The Journal of Telecommunication and Broadcasting Law (JTBL) is an international peer-reviewed, student-edited journal of National University of Juridical Sciences, India. Dedicated to pioneer legal scholarship in the field of telecommunication and broadcasting laws and addressing a global scholarly community, JTBL strives to publish relevant research on said disciplines. The Journal encourages deliberations on subjects of interdisciplinary nature and would include review of laws and policies involved in the field. The journal accepts submissions...
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Yesterday, the Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented the budget before the Lok Sabha for the eighth time, only two short of equaling Morarji Desai’s record for the highest number of Union Budgets presented till date. Although the budget speech isn’t something IP practitioners look forward to each year, it is still disappointing to see no reference to the Science Technology and Innovation Policy announced earlier this year which would require a great deal of funds for its successful implementation. Nonetheless, here are a few interesting aspects...
East African countries and other least developed countries (LDCs) are lobbying for an extension of transition period beyond the current date of July 1, 2013 to become TRIPS compliant. The LDC groups’ request for extension of transition period will be discussed in the WTO council meet scheduled to be held next week. This proposal for extension has garnered support from more than 300 civil society organizations. The WTO recognizes least...
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Tamil Nadu has always had a passion for movies and it should come as no surprise that movies are often the centrepiece of controversies in this ‘Republic of the Outraged’. The latest is the case of Akshaya Creations & Anr. v. Muthulakshmi before the Madras High Court which is a cocktail of two very interesting areas of law: the right to free speech and the right to privacy, which is in a way related to publicity rights of celebrities and is therefore...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The MIP India IP and Innovation Forum 2013 will be held on March 7th at Le Meridien, New Delhi. With several notable speakers and topics which are particularly pertinent to IP matters in India currently, the forum looks to be an exciting one. To see the agenda, please click here. Please see below for a note from MIP on the event. ‘Technical legal advice, reflections on the Indian patent system and insider guidance on monetizing IP come together at next week’s MIP India Forum’‘‘Companies need to learn that IP is extremely important and...
Monday, February 25, 2013
SourceIn the recent past, there has been a spurt in grassroots innovation utilising the traditional knowledge bank. Grassroots innovation is ideation and development with only frugal resources at the innovator’s disposal. India has a distinctive expertise in developing and marketing frugal innovations to the world. An outstanding example of frugal innovation would be Dr. Devi Shetty who made cardiac surgeries extremely affordable by applying mass...
Saturday, February 23, 2013
SpicyIP Posts Image from here.SpicyIP saw a truly ‘global’ week with posts covering deeply Indian issues like Ayurveda and modern drugs, trademarks on Indian Gods, poorly written decisions of the Indian Patent Office to international issues like the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement and alleged DCMA violations.The week started off with an informative and comprehensive guest post by Priyanka Pulla on problems that arise in developing...
Friday, February 22, 2013
As hoped, Retraction Watch posts regarding Dr. Anil Potti have been restored. Retraction Watch is a website solely dedicated to publishing academic paper retractions in the scientific-medical research community. Dr. Anil Potti had nineteen retractions which were duly reported by Retraction Watch. We covered the incident about an Indian plagiarizing website [Newsbulet.in] reporting against Retraction Watch for copyright violations here. Retraction...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Last week’s State of the Union address highlighted important aspects of President Obama’s second term agenda. President Obama identified Trans Pacific Partnership(TPP) agreement as a top trade priority and reaffirmed his commitment to conclude negotiations on the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement. To quote, “To boost American exports, support American jobs, and level the playing field in the growing markets of Asia, we intend to complete negotiations...
Monday, February 18, 2013
As Madhulika earlier blogged, the Patent Office after a circus of appeals filed by Sugen, once again revoked Sugen’s patent no. 2092951 on the grounds that it would be obvious, to a person skilled in the art, in light of the prior art produced by the opponent. Be that as it may, I would like to comment on the manner in which the opinion was written by the Controller and the deference or lack thereof to the precedents of higher judicial forums like...
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