Here’s wishing all our readers a very happy, safe, and healthy new year! Continuing our annual tradition of recounting the significant developments that impacted the Indian IP landscape in the year that has been, we bring you a round-up of 2021’s developments. This year, we have divided these developments into three categories: a) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Topicality/Impact) b) Top 10 IP Judgments/Orders (Jurisprudence/Legal Lucidity) and c) Top 10 Other IP Developments The decisions in the first category, i.e., Top 10...
Web 3.0 is a buzzword that has been floating around the depths of the internet in recent years and is a term that is often used synonymously with Blockchain technology. I remember when I had first started seeing and hearing, “Web 3.0,” tossed around in various publications and articles, I didn’t fully grasp or comprehend […]
Eleonora Rosati, author of Copyright in the Digital Single Market, offers a taster of her article-by-article commentary of the the EU Digital Single Market Directive, which seeks to make EU copyright fit for the digital single market.
A set of new rules was released earlier this week by the European Union as the European Market and Securities Authorities provided a set of new technical standards.
Part 2: Incident Irradiance, Exposure, Gain, and Frame Rate Camera sensors are common components of medical devices. In this blog I will discuss in detail how incident light irradiance, exposure time, gain, and frame rate factor into the use of camera sensors for medical devices. The key takeaways are: To capture data or images on […]
With the third quarter coming to a close and year-end reporting just around the corner, public companies should be giving careful thought to the evolving landscape for climate-related disclosures. While it did not promulgate any new rules in 2021 regarding these disclosures, the SEC has been actively commenting on climate change disclosures, and new rules are almost certainly on the way.
Since 2010, the SEC has made clear that its existing disclosure regime requires issuers to assess and,… More
China's new Judicial Interpretation on Plant Varieties harmonized IP protection for plant varieties with other reforms in IP laws in China. It also reflects China's increasing efforts to accelerate agricultural reforms including strengthening legal protection for germplasm resources.
In Metso Outotec Corporation v. the Registrar of Trade Marks, appeals were preferred before the Bombay High Court from orders passed by the Registrar of Trade Marks in respect of trademark applications for the word mark SISUPER and device mark SISUPER bearing application nos. 4433306 and 4435364 respectively (IR Nos. 1513304 and 1512932). After a perusal of the facts of the case, the Court set aside and quashed the decisions of the Senior Examiner of Trade Marks refusing the mark “SISUPER”.
On October 4 2021, USTR Katherine Tai delivered her much-awaited speech at CSIS outlining US-China trade policy under the Biden Administration. The speech summarizes her "top to bottom" review of US-China trade policy. Sadly, it was one of the most IP-free speeches that we have heard from USTR on China trade policies. USTR Tai mentioned intellectual property only once when she briefly talked about the Phase 1 Agreement. An Administration orientation towards increasing market access for grains and goods, but not protection and commercialization of intangible rights, could have long-term adverse consequences.
