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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the repudiations against personality rights, Govt. recent circular on procurement of drugs, non-obviousness test under the patents law, and the Hamburg Regional Court’s decision in Robert Kneschke v LAION e.V. The Show Must Go On?

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MARCH 30, 2025

PART I] Personality Rights in Spotlight Once More!: India Pride Advisory Order Can a movie carrying the name of a personality be restrained from release citing infringement of personality rights? PART II] Personality Rights in Spotlight Once More!: Anything we are missing out on?

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MARCH 9, 2025

Madras High Court and the (Mis-Placed) Judicial Economy: Analysing the Clouds Behind the Silver Lining The Mad HC single bench upheld the dismissal of a patent application but curiously analyzed only one objection from the Controllers dismissal and deemed the rest unnecessary to be evaluated. Read the post for more details.

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AUGUST 22, 2021

In a guest post , Satchit Bhogle covered the issue of infringement of personality rights. It is noted that the test for identifying infringement of personality rights is to check whether there has been unauthorised use of identity for commercial gain and if there is a likelihood of confusion.

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AUGUST 12, 2024

Taking a Look at Lupin’s Colour TM Application for its Inhalers Image from here On Lupin’s recent colour trademark registrations for its inhalers, Md Sabeeh Ahmad. Sabeeh highlights how these registration can extend Lupin’s monopoly and could affect million’s right to access these essential medicines.

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AUGUST 4, 2024

Tejas Misra explains why and how these seemingly innocuous posts may infringe on the shooter’s personality rights. It was held that the defendant’s use of the impugned mark was infringing upon the plaintiff’s trademark rights. This and much more in this SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on?

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JULY 17, 2023

Last week saw blogposts on the history of the Berne Convention, data questioning whether patent filing and grant numbers tell the full story, and criticism of the EPOs patent grants. Who’s Filing These Patents, and Are They Working Alright? But who are the parties filing these patent applications?

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