Copyright

Registration of RMPL as a Copyright Society – Will It Set the Stage for New Repertoire of Problems?

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We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Simrat Kaur. Simrat is a New Delhi based IP lawyer. She pursued her undergraduate law course from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab and masters law course from National University of Singapore. After having worked with leading Indian law firms (Anand & Anand and Luthra & Luthra Law Offices), she has recently started independent practice under the banner “The Endretta”. Registration of RMPL as a Copyright Society – Will It…


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SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 22-28)

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Stay updated with our recap of this week’s posts! Thematic Highlight  Prashant provided his latest report on the burgeoning Bedaquiline controversy. In his previous posts, he had commented on The Hindu’s lack of reportage on the harmful effects of this drug. In this post though, he reports that a Hindu correspondent visited the patients who were being given this drug and it was discovered that the patients were neither informed about the deaths in the Phase 2B trials nor were…


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Plant Variety Protection

Problems with the Indian Plant Varieties Regime (V): Farmers’ Rights – A Myth or Reality (I)?

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We’re pleased to bring to you the fifth post in the ongoing series of insightful posts by Prof. (Dr.) N.S. Gopalakrishnan on problems with India’s plant varieties’ regime. The earlier posts in the series can be viewed here. Problems with the Indian Plant Varieties Regime (V): Farmers’ Rights – A Myth or Reality (I)? Introduction One of the significant contributions of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001 is the Chapter on Farmers’ Rights. It is intended to comprehensively…


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Overlaps in IP

Foreign IP Law Firms Defying SC Ruling?

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The issue of foreign law firms allegedly defying SC instructions in their practice in India was recently brought into attention by a complaint filed by Sumit Sinha, an advocate on record. The complaint was filed before the Bar Council of India, the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks and other authorities. It identified certain foreign law firms namely Zacco, Abu Ghazaleh, Mirandah Asia, United GIPS, Clydes and Anderson Global. Notably, all these firms have some sort of local presence in India…


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Overlaps in IP Patent

India’s IPR Regime Looks to Hi-Tech to Improve Administration – From Video Conferencing to AI and Blockchain

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The IPR administrative offices form the backbone of the legal system of India’s IP regimes. The efficacy of the law depends, to a large extent, on how these offices manage their administrative tasks, which includes substantive evaluation of claims over IP, as well as tasks of effectively maintaining registries and public records. We have written, in the past, about many worrying aspects of their administration, such as non-transparent functioning of the Copyright Office, or the skewed incentives system within the…


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Drug Regulation

The Hindu Discovers That Indian Patients Have Not Been Informed of Bedaquiline’s Side-Effects

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For the last 6 months, we’ve seen The Hindu reporting on bedaquiline, Janssen’s new experimental TB drug from various angles. There was the first set of reportage by Vidya Krishnan, which was mostly incorrect and possibly fake news. Then there was the opinion editorial by R. Prasad, a correspondent at the paper, who while noting the pending Phase III trials for the drug, recommended ramping up access to the drug. I’m not sure whether it is regular for health reporters…


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SpicyIP Events: INTA’s Asia-Pacific Moot Court Competition 2018-19 [Singapore; March 1-2, 2019]

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We’re pleased to inform you that the International Trademark Association (‘INTA’) is organizing its second Asia-Pacific Moot Court Competition, which is scheduled to take place in Singapore on March 1 & 2, 2019. The deadline for teams to register is November 2, 2018. For further details, please see the post below: INTA’s Asia-Pacific Moot Court Competition 2018-19 The Asia-Pacific Moot Court Competition will be open to law students from law schools that are located in the Asia-Pacific region and globally. This competition…


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SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 15-21)

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Thematic Highlight Continuing his hard-nosed commentary on the access to bedaquiline in India, Prashant wrote a post on the ethics of early access to the drug. Responding to R. Prasad, who argued that disallowing early access to bedaquiline was unethical, Prashant notes the several nuances that were missed out in the aforementioned piece. He argues that reducing the threshold of testing will allow pharmaceutical companies to push riskier drugs into the market without any responsibility for the consequences. He also…


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Copyright

Copyright Infringement Suits Invoking Right to Receive Royalty: Square Peg in a Round Hole?

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We’re pleased to bring to you a guest post by Abhilasha Nautiyal and Aditya Gupta on the recent order of the Calcutta High Court wherein it directed Vodafone to deposit 2.5 crores in a copyright infringement suit filed by IPRS. Abhilasha and Aditya are attorneys at Ira Law, a firm that they have recently co-founded with other colleagues. Aditya was a part of a law firm for 7 years and more recently, an associate at the chambers of Mr. Amit Sibal….


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SpicyIP Events: INTA’s 2018 Middle East and Africa Conference: Innovation, Investment, and IP [December 10-11, 2018; Dubai]

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We’re pleased to announce that INTA will be hosting the 2018 Middle East and Africa Conference: Innovation, Investment, and IP on December 10-11, 2018 in Dubai. There’s an early bird discount being offered for those who register by October 19, 2018. For further details, please read the post below. International Trademark Association’s Middle East and Africa Conference to Explore How to Seize Opportunities and Protect Intellectual Property in Expanding Markets Tish Berard Public and private investment from India in the Middle East…


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