Andhaakaanoon: An Obtuse Copyright Exception for the Disabled?

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In previous posts, I noted the need for a meaningful copyright exception in favour of the “disabled”, a category not necessarily limited to those that are visually impaired, but includes any person unable to enjoy copyrighted works in their “normal” format. Illustratively, legendary scientist Stephen Hawking who suffers from ALP (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) is unable to read a printed book, but has to have this book digitized and then filtered through special software which reads it out to him. Many […]

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Seminar on “Music and Copyright”

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The seminar is being organized by the Tech-IPR Cell of ILS Law College, Pune. Date: 6th March 2010 Time: 9:45 am to 6:45 pm Venue: Laxmi Building (behind Pavilion), ILS Law College, Law College Road, Pune 411004 Registration: 18 – 28 Febraury 2010 Sessions: “Musical Works” by Prof. Kedarnath Awati, Professor, Music, Dean of Academics, FTII, Pune.“Copyright in Musical Works: Development of Law” by Mr. Tehemantan Daruwalla, Advocate and Solicitor, Patent and Trademark Agent.“Copyright in Musical Works: Infringement and Liability”

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Reforms at the IP Office

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Mint has newly launched a blog titled Vanishing Point which will focus “on intellectual property law to analyse issues that come up at the point where law converges with technology”. Srividhya Raghavan who is a Professor of Law at the University of Oklahoma, College of Law and is specializing in intellectual property and C.H Unnikrishnan, a national writer with Mint who has been consistently covering intellectual property news will be writing on the blog. The first piece on the blog

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Workshop on "How to Manage Online Identity"

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Cyberspace & Intellectual Property Foundation (CIPFO) is organizing a workshop on “How to Manage Online Identity”. The workshop will focus on technical, legal and social aspects of Domains and User Names in Web 2.0 environment including those created on Facebook and Twitter. Well known experts from legal and new media would be sharing their views and experiences. Date: 26th Feb 2010 Venue: Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, India Sessions: • Choosing the right Domain Name• How to protect your Domain

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Montblanc Undertakes to not sell "Gandhi" Pens

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A legal dispute over the use of the Gandhiji’s imagery on a commemorative Montblanc pen may be seeing closure soon. Montblanc gave an oral undertaking before the Kerala High Court (a bench consisting of the Acting Chief Justice PR Raman and Justice Ramachandran Nair ) today that it would not sell any pens with the image of Gandhiji, till such time as its application for permission is decided by the Central Government. Under section 3 of the Emblems and Names

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Exploring a New Angle in the TRIPS and Drug Patents Debate

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Many of us are familiar with drug patents and its contentious impact on public health. But how many of us know that more drugs can lead to more patents? I chanced upon the history of the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) patents and found this passage from a documented interview with Mullis, the controversial inventor who believes in aliens and astrology: In a Q&A interview published in the September, 1994, issue of California Monthly, Mullis said, “Back in the 1960s and

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Patent Job Vacancies in Bangalore

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Two excellent positions at a leading law firm in Bangalore as listed below. If you’re interested, please drop an email to spicyipjob [at] gmail.com with your CV. Firm Profile: One of India’s leading law firms Positions Available: 2I. Position Title: PATENT ENGINEER (Biotech/Pharma) Location: BangaloreRoles and Responsibilities: i. Carrying out Prior Art, FTO searches ii. Drafting Patent Specifications including claims for filing in India, US and EUiii. Coordinating with the inventors, patent officials etc., preparing submission to office action and

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Fee Refund in Patents

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It was recently brought to our notice that under Article 11 of the new European Patent Office (EPO) Rules for examination which come into force from April 1, 2010, the examination fee will be refunded: (i) in full if the European patent application is withdrawn, refused or deemed to be withdrawn before the examining divisions have assumed responsibility; or (ii) at a rate of 75% if the European patent application is withdrawn, refused or deemed to be withdrawn after the

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Patents and Innovation: Part II

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This article pointed out to the SpicyIP team, led to what Swaraj and I jokingly referred to in one of our conversations as the “blogger wars”. While Swaraj’s post deals with the economics of the entire patenting system, I thought I would present my point of view on the matter a little more conceptually. First off, how has this entire discussion come about? The article, which was the focus of the posts needs to be read a little more carefully-

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Scope of Section 15

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In 2 earlier posts, I had discussed the Delhi High Court’s judgment on maintainability of pre-grant decision appeals before the IPAB. In those 2 posts, the focal point was to underline the fact that the rejection of a patent application in a pre-grant opposition (let’s call this “PGO” rejection for short) is no different from its rejection under Section 15 of the Patents Act, 1970 in the normal course of examination. Before the pronouncement of this judgment, I was searching

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