Call for Submissions: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. 14 [Submissions by February 29, 2024]

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We are pleased to announce that  NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting submissions for its 14th Volume. The last date for submission of entries is February 29, 2024.  For further details, please read their call and the guidelines below : Call for Submissions: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. 14 The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is the flagship intellectual property law journal of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. IJIPL is India’s first […]

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Delhi High Court Comes Down Heavily on the Patent Office for Delay in Passing the Order

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[This post is authored by SpicyIP Intern Jyotpreet Kaur. Jyotpreet is a third-year law student who is interested in Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law and looks to study their interaction with each other.] Patent Prosecution refers to the process whereby an applicant files an application before the Patent Office for the grant of a patent. This process necessarily consists of several steps to ensure that only ‘patentable’ inventions are granted protection. In a recent order from 8th December, 2023

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Delhi High Court grants injunction against ‘dialmytrip’ in MakeMyTrip India Private Limited v. Dialmytrip Tech Private Limited

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Image from here The High Court of Delhi, by its interim ex-parte order dated 21 November 2023, granted the prayer of ‘makemytrip’ and issued interim injunction against the mark ‘dialmytrip’.  I shall provide an overview of the order and offer comments in this post. Facts The petitioner, MakeMyTrip (India) Pvt. Ltd, filed an injunction suit against the defendant, Dialmytrip Tech Pvt. Ltd, against the mark ‘dialmytrip’ and the domain names ‘www.dialmytrip.com’ and ‘www.dmtgroup.in’. The petitioner argued that: Judgment The Court

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SpicyIPWeekly Review (December 4- December 10)

/ By / Copyright, Patent, Trademark

From Poetry to changing definitions of Transborder Reputation – we had some interesting posts on the blog this week! To read these, along with a round up of IP developments around the country, and world, read on below. Anything we’re missing out on? Please drop a comment and let us know. Highlights of the Week Bolt Technology v. Ujoy Technology: The Reputation and Goodwill Crossover Reputation and Goodwill: Not Really ‘Tomato-Tomahto’? The DHC’s verbose order distinguishing between ‘goodwill’ and ‘reputation’

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Jab “We” Met: When Intellectual Property (IP) Met Public Interest (PI), a Poem

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Image from here *The word “jab” translates to “when” in English. I recently read a beautiful poem called “The Delicate Balance” authored by Professor Raman Mittal and published at SpicyIP in 2013. It is IP history in a nutshell (and perhaps much more than that), I can say. Of course, I have read and enjoyed Prof. Basheer’s poetic posts earlier (e.g., The Wow of the Now). This time I thought of sharing my pursuits on similar lines. Though mine may

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Bolt Technology v. Ujoy Technology: The Reputation and Goodwill Crossover

/ By / Trademark

[This post is authored by SpicyIP Fellow Tejaswini Kaushal. Tejaswini is a 3rd-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. She is keenly interested in Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law, and Corporate Law. Her previous posts can be accessed here.] The Delhi High Court, on 30 November 2023, determined that a mark’s global reputation or asserted goodwill alone would not suffice to establish a trans-border reputation claim. In a (rather verbose) verdict in Bolt

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Webinar on “Improving Drug Regulation for Greater Access to Biologics and Vaccines” [December 08]

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We’re pleased to inform you that Third World Network (TWN) is organizing a one-hour discussion (with Q&A) on improving the drug regulatory system to create better access to biologics and vaccines on December 08. For further details, please see the announcement below: Webinar: Improving Drug Regulation for Greater Access to Biologics and Vaccines Third World Network invites you to a one-hour discussion (with Q&A) on how we can improve the drug regulatory system to create better access to biologics and

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Is the Writing on the Wall? Decoding Street Art, Fair Use and Moral Rights

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[This post is authored by SpicyIP Fellow Yogesh Byadwal. Yogesh is a 3rd year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. He is interested in IP Law, Constitutional Law and Criminal Law. His previous posts can be accessed here]. In St Art India Foundation v. Acko General Insurance, the Delhi High Court is faced with the opportunity to elaborate whether and how street art in general is subject to the Copyright Act, the scope of ‘artistic work’

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 27- December 03)

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Here are our summaries of the blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. Anything we are missing out on? Please drop a comment and let us know. Division Bench of the Delhi High Court’s (Divisive?) Clarification on Divisional Applications Divide and Rule? The DHC DB’s broad interpretation of the requirement to disclose plurality in provisional or complete specifications instead of the claims is music to the ears of patent applicants. But

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SpicyIP Tidbit: India-Pakistan Basmati Dispute Dismissed by DHC

/ By / Geographical Indication, Trademark

Adding another layer of spice to the Basmati rice IP dispute between India and Pakistan, recently the Delhi High Court dismissed the 15 years old suit (pdf) against the export of Basmati rice by India, for non-prosecution from the plaintiff since 2020. As a quick background, this suit was filed seeking an injunction against the Govt. of India’s notification permitting export of “evolved” Basmati Rice under the mark “Super Basmati”. The suit was filed by Trading Corporation of Pakistan Pvt.

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