction in DCM Shriram v. Amreek Singh

/ By / Trademark

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Aditi Agrawal. Aditi is a final-year B.A., LL.B (IPR Hons.) student at The ICFAI University, Dehradun. Her previous posts can be accessed here.] Hola, readers! Ever wondered what happens when an injunction is issued on an exaggerated sense of urgency, omitting key facts? The answer, as seen in DCM Shriram Limited v. Amreek Singh Chawla & Ors., is judicial reconsideration, vacated injunction, and a sobering reminder that equity does not reward half-truths. In

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From Headnotes to Head-scratchers: The Functional Fallacies in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence

/ By / Copyright

[This post is authored by Akshat Agrawal and Sneha Jain. Akshat Agrawal is a Senior Associate at Saikrishna and Associates and has previously written on the blog here. Sneha is a Partner at Saikrishna and Associates and leads their Artificial Intelligence and Law Practice. Views expressed here are those of the authors alone. Long post ahead.] The US District Court for the District of Delaware’s recent opinion in Thomson Reuters and West Publishing v. Ross Intelligence Inc. carries significant implications

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Cheroots to Cheers or Bringing IP Conversations to Wider Audiences: A SpicyIP Initiative for Vernacular Dissemination

/ By / Opportunities, Others, Overlaps in IP, Publication

Discussions over intellectual property rights are not just restricted to our textbooks but spill over to the kind of music we listen to,the medicines we intake and much much more. However, it cannot be denied that discussions around IP have been somewhat confined to the academic, legal and policy circles, navigating our mind frames like giant smoke rings from formidable cheroots of erstwhile colonial English Lords. These formidable cheroots are the technical language that shrouds IP rights (not always the

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