SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. We have also included a list of other notable IP developments of 2023. The Court delineated instances like parody and satire where free speech in the context of well-known persons may be protected.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Highlight of the Week Comments on the Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023 Image by rawpixel.com on Freepix Comments pertaining to transparency and on substantive proposals within the draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023, submitted to the Ministry of Commerce. Lokesh discusses the case in this short tidbit post. Emami Ltd.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs.

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

SpicyIP Tidbit: Delhi High Court grants an Ex-parte Ad interim Injunction to Designer Gaurav Gupta On DHC’s recent interim injunction to designer Gaurav Gupta, Surabhi highlights the problem with the Court’s one glove fits all approach in this tidbit. emphasizing on person skilled in the art. Read on to know more.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

From an in-depth discussion on the terms of copyright and translations in India to the recent UK Supreme Court’s order regarding the patentability of inventions by an AI, we had some engaging posts on this blog this week. The Court directed the NBA to determine whether the invention relates to biological resource with a reasoned order.

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