Reliance and TM Disputes: Trouble in Reliance land?

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The feuding Reliance brothers, Anil and Mukesh, seem to have other things except family rivalry that have thrust them into the spotlight of late. They are neck deep in business decisions that could land them in trademark disputes. ‘I’ think this may spell trouble! In what seems like an obvious attempt to cash in on Apple’s fortunes, the Mint reports that the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group has filed an application in India to register the mark ‘I PHONE’ under […]

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Does SpicyIP Moderate Comments?

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You bet we do. It all began when I wrote something related to Brazilian patent law and received a comment asking me to take a look at a certain Brazilian resort that offered the heady triple cocktail of sun, sand and s… So, what kind of comments will not pass muster? i) Comments that have no bearing on the subject matter of the post: typically, the “spam” stuff, such as the incredibly tempting Brazilian offer above. ii) Comments that amount

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Copyright in Characters- Blurring of the Idea/Expression Divide- I

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Personally, after reading Prashant and Kruttika’s several pithy and insightful posts, I find copyright law much more interesting than patents. Having rarely blogged on copyright law, I was tempted to take up a topic which allowed for a fair amount of shoring up of the fundamentals- copyright protection to characters;so if I err, which i am sure I am bound to, I am all for correction. Broadly speaking, there are two ways in which one may embark on this topic-

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"Decompilation" Defence under Indian Copyright Law: Redundant?

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Section 52 (1) (ab) of the Indian Copyright Act provides what is commonly referred to as the “decompilation” defence and exempts from infringement: “the doing of any act necessary to obtain information essential for operating inter-operability of an independently created computer programme with other programmes by a lawful possessor of a computer programme provided that such information is not otherwise readily available” How effective is this “decompilation” defence under Indian copyright law? I ask because in one of my competition

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EPO Gets Access to India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL)

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The ambitious traditional knowledge digital library (TKDL), successfully completed by CSIR (under VK Gupta’s stewardship) is now accessible to the EPO, thanks to an agreement signed recently between the Indian government and the EPO. Radhika Pandeiya and Jacob Koshy of The Mint broke this story (online) today, including myriad comments on what this means for India in terms of the much bandied about TK misappropriation debates (turmeric patenting etc). And what ought to the future policy direction in relation to

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Justice Arjan Sikri Talk at NUJS: Injunctions vs Damages in IP Cases

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Justice Arjan Sikri of the Delhi High Court is visiting NUJS over the coming weekend. As many of our readers may know, he is one of the most well regarded judges in India today and has authored some excellent decisions, particularly in the field of intellectual property law. In 2007, he was chosen as one of the 50 most influential persons in Intellectual Property globally in a survey conducted by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP). He will speak this coming Saturday

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Upaid-Satyam: Racketeering charges in amended complaint

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Interesting updates for those tracking the Upaid chapters in the Satyam story: Update One: Upaid was granted leave by the Texas Federal Court to file its third amended complaint in the case. The amended complaint remains under seal, but the order clearly makes reference to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations Act (the RICO Act), suggesting that the amended complaint contains fresh charges under this law against Satyam. Slightly unrelated to the blog, but of general interest: RICO allows criminal

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SpicyIP Tidbits: Microsoft Inks MoU with IIT Law School

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The one-day University-Industry Partnership seminar at Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur held on 3rd February witnessed the culmination of months of efforts between the IIT Law School and Microsoft India. The objective of the collaboration, as professed by both the parties, is towards enabling capacity building in IP law and policy. Prof.Partha P. Chakraborty, Dean of the Sponsored Research and Consultancy (SRIC) Cell of IIT Kharagpur and the Head of the IIT Law School, Prof.S.Tripathy represented

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SpicyIP Jobs:Position for Patent Attorney

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Position: IPR Head for a Company in the Life Sciences Domain.Location: Hyderabad Job Description and Profile: The Company is engaged in the manufacture of High end Medical Equipments for the Biotech Industry. This position requires the person to manage the IPR and regulatory affairs of the company; conduct patent searches and landscape analysis. Key Responsibilities• Patent portfolio analysis and management. • Supervising cost effective searches by using paid database like STN,Scifinder etc and guiding team members for the same. •

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Patent Office Investigation into ‘Negligent" Pharma Patent Grants

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For quite sometime now, CH Unni of the Mint has been striving towards enhacing transparency norms at the patent office. And has met with considerable success on this front. A couple of weeks back, he reported on the fact that a number of pharma patents were granted, where it appeared that the patent office did not check for compliance with section 3(d). Pursuant to his report, the patent office ordered an investigation. Not only does Unni need to be lauded

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