NATCO sues Shamnad for defamation

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If we at SpicyIP ever needed validation of the strength of the blog and its wide readership, we just received it from the most unlikely sources – NATCO, a generic pharmaceutical company which sued Shamnad on the 13th of August, 2012 for allegeddefamation and libel with regard to certain statements he made on SpicyIP regarding its litigation strategy with BMS. The news has been reported in Legally India, Bar and Bench and LAOT.  With specific reference to SpicyIP, NATCO states […]

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Analysing the Delhi University v. Publishers Photocopying Case

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The on-going litigation between a group of leading publishers and a small photocopying shop attached to Delhi University has all the elements of a legendary ‘fair dealing’ debate. On one side we have Big Publishing (Oxford & Cambridge University Press along with Francis & Taylor) who argue that use of their intellectual and creative product require recompense; on the other, we have students (many of them from impoverished sections of society) who argue that gaining a functional education in India

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India: The high cost of filing a patent on a gene sequences

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Biotechnology is an extremely fast-moving field in which new products and services are developed from an increasingly complex and cumulative set of underlying technologies. Latest treatments to diseases come from biotechnology where sequencing genes, identifying individual gene functions and mutations, creating systems to selectively express, regulate or silence genes, predict protein structures and expressions, mapping the influence of genetic make-up on metabolism and / or otherwise analyzing vast amounts of genetic data. These many technologies contribute to the rapid pace of advancement in the life sciences

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A "Fair" Education in a Copyright World?

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Mainstream media in India has been abuzz with news of a copyright raid conducted against a small photocopy shop by leading publishers. The allegedly infringing material are course packs containing extracts from different books that are selected by the relevant faculty teaching the course at Delhi University. Students routinely procure these course packs from the local photocopier. The raid evoked sharp reactions from students and the academic community, with an FB protest page as well. Writing in Kafila, Lawrence Liang

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Guest Post: Securitization of IP – Part B

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Continuing from part 1 of her post on Securitization of IP, Nehaa Chaudhari writes about Securitization of IP : PART B (This is a continuation of an earlier post, wherein PART A introduced the concept of securitization and its invocation into the field of intellectual property rights while highlighting generic concerns with the same. This part deals with specific issues that need to be addressed, the rating conundrum and ends with a few concluding remarks, based on the discussion in both

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Guest Post: Securitization of IP – Part A

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SpicyIP brings you a 2 part guest post series on a topic we have spoken very little about on the blog – Securitization of Intellectual Property. Nehaa Chaudhari, a 5th year student at Nalsar University of Law, picks up this oft overlooked area and starts an interesting discussion on widening the market for security instruments tied to intellectual property. THE SECURITIZATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (This has been split into two posts, PART A and PART B. PART A introduces the

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FICCI announces Certificate Course on IP Laws and Practice: Oct-Nov 2012

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Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and Global Institute of Intellectual Property (GIIP) are jointly conducting the “Certificate Course on Intellectual Property (IP) Laws and Practice“. Conduct of Course      :        October 15 – November 28, 2012 Classes                        :         Monday to Friday at 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Venue for Classes       :        FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi – 110001. Number of Seats       

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Guest post: Samsung v. Apple – Billion Dollar Game

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We bring to you another guest post from Tarun Khurana.  Tarun has blogged for us earlier here. This time Tarun has chosen the recent billion dollar verdict against Samsung and in Apple’s favor.  Swaraj had blogged about this case earlier here.  While Tarun concludes that at least some of Apple’s patents can be designed around, I feel that it unlikely that Apple’s dominance in the “overall look and feel” can be easily challenged.  Apple has the first mover advantage, and this

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Breaking: EBC granted injunction against Westlaw for Infringement of Copyright

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The District Judge of Lucknow has passed an interim injunction against Thomson Reuters and its Indian operations Westlaw and Indlaw – Defendants, for infringing the copyright of Eastern Book Company’s (EBC)-Plaintiffs, law report, Supreme Court Cases (SCC).  The order restrains them from infringing copyright in the SCC law reports and from selling and distributing or making available to the public either through CDs or the internet copies of the databases which infringe the copyrights in SCC during the pendency of

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Apple v. Samsung – An ‘innovative’ decision?

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“ For us this lawsuit has always been about something much more important than patents or money. It’s about values. We value originality and innovation and pour our lives into making the best products on earth.”  – Tim Cook, in his memo to Apple’s corporate employees after the $1.049 billion dollar verdict that went Apple’s way in it’s smartphone patent battle with Samsung, in US District Court, Northern District of California.     “Good artists copy. Great artists steal”  – Steve Jobs,

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