The judgments of Delhi High Court on protection under common law for design rights and broadcasting rights are discussed in the context of quasi-property rights in the Article Section. The June 2013 issue of IPR Amicus features case law in Myriad on patentability of naturally occurring genes and a
The 'Ratio decidendi' section of IPR Amicus, May 2013 summarises the decision of the US Supreme Court (Bowman v Monsanto) on patent exhaustion besides Indian cases on obviousness for patent and twin test of prior use and confusion in respect of trademarks. The ‘Articles’ section features a discuss
The implications of posting of patent applications are discussed in the Article section of IPR Amicus - April 2013. Ratio decidendi covers the Delhi High Court larger bench decision on registration of designs abroad besides decision on passing off in domain names and the English Court decision tha
Two articles are featured in IPR Amicus - March 2013. The first article discusses Foreign Filing License requirements particularly for first filing in a foreign country. The second article is on the Delhi High Court order restoring a trademark after 29 years, reinstating the rights of the register
A discussion on the cancellation of a registered design on the ground of prior registration abroad is one of the highlights of February 2013 issue of IPR Amicus. The ‘Ratio decidendi’ section includes the CJEU decision on the mark ‘steam glide’ for iron as being descriptive, IPAB decision on divis
An analysis of the rights of co-owners under Indian Patents Act is presented in the Article section of IPR Amicus January 2013 issue. Ratio decidendi section covers case law on trademark protection to marginally tweaked marks, relevance of prior use of mark in different jurisdiction and decision o
Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 bringing major changes like performer's rights, protection of technological measures and compulsory licensing for benefit of the disabled is the highlight of this issue. Various issues in patent translation covering India, Europe and USA are discussed in the article
This is the First Anniversary issue of IPR Amicus. Focussing on practical issues in filing and obtaining patent protection, the article in this issue, analyses pendency of patent applications in India. Case law on post-grant opposition, use of laudatory expression as trademark, SPC for new applica
The 'Statutory updates' section discusses the America Invents Act which has come into force from 16-9-2012. Of particular interest is the shift to First to file provisions. Important decisions from different for a High Court and IPAB on whether slogans can be copyrighted, test of obviousness as pe
Delhi High Court's decision recognising international exhaustion of trademarks as per Trade Marks Act, 1999 is the highlight of this issue. The article discusses parallel importation and 'market' as interpreted by the court. The case law section contains another important decision of the Delhi Hig