iCopyright? iCopywrong? Whither fairness?

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While I was starting to write a post (to be put up soon) on the MPAA joining 7 Indian companies something very interesting caught my eye. I wanted to post a short excerpt from the Associated Press article that I first saw it from, but was stopped by something I found rather peculiar. Scrolling down, at the bottom of the article I saw a hyperlink provided by iCopyright, entitled “click here for copyright permissions”. I had intended on excerpting a […]

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Brazil set to Cross-Retaliate against US

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Brazil seems to be all set to be the first country to use the IP Cross Retaliation provisions of the WTO, after their approval last year by the WTO. Earlier today, Brazil revealed a preliminary list (subject to a public hearing) of restrictions and suspensions on various areas of IP of US goods and products. Cross-retaliation essentially refers to the right of a country to retaliate against an offending country through means of retaliating against a sector of an agreement

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Guest Post: Challenging Pre-Grant Orders Through Writ Petitions: Delhi HC Clarifies

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In 2 earlier posts, I had discussed in detail the decision of the Delhi High Court ruling that rejection of patent applications in pre-grant oppositions are appealable before the IPAB. A guest post too was written by Adithya Reddy on pre-grant appeals; in this guest post, Adithya continues the discussion with his pithy analysis of the Delhi High Court’s decision. Although belated no thanks to inadvertent delay on my part, (for which I owe my apologies to Adithya) the guest

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FICCI-MSME IPR Awareness Programme

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Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in association with Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) have taken the initiative to conduct an IPR awareness programmes at various cities across India for SMEs. The primary objective of these programmes is to facilitate and support for the MSMEs, Industry Association and other concerned stakeholders in raising awareness on IPR related issues in general and more specifically on educating them about the value and protection of IPR and

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Himalayan case: Delhi HC rules on ‘scope’ of TM Registrar’s role

/ By / Trademark

The Delhi High Court recently decided a question on the role of the Registrar of Trade Marks, and defined the limits within which the office ought to operate, in a case involving two players in the mineral water industry – Bisleri International Pvt Ltd (“Bisleri”) and Mount Everest Mineral Water Ltd (“MEMW”). You can download the decision here. We’ve covered disputes between these parties before – here and here. But while the suit for passing off, etc., remains alive in

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GIIP Program on Patent Protection, Enforcement and Management

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Global Institute of Intellectual Property is a leading Intellectual Property (IP) training company, co-headquartered at New Delhi, India and San Jose, USA. GIIP, a pioneer in IP education has been involved in capacity building for IP professionals and has provided excellent placements to all its students. It has an enduring recruiting and alumni relationship with leading firms and companies like Amarchand & Mangaldas, Anand & Anand, Infosys & Ranbaxy Laboratories. One can also avail of the special 10% discount in

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Patent Job Vacancies in Bangalore

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Great job opportunities at a leading law firm in Bangalore. If interested please mail your CV to [email protected]. Position Title: Trademark Attorney Firm Profile: One of India’s leading law firms Location: Bangalore Roles and Responsibilities: Covering broad areas of Trademark Law(India &International) including prosecution, litigation and research. Required Qualification:i. 1 year experience with law firms/companies in areas of trademarks and possess good academic credentialsii. Law graduateiii. Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbaliv. Computer literate Salary:Commensurate with the

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Guest Post by Feroz Ali: Making Patents Work

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It gives me great pleasure to bring our readers a thought provoking piece by one of India’s legal IP practitioners’ – Feroz Ali Khader. Feroz Ali is an advocate practising at the Madras High Court and the founder of Ali Associates, a law firm which specialises in law and technology practice. He is the author of India’s first legal work on patent laws and pharmaceuticals titled “The Law of Patents – With a Special Focus on Pharmaceuticals in India”, published

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Patent Office upgrades the Indian Patent Information Retrieval System (IPIRS) to provide for ‘application status’

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SpicyIP is thrilled to inform its readers that the Indian Patent Office has comprehensively revamped its ‘Indian Patent Information Retrieval System’ (IPIRS) to not only make it more asthetically pleasing to the user but also provide an extremely useful search feature on the ‘application status’ of pending applications. As our readers may know SpicyIP has always been an ardent advocate of an effective digital patent database since such a database would go a long way in increasing transparency and strengthening

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Rin v. Tide: Calcutta HC Stays the Rin Ad

/ By / Comparative Advertising

According to news reports, the Calcutta High Court has stayed HUL’s Rin Ad and has said that the ad is a clear case of disparagement. An injunction has been granted on the grounds that the voice-over in the ad spoke of Tide whereas the ad showed Tide Naturals and that there were inherent defects in the affidavits submitted by HUL to support its claim of superior whiteness. HUL has been asked to withdraw the ad to which the company pleaded

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