SpicyIP Tidbits: The other side of piracy

/ By / Copyright, Innovation

In an interesting op-ed on ContentSutra, the CEO and founder of games2win.com Alok Kejriwal offers a rare take on the pros of internet piracy. Rare because this is a voice seldom heard in India, and it’s great to find an Indian being innovative in matters of copyright, piracy and media convergence. It also promises to make the debate surrounding online content and related copyright issues more exciting. Kejriwal speaks from the point of view of a serial entrepreneur in the […]

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SpicyIP Tidbits: The ITAA, 2008 in force, finally.

/ By / Copyright

Late last month, the Government of India finally ended the ho-hum surrounding the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 and the same is now in force. As explained by this Press Release, the need for a comprehensive legislation that deals with information technology in today’s world arose for several reasons, including Security for information that is communicated using the internet etc., provisions for Cyber Crimes that have profilerated in the last decade, as well as to help the growth of e-commerce

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Guest Post: Much Music to be faced

/ By / Copyright

(http://anytimehotels.com/hotelimage/MarriottResortGoa/1.jpg) Image Location Strengthening of the copyright regime in India seems to be carving a niche for itself as the question of obtaining and renewal of a valid license before any multi channel music can be played by the hotels to entertain their guests, seems to be resurfacing with Indian Performing Rights Society Limited (IPRSL) dragging Hotel Goa Marriott Resort to the Delhi High Court over the payment of license fee for the same. IPRSL is a society, which is

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Guest Post on the Conference on Publicly Funded Patents and Technology Transfer: A Review of the Indian “Bayh Dole” Bill

/ By / Uncategorized

Most of the readers are already familiar with the discussions that have taken place (see here , here, here, here, here and here) in this blog regarding the Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill that has been modeled in the line of the U.S. Bayh-Dole Act. On September 12, 2009, a conference had been organized regarding the same at the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata (see here). Following is a report of the proceedings

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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals & Suven Life Sciences: The new face of the innovating ‘Indian’ pharma industry?

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The last few years have been a period of uneasy courtship between the Indian and foreign pharmaceutical industries. In this period we’ve witnessed some mega acquisitions, rumours of mega acquisitions and rumours of wannabe mega acquisitions. The driving force behind all these acquisitions, rumoured or actual, is the desperate need for innovator MNCs to generate additional revenues by tapping the ever-increasing market for generics. This ‘Ardhanarishwar’ business model has been covered by SpicyIP over here. This is not to say

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IP BUSINESS FORUM 2009

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Registration is now open for IP Business Forum 2009.There is a special discount of 10% for SpicyIP subscribers. Click here for details and to REGISTER and avail of the discount. You can also Register by clicking on the Lexis Nexis Icon on the left side of the page. Registration is open only for one more week. The Conference is happening on the 6th and 7th of November 2009 in New Delhi. The IP Business Forum 2009 will equip you with

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Delhi HC on the Maaza TM Dispute

/ By / Trademark

The interesting case on the allegedly unauthorized use of the MAAZA Trademark closely contested between Coca Cola and Bisleri International already has been reported on the blog here, here and here. To briefly recount the facts for our newer readers, in this case, Bisleri Sales Ltd. previously Golden Agro Products, was the registered proprietor of the TM Maaza as well as the owner of the secret base etc. used to manufacture the product. The company then amalgamated with Bisleri International.

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Getting Primed in the Language of Copyright

/ By / Copyright

Copyright law has since long been one of the most prominent cornerstones of intellectual property regime worldwide. However, while there already exist a large amount of literature and scholarly work regarding that discipline, few have cared till date to make an effort of conveying the basic features of copyright law to the mass populace at large. In an attempt to fill the said void, the Copysouth Research Group has recently published a copyright primer in September, 2009. The book, titled

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Adwords and Trademark Law

/ By / Trademark

We have earlier blogged on the Consim-Google Adwords controversy here and here. In this post, I shall try to make sense of the issues involved in the dispute. But first, what exactly are Adwords? Adwords are advertising keywords which advertisers of products and services may specify so that when the specified keyword is entered as a search string on Google’s search engine, the sponsored advertisement of the advertiser appears on the right hand side of the search results page. Naturally,

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The case of the Fabulous Fake …

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In light of a recent decision by the UK High Court, tweeting might just have a new meaning. To make things a clearer, recently the UK High Court allowed an injunction to be served on an unknown/anonymous blogger who had been posting threads on twitter impersonating Donal Blaney, a solicitor and Conservative blogger. For further details, Donal Blaney (principal at Kent firm Griffin Law and right wing blogger) runs a blog called Blaney’s Blarney and posts updates on Twitter under

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