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IP as a political instrument in Russia

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Kat friend Iana Kazeeva provides an enlightening discussion on steps taken by the Russian government and courts with respect to IP following the invasion of Ukraine. The common denominator is the use of changes to the IP law as a political instrument towards states taking “unfriendly” actions against Russia.

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IP Financing in India – Part I: Perfection of Security and (Non) Registration of Copyright

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According to Duff and Phelps, and CII’s joint report in 2019 on IP-backed financing, the proportion of tangible assets in the market value of Standard and Poor’s 500 firms has declined from over 80 percent to under 20 percent in the past three decades, thus signifying the rising contribution of intangible assets.

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Analyzing Smell Trademarks: Laws, Significance and Issues

IP and Legal Filings

Smell marks and Indian trademark laws. Currently, Indian laws do not permit the registration of smell marks. The pre-requisites for registering a trademark include graphically representing it. Rule 25(12) b of the Trademark Rules, 2002 makes it mandatory to represent the trademark graphically.

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SpicyIP Tidbit: MP High Court Sets Aside Excise Commissioner’s Order for Not Considering Similarities Between Competing Beer Labels 

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This decision thus raises questions about the scope of powers granted under the state’s excise laws and their intersection with trademark law. This unclear delineation of responsibility for determining similarity raises important questions about the consistency of such assessments under both excise and trademark laws.

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Unveiling Trademark Dilution from Scratch to Denouement

IP and Legal Filings

vs. Mehtab Ahmed 99 (2002) DLT 678 Where court observed that the nature of the goods is identical, and it immensely affects the identifying value of the original owner’s mark. on 9 August 2002 99 (2002) DLT 678 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The post Unveiling Trademark Dilution from Scratch to Denouement first appeared on IPLF.

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Advent of AI Voice Generation and Threat to Personality Rights

IP and Legal Filings

This is prone to gross misuse and there is ambiguity regarding the legality of the same since there is a vacuum in the existing legal framework of IP laws with regards to AI generated content. The concept of passing off under trademarks law was used to provide relief to the plaintiff. 893 of 2002 (Del) (India). [2]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 25 – December 1)

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Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on IPO’s patent application rejection of HIV drug Dolutegravir, another judgement in the long-running Section 3(k) saga, this time on the patentability of business methods and the DHC IPD’s Annual Report 2023-24. Read more on this!