SpicyIP Guest Post: Three strikes and you’re out!!!

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I’m pleased to present to our readers this excellent guest post by Sai Vinod, a student of NUJS, on the ‘Three-Strike’ rule which was recently recommended by the Committee on Piracy appointed by the I&B Ministry. Vinod had previously blogged on the committee report over here. ROPING IN ISPS TO CURB INTERNET PIRACYOf late the ‘three-strike’ or the ‘graduated response’ model for copyright enforcement over the internet is gaining popularity among nations, especially after the ACTA negotiations. In India too, […]

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Bachhan lodges Protest not in sotto voce, but in Customary Baritone

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Among the crores of Indians, be it from whichever section of the society, it will probably be really hard find even a single person, who cannot associate a particular baritone of rich timbre with the towering persona of one of the biggest actor-celebrities in the country, the renowned Amitabh Bachhan. It’s really a difficult task for somebody to determine whether the dialogues spelt out by that authoritative voice made the voice so famous, or whether the dialogues enjoy their popularity

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Compulsory licensing dispute between PPL and radio stations lands up before the Madras High Court

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The mega compulsory licensing dispute between the Copyright Society – Public Performance Licence (PPL) & radio stations like ENIL etc. that was decided by the Copyright Board on the 25th of August, 2010, has now ended up in a mega-appeal before the Madras High Court. As reported by us earlier the Copyright Board had ordered all music owners in the country to compulsorily licence all of their music to the radio station/applicants at a 2% royalty. In pertinent part the

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Guzaarish in Copyright Controversy

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Bollywood’s affinity for copyright controversies continues with the Sanjay Leela Bhansali directed, Hrithik Roshan-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer, Guzaarish embroiled in a copyright dispute with novelist, Dayanand Raajan, alleging that the writers of Guzaarish lifted the theme of his book and that the film’s plot bears a striking resemblance to the novel’s storyline and also in terms of the characters in the film. The Indian Express reports that as of now, the producers of the film have been served with a

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Event Reminder : IP Conclave 2010 by CCH India and Fidus Law Chambers

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Last two days left for registration and seats are filling up fast!  Avail a special opportunity and get a 10% discount on group bookings (for two or more persons) on your registration by quoting Spicy IP at the time you register!  Hurry up and do not miss the chance – registrations close tomorrow! And here is the speaker profile  Session 1:        Commercialising IP Assets                                                                                                          10.00  – 11:30 am Speakers:         Usha Amonkar, Mahindra and Mahindra Ashok Gupta, Legal Head, Aditya Birla

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Preparing for the patent agent exam

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In a previous post, we had written about the release of a revised draft revised patent manual (hereafter ‘draft manual’) at the IPO. This post will discuss how one preparing for the patent agent exam by using the draft manual. The draft manual discusses the application of patent law in the four patent offices and states that it has been compiled with an intention to codify the practices and procedures being followed in the Indian Patent Office. The draft manual

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Event Reminder : IP Conclave 2010 by CCH India and Fidus Law Chambers

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Just a quick reminder : CCH India is organizing a one-day Intellectual Property Conclave in collaboration with Fidus Law Chambers on November 12, 2010 in Mumbai. It is for the first time that an IP event has been visualized that is entirely focused on the industry and highlights four disparate but hot IP issues to which the statutory and legislative domain often has no answers. The details of the Conclave were posted here earlier. So hurry and register ! And

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Informal Innovators and Fostering More Access to the Patent System

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Issues of “access” to medicines have been part of mainstream IP debates for many years now. Unfortunately, another glaring issue of “access” has not merited sufficient attention: namely that of access to the patent system itself. Quite surprising, given that this bottleneck ends up engendering more inequity, as it prevents poor “informal” innovators from partaking in the benefits offered by the patent system. Given that patents are a major “reputational” currency for new businesses these days, it is critical that

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Copying, Stealing and Medieval Writings

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It is undisputed that the Internet has radically changed the idea of copy-protection, given the relative ease with which one can make prefect digital copies of a copyrightable piece of work. But who would have thought that the Middle Ages suffered from the same problem – theft of their intellectual property. In a wonderful blog post, Got Medieval highlights how safeguarding intellectual property was a concern even in medieval times and provides illustrations of their efforts to protect their work.

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Ph.D Scholarship at IPR Centre, CUSAT

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Spicy IP is pleased to announce the establishment of the Inter University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS) a centre of excellence in Intellectual Property Rights at the Cochin University of Science and Technology. The main objective of IUCIPRS is to evolve into a research hub and resource center for IPR and related subjects. It also seeks to facilitate interaction between researchers from different universities and research institutions in India and abroad. The different areas of IPR that have been identified

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