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A compilation of IP news updates & opinions relating to Covid-19 - SpicyIP Weekly Reviews
Weekly round-ups of our posts, case summaries and news updates
COVID-19 & IP Updates
- Are Patent Pools an Effective Solution to COVID-19’s IP Barriers?
| SpicyIP | May 26 - BDR Pharma seeks DCGI’s approval to manufacture and sell the generic version of Remdesivir without entering into a licensing agreement; Gilead approaches Govt
| Economic Times | May 28 - Copyright Office extends due dates for filings etc. for a duration of 15 days after the lifting of lockdown
| Copyright Office | May 22 - Fact Checking the Fact Check: Is Circulation of Free E-Newspapers Permitted under Copyright Law?
| SpicyIP | May 19 - Govt makes the Android version of its contact tracing app Aarogya Setu open source
| The Indian Express | May 27 - IP Office extends timelines for filings, fee payments etc. to June 1
| Office of CGPDTM | May 18 - Patent Agent Examination has been postponed till further notice
| Office of CGPDTM | May 19 - Senior lawyers to urge Bombay HC Chief Justice to resume physical hearings
| The Indian Express | May 18 - SpicyIP Tidbit: Reverse Engineering of Aarogya Setu App Not Prohibited Anymore
| SpicyIP | May 25 - View More
COVID-19 Related Posts
Important Judgments & Orders
Compulsory Licencing Cases
BDR Pharma Int'l Pvt. Ltd. v. Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
Lee Pharma Ltd. v. AstraZeneca AB
Dimminaco A.G. v. Controller of Patents & Designs, 2002 IPLR 255 (Cal)
DU Photocopy Case (The Chancellor, Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford & Ors. v. Rameshwari Photocopy Services & Ors.)
Novartis AG v. Union of India: A landmark Judgment on the Interpretation of Section 3(d) of the Patents Act, 1970
- Intellectual Property Appellate Board's Order dated 14.10.2006
- Intellectual Property Appellate Board's Order dated 26.06.2009
- Madras High Court's Order dated 06.08.2007
- Patent Office's Order dated 25.01.2006 (Part I)
- Patent Office's Order dated 25.01.2006 (Part II)
- Supreme Court's Judgment dated 01.04.2013
- Written Submissions filed before the Supreme Court
Interviews
IP Offices & Tribunals
Journals
- Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL)
- Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT)
- Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK)
- Journal of Innovation, Competition and Information Law (JICIL)
- Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (JIPR)
- Journal of Intellectual Property Studies (JIPS)
- NLIU Journal of Intellectual Property Law
- NUALS Intellectual Property Law Review
Laws & Regulations
Copyright
- Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1983
- Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1984
- Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1992
- Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1994
- Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1999
- Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012
- Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2016
- Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended till date)
- Copyright Rules, 1958 (repealed)
- Copyright Rules, 2013
- Copyright Rules, 2013 (as amended till date)
- Indian Copyright Act, 1914 (repealed)
Designs
Geographical Indications
Integrated Circuits Layout Design
Patents
- Draft Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure 2019
- Draft Manual of Patent Practice and Procedure 2005
- Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs) 2013
- Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs) 2016
- Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs) 2017
- Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure 2011
- Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure 2019
- Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2019
- Patents (Second Amendment) Act, 2002
- Patents Act, 1970
- Patents Rules, 2003
- The Patents (Amendment) Ordinance, 2004
Plant Varieties
News Portals & Blogs
Opportunities
Parliamentary & Other Reports
- India’s broken drug regulatory framework
A report on fixing India’s broken drug regulatory framework by Dinesh S. Thakur & Prashant Reddy T. - Joint Parliamentary Committee Report on The Patents (Second Amendment) Bill, 1999 (2001)
- Parliamentary Standing Committee 227th Report on Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010
- Parliamentary Standing Committee 88th Report on Patents and Trade Marks Systems in India
- Report of Consilience 2016 - A joint conference by Law & Technology Society at NLSIU & SpicyIP on the theme 'Open Sesame: Unlocking IP to Unleash the Commons'
- Report on the Revision of the Patent Law (1959) (a.k.a Ayyangar Committee Report)
- Report on the Revision of Trade Mark Law (1955) (a.k.a. Ayyangar Committee Report)