Parliamentary Standing Committee invites views on Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010 before 31st May, 2010

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Many thanks to Pranesh Prakash of CIS for bringing to our attention this public notice by the Parliamentary Standing Committee examining the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010 that was introduced in the Rajya Sabha in the budget session. The Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development headed by Shri Oscar Fernandes, MP, Rajya Sabha. The committee is interested in hearing ‘views/suggestions’ from ‘individuals/organizations’ interested in the subject matter of the bill. Written suggestions maybe sent to Shri J.Sundriyal, Director, Rajya […]

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Seminar on TRIPS and ACTA : May 28,2010 at FICCI

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Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is organizing a Seminar on “Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and TRIPS: Issues and Implications” on 28 May, 2010 at FICCI,New Delhi. As we are all aware, the European Union (EU) has recently released a consolidated Draft text of the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).  A preliminary examination of the Draft reveals that the text contains a number of TRIPS-plus provisions which could have far-reaching implications for India. It appears that

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An Inert Patent?

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Just came across a patent owned by a certain Pharmatop SCR (Patent Number 238164 granted in Jan 2010 in India) and was struck with how obvious it appears to be: “A method for producing an aqueous solution of an active ingredient of phenolic nature which is paracetamol susceptible to oxidation, while preserving for an extended period characterized in that the solution is deoxygenated by bubbling with at least one inert gas and/or placing the solution under vacuum until the oxygen

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Guest Post: Analyzing the results of the Patent Agent examination

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Rajiv Kr. Choudhry, an Indian IP attorney, has come forth with a brilliant statistical analysis of the results of the patent agent examination. Rajiv has an LL.M. in IP law at the George Washington University Law School, LL.B. from the University of Delhi, Law Center-II, MBA from FORE School of Management and B.E. in Electronics from Nagpur University. Before joining law, he worked at ST Microelectronics as a project co-ordinator. A chart containing his analysis can be accessed over here.

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India, Brazil start dispute proceedings against EU.

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In what is hopefully the beginning of the end of the controversial EU regulation 1383/2003, under which seizures have been taking place at borders of EU countries for drugs in transit from and to developing countries, last week India and Brazil launched a trade dispute against EU by requesting for consultation proceedings. SpicyIP has been following this dispute in a series of posts since its development.  As per the WTO dispute settlement proceedings, now there are two possible outcomes. The

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Search Results : found LawKhoj.com

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For all of you who are looking for a free,fast and comprehensive legal research tool to supplement your analysis,here is a good news. LawKhoj.com  is an innovative initiative of Arjun Sheoran an undergraduate student  at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore and Rahul Sarin, a Computer Science and Engineering undergraduate at Chandigarh Engineering College, Mohali, Punjab. Most of the content indexed is freely accessible (though JSTOR and Springerlink has also been indexed for law school students, with an

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Discussion on Student Legal Cells at NLSIU

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The Legal Services Clinic (LSC) of the National Law School of India University is releasing a module on criminal law, aimed at persons who do not have a legal background but who know English. This will be followed by a round table discussion on the role of “Access to Justice – Role and Responsibility of Student Legal Aid Cells”. The discussion will bring together members of the Judiciary, lawyers on the pro bono panel of the LSC and members of

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Spicy IP Tidbit: FICCI-IP Facilitation Centre opens in Delhi

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Recently Delhi has seen the launching of the FICCI-IP facilitation centre under the scheme “Building Awareness on Intellectual Property Rights” for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Program (NMCP) of the Ministry of MSME. As the work goes on ahead, this Facilitation Centre is gradually going to be linked to other local offices of FICCI situated at Kolkata, Jaipur, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore. As a result, FICCI would subsequently be able to cater

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Roche-Natco update: "Public interest" again?

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The arguments in Roche vs Natco, which we have told you previously about here, continue in the Delhi High Court before Justice VK Shali. Today, the SpicyIP team brings you a brief overview of Roche’s arguments made against Natco on Thursday and Friday. Roche is likely to conclude its arguments today, while Natco has not yet begun. (Image from here) Minor delays on Thursday preceded the start of proceedings: Senior Counsel Arvind Nigam, who was leading Natco’s arguments, was busy

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Guest Post: Delhi High Court over-turns IPAB order – grants T-Series trademark registration

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Avni Chari, one of our regular guest bloggers, has sent us this interesting post, analyzing the recent Delhi High Court decision over-turning the IPAB’s decision in the case of T-Series v. TELCO. While T-series was led by Amit Sibal, TELCO was represented by Mr. Mahabir. The judgment of the Delhi High Court can be accessed over here. Delhi High Court Grants Registration for T-SERIES Avni S. ChariThe High Court of Delhi overturned the decision of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board

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