New IP courses by IIPS

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Leading IP institute The Institute of Intellectual Property Studies (IIPS) is offering a range of innovative IP courses,addressing and supporting diversified needs in an ever changing IP landscape. COURSES OFFERED: 1. 4 Month Certificate Course in Intellectual Property This course provides the participants with an appreciative insight into the role and significance of each of the different forms of intellectual property rights through an understanding of the fundamentals of the IPR regimes and protection systems. Course commences on 17 July,2010. […]

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Experimental Use Exception: An Indian Perspective

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The experimental use exception under Indian patent law is something that hasn’t received much coverage, either in terms of case law or academic writings. We (Prashant Reddy and I) have taken a shot at this doctrine and attempted to demonstrate the rather impressive width of this Indian exception and how it could be a model for other developing countries, particularly technologically proficient ones. For those interested, please see the full text of this article that was published in IDEA, the

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Battling Malaria with Open-Source Weapons? Glaxo tries a ‘Linux’

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(Image taken from here)The manner in which the software industry was revolutionized about a decade ago by the advent of the Linux operating system and the open-source software development movement is sought to be emulated by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC in the field of coming up with new drugs and medicinal processes. In the month of May, 2010, Glaxo revealed to the public the designs behind 13,500 chemical compounds, which according to them, have the potential ability to successfully hamstring

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Course on ‘Patent Portfolio Creation and Management’

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Six month certificate course on ‘Patent Portfolio Creation and Management’ by the Institute of Intellectual Property Research and Development. Objective: Sensitization of Working Professionals in the Patents domain towards the complete procedures and best practices relating to four major verticals of Patents, viz., Patent Procedures and Practices at the Indian Patent Office, Patent Drafting, Patent Search-Mapping, and Patent Commercialization. The Course, though specifically designed for Research Scientists, Engineers, Technologists, and Legal/IP Managers who are practicing IP, will also be of

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Intermediary Liability for Copyright Infringement in India: Few Thoughts in the Wake of Viacom v. Youtube [Part II]

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Continuing from my previous post, about the liability of intermediaries in India, after my reading of Viacom v. Youtube and the raging debates on this blog and elsewhere about the correct interpretation of Section 79 and Section 81 of the Information Technology Act, I put forth the following analysis with the assumption that there will be some clarity on the interpretation of S.81 soon, and if as expected, it mirrors the purpose, character and substance of the DMCA, the following

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Intermediary Liability for Copyright Infringement in India: Few Thoughts in the Wake of Viacom v. Youtube [Part I]

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About a week ago, we had a guest post summarising the recently delivered judgement in the case of Viacom v. Youtube, a case that dealt exclusively with the liability of an intermediary in the case of widespread copyright infringement, a topic that is fast assuming significance and has formed the subject matter of litigation even in Indian courts. In the next two posts, I will proceed to do the following – (a) begin with a very quick recap of the

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Guest Post: Bilski and Software Patents

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In the last few posts, SpicyIP has discussed the Bilski decision of the US Supreme Court. In this post, we bring forth a crisp analysis by Adithya Banavar (a brilliant and socially-conscious final year student of NLSIU, Bangalore) on the effect of the decision on software patents. Adithya too agrees that Bilski for the most part does not affect patent eligibility of softwares and does not bar grant of patents to business methods. Adithya In 1998, the Court of Appeals

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SpicyIP Tidbit: IP-Watch requires help

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As many of our readers may know, IP-Watch is a great source for international IP and IP policy news. They have often served as a terrific resource for us at SpicyIP as well. As they rightly put it, they have “provoked debate, exposed controversies, and helped thousands to access a policy conversation long seen as highly technical and closed.” They usually keep most of their online content free, while ensuring that all of it is free to developing country readers. This morning, they have

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An overview of the ‘Health Impact Fund’ model for accessible medicines

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A few quick facts before I jump into my post. US, EU and Japan together account for roughly 90% of the revenues received by pharmaceutical firms, and thus by far, are their largest money generators.  Developed countries comprise of 16-20% of the global population Neglected diseases (or Type III diseases) receive about 2-3% of the global pharmaceutical R&D  Even India, the ‘pharmacy of the developing world’, only 10% of R&D funding of the top 12 leading Indian pharma companies focus

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The case of unnecessary confusion and the seemingly innocent Notification!

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This post by Sumathi about a seemingly innocent notification expanding the classification of trademarks has attracted a lot of attention on the blog, with practitioners pointing out several operational repercussions that have neither been considered nor addressed. Unanswered QuestionsOne of our esteemed readers, Dr. Sudhir Ravindran (the founding partner of Altacit Global, a Chennai based firm specialising in Intellectual Property Laws) sent us electronic communication with some very valid examples of these unaddressed concerns, which I reproduce for our readers

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