Benefits of The Madrid Protocol
Understanding The Madrid Protocol The Madrid Protocol is an international agreement that enables individuals or businesses to obtain trademark protection in multiple countries through a centralized system. The Madrid Union…
The Backlog Challenge Faced by the Indian Trademark Office: Addressing Inefficiencies and Ineffectiveness
Image from here Readers may remember the recent guest post that highlighted the Trademark Registry’s notices deeming 98000 and 82000 trademark applications as abandoned. These notices were challenged before the…
Workshop on ‘Access to Medicines, TRIPS and Patents in the Developing World’ [Kochi, June 3-7]
We are pleased to announce that Third World Network (TWN) and Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi are jointly organizing a five-day course/workshop on…
Music to Many Ears! Bombay High Court Passes a Landmark Order Recognizing the Right to Receive Royalties by Authors of Underlying Works
Image from here [Long post ahead] In a momentous development, the Bombay High Court made a bunch of important interpretations concerning the rights of the authors of underlying literary and…
All’s Fine with Pine Labs as Karnataka HC Vacates the Problematic Interim Injunction Order on the Point of Sale Machine
Image from here [This post is co-authored by SpicyIP interns Rohan Srivastava and Srujan Sangai. Rohan and Srujan are Second Year students at the National Law School Of India University…
SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 1 – May 6)
[This weekly review is co-authored with SpicyIP intern Srujan Sangai. Srujan is a Second Year student at the National Law School Of India University, Bengaluru and has a keen interest…
Basmati Rice: The Tug Of War
Over different matters being a reason for war between countries, “Basmati rice” was a major element of the battle between India and Pakistan. It is a decade-long dispute between the…
Competition Law: The Patent Pendulum
Competition law (hereinafter used interchangeably with antitrust law) and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) have been regarded as two ends of the spectrum in an economy. While one aims to regulate…
PCT Patent Application in India
PCT Patent Application The PCT is an international agreement that helps to simplify the process of filing patent applications in several countries. PCT has been administered by WIPO (World Intellectual…
How to Franchising Your Brandname/Trademark?
A trademark is a distinct identifier that helps a person differentiate himself or his product. For an average consumer, a trademark constitutes an identity of the product or service they…