Madras High Court declines to grant interim injunction in trademark dispute between Google Ad-words and matrimonial portals

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In a judgment dated 10th of September, 2012 a Division Bench of the Madras High Court declined to set aside the judgment dated 30th September, 2010, of a Single Judge of the same court, declining to grant Consim Info Pvt. Ltd. an interim injunction in a trademark infringement lawsuit against Google & other internet marriage portal which compete with Bharat-Matrimony.com an internet marriage portal which is owned by Consim. The judgment can be accessed over here.  For our post summarizing […]

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IPAB dismisses Bayer’s appeal against compulsory license

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The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has rejected a petition of Bayer Corp., seeking a stay on an order of the Controller, granting compulsory licence to Natco Pharma Ltd., for Nexavar, a drug (Sorafenib Tosylate) to treat renal cell and hepato-cellular carcinoma (cancer).  Shamnad had earlier blogged about the grant of the compulsory license here and here.  A copy of the judgment is available here.   The judgment is penned by none other than Justice Prabha Sridevan, with technical member: DPS

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SpicyIP’s Weekly Review – September (Week 2)

/ By / Copyright, Trademark

SpicyIP had a slightly busier week than normal with a good variety of topics being covered this last week. For our previous weekly reviews, see here. (We are currently experimenting with different formats for this weekly review and will eventually settle into one format depending on what readers prefer)  I would peg the engaging debate that’s been going on between our writers over the OUP – DU case as our highlight of the week – Great dialogue about an interesting topic. (I

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PIP (Essay Competition) Deadline Approaching!

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As noted in several earlier posts, this year, SpicyIP brings you an exclusive IP writing competition titled Pondering IP (PIP). This competition is organised under the aegis of the Ministry of HRD Chair at WB NUJS, but in collaboration with IPTLS (a student run IP society at NUJS) and SpicyIP. The competition is open to law students throughout the world and we offer a modest prize for the best three essays. If you are a law student, we hope you

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August 2012: Controller’s decisions at the IPO

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Despite the rainy season and the monsoons, August was yet another sizzling month at the Controller’s offices!  Out of 126 decisions listed, 54 were granted (including partly allowed), 44 refused (including abandoned and withdrawn) and no file uploaded for the remainder (12).  This post is a bit delayed because when I started to compile the list in the beginning of this month, more than half of decisions were not available! . From this month onward, I would be presenting the

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Trans-Pacific Partnership Act – A look at the IP provisions

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Two months ago, we wrote about the ‘child of ACTA‘, the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement) (that post was covered by ExpressPharma along with more Indian views on the TPP here). Unfortunately though, the ‘shock’ factor that the ACTA had brought with it no longer seems to be present as the public conscience seems to be tired of dealing with the same issues over and over again. And that’s precisely what the TPP seems to be doing. The same lobbyists seem to

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A tribute to Mr. Amar Raj Lall – one of India’s finest IP lawyers

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Mr. Amar Raj Lall. Image from here. Most of you in Delhi must have already heard about the passing away of Mr. Amar Raj Lall, Senior Partner of Lall, Lahiri & Salhotra (LLS) on the 6th of September, 2012. Although I knew Mr. Lall for only a very brief period, I have several lovely memories of sitting in his office, during a month long internship, listening to him narrating stories about his fascinating life. As a lowly intern I had

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CSIR pulls a fast one – does a U-Turn on disclosure of royalties earned through patent licensing

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Just weeks after informing me (read the covering letter over here) that it was in the process of sending me information on the royalties earned through patent licensing, the Central Public Information Officer from the CSIR HQs has done a complete U-Turn by claiming that such information could not be shared under the RTI Act since it was exempted under Section 8(1)(d) of the RTI Act, 2005. This letter dated September 5th can be accessed over here.  This is an

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Delhi University Must Defend

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In Prashant’s last post, he argued that the most appropriate legal position for Delhi University to take, would be to settle with the publishers and procure licences from the IRRO (a copyright society set up by the publishing industry) for photocopying portions of books that are compiled into course-packs for students. At the outset, I would like to respectfully declare my wholehearted objection to such an idea.   I. THE QUESTION OF HOW MUCH First comes the question of how much Delhi University/the photocopy

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A reply to ‘A simple gutting of Copyright Defences’

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I felt compelled to reply to Shamnad’s last post on the OUP-DU photocopying controversy for several reasons. The most important objection being that neither I nor Mr. Saika advocated, in my last post, that the Delhi High Court should decide the case just because the IRRO was ready to offer an affordable licence. To repeat Mr Saika’s quote in my last post, he merely states “We have already said in court that as soon as proper licenses are taken from

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