First Draft of the National IPR Policy – What lies ahead for IP in India?
The first draft of the National IPR Policy dated December 19, 2014 was made available to the public amidst all the curiosity regarding the content of this policy and also the controversy concerning the basis of selection of the members of the Think Tank. We had earlier written about how the Think Tank came into being and the tasks that were entrusted to the panel. The DIPP Public Notice of…
What do you think about the IPR Think Tank in India or the National IP Policy?
Almost every morning most of the dailies these days carry at-least one article on intellectual property, whether it is about scriptwriters fighting producers on copyright for their stories or celebrities registering their names as trademarks, or the major issue of patents and drugs. As an IP lawyer, it’s great to see that there is some mention of my line of work, despite the fact that most…
A judicial lens on controversial IP realities in India
In a recent order passed on August 3, 2023, the Delhi HC in Ravi Manchanda v. Registrar of Trademarks rather scathingly pointed out a glaring error in an order passed by the Senior Examiner of Trademarks. In a case that was described as ‘sui-generis’, the Hon’ble Judge drew attention to a critical discrepancy – the absence of the impugned "order" in the communication sent to the concerned…
Balancing IPR and Global Health: COVID-19 Vaccines
As most readers will be aware, the period of time between 2020-2021 has been marked with unprecedented disaster and suffering. The year 2020 started out with the Australian wildfires, which was followed by rising geo-political tensions, and then of course, COVID-19 spread rapidly across the globe.
As is the case with most epidemics/pandemics that have shaken the world over the past century,…
Intellectual Property Rights in India
Intellectual Property Rights in India
Protection of Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, Designs, Geographical Indication & Domain names in India are governed by the general laws including the common law as well as specific Intellectual Property laws.
All applications for the protection of intellectual property with the Indian Intellectual Property Office can be filed online
Being a…
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Draft Model Guidelines on implementation of IPR policy for Academic Institutions
The Cell for IPR Promotion and Management, under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DIPP) floated a 23 page model guidelines booklet on the implementation of IPR policies in Academic Institutions, in early September, 2019. In a bout to foster creativity and innovation, the CIPAM has taken this task up to themselves to add structure and a framework to the interaction…
Privacy Law in India – The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018
Privacy (and particularly data privacy) has become a major talking point over the last few years. With the exponential growth in digitization of services and expanded surveillance capabilities (both government and the private sector), more and more citizens around the world have pushed for governments to legislate strong privacy controls. The most prominent example of this is Europe’s General…
A brief analysis of the Annual Report 2016-17 of the Indian Intellectual Property Office
The Annual Report 2016-2017, released by the Office of the CGPDTM has provided a detailed report of the recent changes in India’s IP regime. This post is a brief summary of the said report and an analysis of whether the recent changes have contributed in achieving the goal of the National IPR Policy 2016 which is ‘Creative India; Innovative India’.
During 2016-17, the total number of…
Protection of Plant varieties in India: lack of choices?
India has adopted a sui generis system for protection of plant varieties and enacted a legislation that explicitly provides for plant breeders' rights along with farmers’ rights and community rights. Previously we had discussed the rights of plant breeders over commercial production and marketing of plant varieties and seeds. The article gave an insight into the provisions of plant breeders…