SpicyIP

AUGUST 22, 2021

PV Sindhu’s Olympics Victory: How Non-Sponsors Skirt the Law by ‘Congratulating’ Athletes. In a guest post , Satchit Bhogle covered the issue of infringement of personality rights. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced an 80% reduction in patent application fees for all recognised educational institutions.

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Intepat

DECEMBER 26, 2023

student from Hidayatullah National Law University. Protection of IPR by AI Intellectual Property Law with relation to Artificial Intelligence , plays a crucial role in safeguarding intellectual property by employing algorithms and content matching to detect infringing works. This aids in the efficient evaluation of patent applications.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This post is about patents and reforms in IP policy, legislation and administration. March in South Africa, a matter, Groundprobe Pty Ltd and another v Reutech Mining (Pty) Ltd and others which started out as a patent infringement action ended up with a court judgment revoking the patent for a lack of inventive step.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 22, 2024

Need for Protection of Personal Name Harnessing a renowned person’s name in marketing not only seizes the public’s attention but also kindles curiosity, generating interest in the associated products and services.

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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. Raytheon Company v.

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SpicyIP

JULY 29, 2021

The legal position in India is that fonts do not enjoy copyright protection under its copyright law, i.e. under the Copyright Act, 1957 (page 5). The US copyright law of 1976 explicitly excludes the mechanical or utilitarian aspects of applied art from the definition of artistic craftmanship. Shivam Kaushik.

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the Law Commission’s Report on Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage, DHC’s decisions on working examples, writ jurisdiction of the pre-grant oppositions, and the Viagra-Vigoura trademark dispute. This and much more in last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

The second edition offers revised, or wholly rewritten chapters to the overlaps discussed in the first edition so as to reflect recent developments, as well as to include new chapters (the overlap between privacy and copyright law; privacy and secrecy; trademarks certification marks and collective marks; and IP and traditional knowledge).

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2022

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so we have a fair sprinkling of cases dealing with copyright, patents, trademarks, competition law etc. In 2006 Kibow had applied for registration of its invention for a certain composition that augments kidney function and was granted patent protection.

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SpicyIP

JULY 19, 2021

In this guest post , Sangita Sharma analyses the law around comparative advertisements in India. She argues that the law should broaden the definition of serious comparative advertisement (where the owner of the mark advertises his product reference to his competitor’s product based on scientific study) by allowing multiple comparisons.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Other Posts Free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship [November 22- 23] Free Certificate Course in Application of Intellectual Property Rights for Startups and Entrepreneurship on November 22 and 23.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. The Court delineated instances like parody and satire where free speech in the context of well-known persons may be protected. Syngenta Ltd.

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IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Introduction The rights which are granted to the people for their creative work are known as intellectual property rights. They provide the creator a sole, time-limited right to make use of their invention. i] said that all disputes stemming from trademarks, copyrights, and patents are inherently unarbitrable.

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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. vs The Controller of Patents & Anr. Koninklijke Philips N.V. vs Oplus Mobitech India Pvt.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Image from here The Delhi High Court’s recent interim injunction concerning Anil Kapoor’s personality rights throws up an important question- should such orders protecting personality rights overlook the established principles and doctrines? Read the post by Prof. Sunanda Bharti Bharti on this. Defendant no.

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