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[Disclaimer: I represent clients in India in ongoing litigation on related and unrelated issues. Views expressed here are strictly personal.] The IPKat recently reported that the Enlarged Board of Appeal operating under the EPC regime handed down its ruling in G 3/19 on the patentability of plants and animals developed from essentially biological processes. The Enlarged Board of Appeals has approved the Rule 28(2) recently inserted in Implementing Regulations of the European Patent Convention, by which products exclusively obtained by…

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SpicyIP Tidbit: SC Calls Out “Disturbing Trend” of Settling IPR Issues Through Interim Orders

by Prateek Surisetti August 1, 2017

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As per strict doctrine, interim orders are issued on the basis of a prima facie impression, to prevent “irreparable harm“, by virtue of a party’s actions, during the duration of the proceedings. But in effect, courts haven’t really been solving matters in accordance with settled doctrine, and have largely been sticking to settling matters, almost conclusively, through interim orders. You can find considerable coverage on SpicyIP on the same here. A Supreme Court Bench, comprising of J. Ranjan Gogoi and…

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Announcing 3rd WTI–CWS Joint Academy on International Trade Law and Policy

by Shruthi Chandrasekaran January 29, 2016

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We’re happy to announce an exciting opportunity for those of our readers interested in international trade law and policy. The World Trade Institute of the University of Bern, Switzerland (WTI) and the Centre for WTO Studies at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, India (CWS) are launching the 3rd WTI–CWS Joint Academy on International Trade Law and Policy. The course will cover, inter alia, the basics of some multilateral agreements, trade remedies, investment law, and IP components of trade agreements. The Centre…

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SpicyIP Tidbit: FICCI’s Online Certificate Courses on IPR- Announcement for Registration

by Shruthi Chandrasekaran January 20, 2016

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We are happy to announce that the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has been organising two online certificate courses on IPR, which might be of interest to our readers, for the past 5 years. Please note that registrations for these courses have already started. Online Certificate Course on Competition Law & Intellectual Property Rights (IPComp) Online Certificate Course on Intellectual Property Rights(IP) Read on for more details about these courses: Online Certificate Course on Competition Law…

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Open. Fast. Royalty-free. -The New Initiative!

by L. Gopika Murthy September 7, 2015

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Open. Fast. Royalty-Free– so reads the tagline of Alliance for Open Media, a new open-source initiative launched by seven technology companies (Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel Corporation, Microsoft, Mozilla and Netflix) for developing next-generation media formats, codecs and technologies. As the Press Release notes: “The new Alliance is committing its collective technology and expertise to meet growing Internet demand for top-quality video, audio, imagery and streaming across devices of all kinds and for users worldwide. The Alliance’s initial focus is to…

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SpicyIP Tidbit: India’s First IP Youtube Channel

by L. Gopika Murthy June 14, 2015

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PatentYogi, a YouTube channel devoted to IP, is perhaps India’s first ever one of its kind. Regularly updated by Mr. Deepak Gupta, the YouTube channel features a wide range of videos, mostly on Patent law. The videos are mostly short and sweet, under 3 minutes. They are topical and covers developments from across the world. Some of the recent ones are on Boeing’s patent on drones, ar response to John Oliver’s post on patent trolls among others. They prove an…

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SpicyIP Tidbit: SC dismisses SLP in the trademark matter between Anchor Health and Proctor & Gamble

by L. Gopika Murthy October 11, 2014

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In early June, I had covered the Single Judge and Division Bench decision of the Delhi High Court in the trademark dispute between Anchor Health and Beauty Care Pvt Ltd and Procter and Gamble Manufacturing Co Ltd. (available here and here). The Division Bench ruled on two issues, first, whether the plaintiff’s mark ‘ALLROUND PROTECTION’ was descriptive and secondly, whether ‘ALLROUND PROTECTION’ was the primary trademark of the plaintiff. On the first issue, the Division Bench ruled that ‘ALLROUND PROTECTION’ cannot be stated…

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Spicyip Tidbit: The 2015 Rankings for Programs in IP and Tech Law in the US are Out!

by Thomas J. Vallianeth March 15, 2014

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As LLM admission responses start to roll out, Hal Wegner brings our attention to something IP focused LLM applicants may be interested in. The 2015 U.S. News rankings for IP programs in U.S. universities are out and there are some big moves on the ranking table – both up and down. Stanford University’s IP program moves to the top of the list while Berkley drops down to second. The significant movers are DePaul, Fordham, Suffolk, Penn and UCLA, each university…

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Justice KN Basha to be new IPAB chairman

by L. Gopika Murthy August 25, 2013

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Justice KN Basha, a recently retired judge from the Madras High Court has been appointed as the new IPAB Chairman, according to the order issued on August 23 by Chandni Raina, the director of the department of industrial policy and promotion (IPR section) under the Union ministry of commerce and industry. Justice Basha replaces Jusice Prabha Sridevan, who retired a few weeks back. In the interim period, Ms. S Usha had been the acting Chairman. The appointment order issued on…

SpicyIP Tidbit: Singers from the South in support of the singers’ copyright society ISRA.

by L. Gopika Murthy August 20, 2013

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A couple of months back, I blogged about how artists were unionizing and registering copyright societies to avail of benefits guaranteed to them under the amended Copyright Act. I also wrote about the singers having sent the papers for registration of their own copyright society, namely, Indian Singers’ Rights Association (ISRA). and how the industry appears to be geared up to ensure that they get the benefits they are entitled to. The post also shared an interview of Sonu Nigam…

Kunal Bindra { Would be very interesting to see how 'ordinarily' is interpreted. Section 30 anyway allows PPL and Novex to function as de facto Copyright Societies/CMOs. }
Adyasha Samal { That's right, it is an ad-interim injunction. I realize that's not very clear from the post (will add an edit), but my point here is not that granting... }
Jagdish Sagar { I have noticed this interesting article a little late. Three comments: (1) there is absolutely no discussion or reference to section 3 of the Copyright Act which defines... }
Anon { "It is important to note that S&S Canada had not filed a written statement, but the interim injunction was granted nonetheless." Please note that the language of the... }
V.P { Mr. Khadher, I am currently reading a copy of this book, and have read your review and comments with interest. I think you have made some valid points,... }

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Tag Archives: SpicyIP Tidbits

SpicyIP Tidbit : EBA’s Recent Ruling on Patentability of Plants and Animals : Any Impact on India?

SpicyIP Tidbit: SC Calls Out “Disturbing Trend” of Settling IPR Issues Through Interim Orders

SpicyIP Tidbit: Announcing 3rd WTI–CWS Joint Academy on International Trade Law and Policy

SpicyIP Tidbit: FICCI’s Online Certificate Courses on IPR- Announcement for Registration

SpicyIP Tidbit: Open. Fast. Royalty-free. -The New Initiative!

SpicyIP Tidbit: India’s First IP Youtube Channel

SpicyIP Tidbit: SC dismisses SLP in the trademark matter between Anchor Health and Proctor & Gamble

Spicyip Tidbit: The 2015 Rankings for Programs in IP and Tech Law in the US are Out!

SpicyIP Tidbit: Justice KN Basha to be new IPAB chairman

SpicyIP Tidbit: Singers from the South in support of the singers’ copyright society ISRA.