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Book Review: Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights (Second Edition)

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The fictitious German inventors want to commercialise their invention, yet do not have sufficient funds to seek patent registration. Ochoa authors Chapter 9, which is devoted to the overlaps between copyright and the rights of publicity or personality rights. Chapter 15, authored by Mark V.

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

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The plaintiff was granted, through an agreement, an exclusive non-transferable, non-assignable license for selling, supplying, and distributing the defendant’s brands in domestic and international markets. If a sub-brand performs the function, as Asava possibly does in this case, it must be treated as a trademark.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 18- December 24)

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In this month’s edition, he looks into topics including the Plant Variety Registry, different tales of/ takes on personality rights, and multiple leaks of key documents and their contribution in law-making. SpicyIP intern Vedika discusses this development. Pharmacyclics LLC & Anr. vs Hetero Labs Limited & Ors.