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Open Sesame: Unlocking IP to Unleash the Commons (A joint conference under the Consilence Banner by: Law & Technology Society (NLSIU) & SpicyIP)
Other Events & Conferences
Covid-19 & IP Updates
- Canada passes a bill that would make it faster to issue compulsory licenses for medical products in case of a public health emergency
| STAT | March 25, 2020 - Corona and IP – Looking for the right(s) answers
| SpicyIP | March 26, 2020 - Covid-19 and the comeback of compulsory licensing
| Medicines Law & Policy | March 23, 2020 - COVID-19 related adjournments at Indian Patent Office, IPAB [Updated]
| SpicyIP | March 16, 2020 - COVID-19: How best can the Indian IP Office help its stakeholders? [Updated]
| SpicyIP | March 23, 2020 - Deadline for registration for Patent Agent Examination 2020 extended to April 15
| Office of CGPDTM | March 25, 2020 - Germany plans to amend law to restrict effect of patents in event of a crisis
| Kluwer Patent Blog | March 24, 2020 - India’s first Covid-19 IP dispute? Dettol handwash ad claimed to disparage lifebuoy soap trademark
| SpicyIP | March 28, 2020 - Interim orders passed by various courts automatically extended
| March 26, 2020 - Invoking fundamental right to health to push Govt to use patent law levers to ensure access to medical devices
| SpicyIP | March 29, 2020 - IP Offices close for 21 days; deadlines extended till Offices reopen; hearings at Patent Office scheduled till April 14 cancelled
| Office of CGPDTM | March 25, 2020 - Many coronavirus related trademark applications filed with the Trademark Registry
| March 25, 2020 - Patent politics in the time of corona
| SpicyIP | March 13, 2020 - The need for an IP Policy to build a strategic stockpile for pandemics
| SpicyIP | March 26, 2020 - View All
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Important Judgments & Orders
- 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.)
Compulsory Licencing Cases
BDR Pharma Int'l Pvt. Ltd. v. Bristol Myers Squibb Co.
Lee Pharma Ltd. v. AstraZeneca AB
K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India
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
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News Portals & Blogs
Ongoing Cases
- NATCO Defamation Suit (NATCO Pharma Ltd. v. Shamnad Basheer)
Repository of pleadings and documents pertaining to civil defamation suit filed by NATCO Pharma against Dr. Shamnad Basheer - Patent Working PIL (Shamnad Basheer v. Union of India & Ors.)
Parliamentary & Other Important Reports
- India’s broken drug regulatory framework
A report on fixing India’s broken drug regulatory framework by Dinesh S. Thakur & Prashant Reddy T. - 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)
Annual Patent Reports 1972-1994
Annual Patent Report 1972-73
Annual Patent Report 1975-76
Annual Patent Report 1976-77
Annual Patent Report 1977-78
Annual Patent Report 1978-79
Annual Patent Report 1980-81
Annual Patent Report 1981-82
Annual Patent Report 1982-83
Annual Patent Report 1985-86
RTI Corner
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Flexible Complementing Scheme
SpicyIP Discussion Paper Series
SpicyIP in the Media
- Around the IP Blogs
| The IPKat | February 17, 2020 - Around the IP Blogs
| The IPKat | February 28, 2020 - Around the IP Blogs
| The IPKat | March 11, 2020 - Around the IP Blogs
| The IPKat | March 22, 2020 - Bloggers Drive Indian IPR Agenda
| rediff.com | December 31, 2007 - Bogus DMCA Takedown Targeting Indian Copyright Blog Demonstrates The Problems Of Notice And Takedown
| TechDirt | March 14, 2019 - IFF’s Response to the Draft Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2020
| Internet Freedom Foundation | March 20, 2020 - Resources for Blind and Visually-Impaired Persons: Relevant Legislation/Conventions
| University of the Witwatersrand LibGuides | February 19, 2020 - Who Owns Our Laws?
| thedailystar.net | January 14, 2020