Guest post – Must law lag behind in innovation? : The need to encourage legal entrepreneurship

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Ramanuj Mukherjee is a fifth year student of NUJS, Kolkata. He is the founder of iPleaders Legal Risk Management Services which works with start-ups. He blogs at A First Taste of Law . Start-ups are ventures that question the existing business wisdom. Most people create start-ups because of two reasons – they are insomniacs, and they can’t find a place or can’t fit into conventional businesses. Also, usually they are short on cash in the beginning at least. The last […]

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Hart Publishing Launches New Titles !

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Christmas is here! And so are a whole range of fabulous books by Hart Publishing to keep you merry! The Common Law of Intellectual PropertyEssays in Honour of Professor David VaverEdited by Catherine W Ng, Lionel Bently and Giuseppina D’AgostinoAug 2010    9781841139708;    Hbk;   528pp;    £75http://www.hartpub.co.uk/books/details.asp?ISBN=9781841139708 books/details.asp?ISBN=9781841139708> ‘Expert Privilege’ in Civil EvidencePaul EnglandDec 2010;    9781841133034;    Hbk;   £45.00 http://www.hartpub.co.uk/books/details.asp?ISBN=9781841133034 books/details.asp?ISBN=9781841133034> Intellectual Property Law and Policy Volume 11Edited by Hugh C HansenNov 2010    9781841139968;    Hbk;   862pp;    £125http://www.hartpub.co.uk/books/details.asp?ISBN=9781841139968 books/details.asp?ISBN=9781841139968> International Trade Mark and Signs

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An Order for the Times: a tenable TM challenge

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The longstanding multi-forum dispute in India between two global newspaper giants The Financial Times Ltd. (‘FT’) – Bennett Coleman & Co. (‘BC’) (the people behind The Times of India) is a classic case of using IP as mainstream business strategy to sculpt the growth of an industry. In the latest in the turf war ongoing since the mid-1980s, the Delhi High Court refused to stay FT’s infringement suit merely because BC had filed a rectification petition at the Intellectual Property

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Misuse of post-grant opposition proceedings

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A recent decision by the Controller highlights the use (or rather misuse) of post grant opposition proceedings at the IPO.  In Pfizer Health vs. Ranbaxy Labs. Ltd., the Controller had initially dismissed pre-grant opposition proceedings brought in by Ranbaxy after providing an opportunity and granted the patent. Subsequently, Ranbaxy filed a post-grant opposition  (against Indian patent number 211539) with a written statement and evidence – within the prescribed time limits.  The patentee then filed reply statement and evidence.  Ranbaxy neither filed reply

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SpicyIP Announcements: IJIPL Call for Papers

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The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law is India’s only student run journal that is wholly devoted to intellectual property law. Published annually, it is an endeavour of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in collaboration with the N.C. Banerjee Centre for Intellectual Property Law. The Journal, now in its fourth year of publication, serves as a forum for contributing to the fascinating and burgeoning field of intellectual property law. The Journal aims at not just documenting student scholarship but also

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SpicyIP Events: Consilience – A Conference on Privacy

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The Law and Technology Committee (elTek) of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore is hosting ‘Consilience’, a conference where contemporary issues of critical relevance in the field of law and technology are addressed. Past editions of the conference have engaged with a vast spectrum of cutting edge issues such as “Legal Aspects of Business Process Outsourcing”, “Biotechnology and the Law” and “Free and Open Source Software” drawing in on the rich experience of luminaries like Mr. Montek Singh

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Strengthening the Indian Bayh Dole bill: A provision for recovery in case of fraud?

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Shamnad had recently discussed the presentation of the report of the standing committee to both houses of the Parliament on the Indian version of the Bayh Dole Act.  Recent case law in the U.S. suggests that the clause 20 of “The protection and utilization of public funded intellectual property bill, 2008”, hereafter “The bill,” may need “more teeth” for effective implementation.  The teeth may either come in the form of a direct clause or in the rules.  The case of interest here is St.

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Guest Post: U.S. Supreme Court dismisses Tiffany’s Trademark Appeal

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Avni Chari, a frequent guest blogger and student of NALSAR sends in this interesting piece on contributory trademark infringement on the internet in the context of a tussle between Tiffany & Co. and E-Bay. U.S. SUPREME COURT DISMISSES TIFFANY’S TRADEMARK APPEAL By: Avni Chari The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday (29th November, 2010) dismissed the appeal of Tiffany & Co. in a dispute over eBay’s liability for trademark infringement for selling counterfeit goods on its website. The concept of trademark

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SpicyIP Tidbit: RTI Application on Foreign Film Shooting in India

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One of our readers, Arpan Banerjee sent us this interesting bit of information concerning foreign films shot in India, which could be useful to lawyers working in the field of entertainment law. Arpan has a law degree from Calcutta and is interested in the film, music and publishing world and has written a few articles related to media law. Based on an RTI application, Arpan made the following observations: Since 2006, 108 foreign films have been shot in India: 22

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