SpicyIP Tidbit: Médecins Sans Frontières suit against Dharma Productions for Jigra scene Image from here and here. In an interesting development that caught my eye (coincidentally after reading Shravya’s post here on Mediation in IP), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has filed a suit aga…

Read this Tidbit by @mdsabeeh.bsky.social discussing MSF’s averments and the potential trademark questions that may arise! (3/3)
#trademark #doctorswithoutborders #dharma #Jigra #tidbit #SpicyIP

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Mankind v. A2 Lifesciences: Resorting to Mediation to Resolve IP Disputes [This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Shravya Pandre. Shravya is a third year BA.LLB. Hons. student at The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad. Her previous post can be acc…

Read this tidbit by Shravya Pandre on the case, underlining the role of mediation in resolving IP disputes! (4/4)
#IP #IPNews #Mediation #TradeMark #Dispute #SpicyIP

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Formulation/Composition Claims and Section 3(d): Analyzing the Uitdelone Pre-grant Opposition Order In light of the recent UTIDELONE patent grant order by the Indian Patent Office, Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan analyses the tactic to present a pharmaceutical invention as a composition to overcome Secti…

Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan analyses this potential loophole that allows the bypassing of Section 3(d) by framing the claim as to be looked at under Section 3(e) instead. (3/3)
#patent #IPO #grant #section3d #PreGrant #opposition #cancer #SpicyIP
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 9 – December 15) Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on unreasoned patent grants and rejections, the One Nation One Subscription initiative by the government, and t…

More IP news and case summaries, covered in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. What did we miss? Drop your thoughts in the comments! Read the full review here: spicyip.com/2024/12/spic... (3/3)

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Part II: Unreasoned Patent Grants and Rejections: Taking a Look at the Division Application Filing Fiasco in the BASF SE Case [The post is co-authored by Praharsh and Sabeeh.] In light of the controversy surrounding the rejection of BASF’s divisional application, in Part I, we looked at the order granting a patent to its …

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Swaraj, Praharsh and Sabeeh emphasise the need for reasoned grant orders and mechanisms to keep a check on the quality of such orders! (3/3)

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#unreasoned #patent #IPO #IP #MadrasHC #transparency #SpicyIP

Role of Family Courts in Intellectual Property Disputes: Looking at the Calluna Dispute before the Kerala High Court [This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Kaustubh Chakrabarti. Kaustubh is a second year BA.LLB. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur.] On 10th October 2024, an int…

Read Kaustubh Chakrabarti’s post discussing another aspect of the case whether the family court is empowered to decide on prayers seeking injunction against the use of a spouse’s trademark? (5/5)

#family #dispute #trademark #injunction #KeralaHC #SpicyIP

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 2 – December 8) Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on Madras HC’s setting aside another IPO order for being unreasoned, the use of name of the late singer M…

Read the full review here: spicyip.com/2024/12/spic... (3/3)

#IP #Patent #IPNews #WeeklyReview #SpicyIP

Swiss Senate approves FTA with India: What’s at stake for patents? Image from here. On December 3, the Swiss Senate (Council of States) overwhelmingly approved an FTA, the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement, between India and the European Free Trade Associat…

Read Samridhi Chugh's detailed post for more on this development!
#FTA #India #Switzerland #PreGrant #Oppositions #Disclosure #PublicHealth #SpicyIP (3/3)

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Music Academy v. V Shrinivasan: “Will”ing Posthumous Privacy/Publicity Rights into Existence Can someone’s wishes expressed in their Will overcome the precedents on descendability of publicity rights? Bharathwaj explores this question in light of the recent controversy surrounding th…

#privacy #publicity #IP #IPRights #SpicyIP

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Another day, Another Unreasoned Order by the Indian Patent Office: Analyzing Signal Pharmaceuticals vs Deputy Controller of Patents In Signal Pharmaceuticals vs Deputy Controller of Patents, the Madras High Court set aside the impugned order by the Indian Patent Office for being a non-speaking one. Analysing the Court’s d…

⚖️ The Court referred the matter back to the IPO for not taking into account the submissions by the Applicant.

Read Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan’s post discussing this and other instances of unreasonable orders by the IPO! (2/2)

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