Divij wrote a post on the draft e-commerce policy released by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade. In his post, he focusses on the anti-counterfeiting measures to be adopted by e-commerce platforms and how they may adversely affect the freedom of small vendors and marketplaces. He then analyses the anti-piracy measures to be adopted and the suggestion to return to the notice and takedown approach for copyrighted content. He notes that this may lead to a disproportionate…

In a guest post, Kartik Puttiah discussed the exclusions under Section 3(j) of the Patent Act in light of the Monsanto case. Specifically, he argues that excluding nucleotide acid sequences based on their use in plants is flawed since this does not constitute an evaluation of the subject matter, but rather its industrial application. He argues, further, that a balance between incentivising inventions in biotechnology and protecting farmers may be achieved by creating an exception for farmers under Section 47,…