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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 18- September 24)

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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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Announcing the Winners of the 2nd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law!

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The first prize goes to Ramakash G Suriaprakash , from Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappalli (batch of 2021), for their essay titled, ‘ Inventions Seriously Prejudicing the Environment: Can the Precautionary Principle Offer a Way Out?’ And the winners are: 1. The essay is available here.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2023

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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 Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)

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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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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

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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.). Ochoa authors Chapter 9, which is devoted to the overlaps between copyright and the rights of publicity or personality rights.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 13- November 19)

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Filo Edtech Inc vs Union Of India & Anr on 16 November, 2023 (Delhi High Court) A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court re-notified the matter for further hearing on November 21. The last date for submissions is January 7, 2024. Case Summaries Bennett Coleman and Company Limited v. Capital General Store and Jawed Ansari v.