[Ed Note : The following press note has been authored by Shweta Rao and Arvind Pennathur from NALSAR University of Law. Do watch this space for more details on the symposium!] On the 9th of September NALSAR University of Law’s Tech Law Forum conducted its first ever symposium with packed panels discussing a variety of…
Category: Intellectual Property
A Note On Monsanto vs. Nuziveedu
In the recent judgement in the High Court of Delhi in Monsanto Technology LLC and Ors. v. Nuziveedu Seeds Limited and Ors, the Delhi High Court has single-handedly devastated the Biotechnology (Bt.) industry in India. The Bianchi Law Firm in Red Bank, NJ on observing the recent judgement contended that it will have far-reaching consequences…
Huawei v ZTE: SEPs, Injunctions and the Points of Interface between the ECJ Case and Indian Jurisprudence: Part I
[Ed Note: This post is the first part of a two part series authored by Vaibhav Laddha, a student of NALSAR University of Law.] Technology product markets today are inherently international. Products designed in Germany may be manufactured in Korea or China and sold in India. This cross-cutting global nature of technological products has created…
Huawei v ZTE: SEPs, Injunctions and the Points of Interface between the ECJ Case and Indian Jurisprudence : Part II
[Ed Note: This post is the second part of a two part series authored by Vaibhav Laddha, a student of NALSAR University of Law. The first part can be found here.] The Indian telecommunications market is one of the largest in the world, and therefore becomes an important market for the key participants in the telecommunications…
PATENTING OF HUMAN GENES: Intellectual Property vs Access to Healthcare & Research
In the case briefs of Myriad Genetics vs Associated Molecular Pathology, amongst the several moving stories of victims of gene patents, contained the story of Abigail, a 10-year-old with a long QT syndrome, a serious heart condition that, if left untreated, could result in sudden death. A company in this case had obtained patent on two genes associated…
YouTube’s Copyright Policy – An Explanation
Ed. Note: This post by Ashwin Murthy is a part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2016. Digital media has become the norm of the modern world and in the field no website is as dominant as YouTube. YouTube, currently a Google subsidiary, controls the market when it comes to video sharing, outpacing the other…
Rights of persons with disability and Copyright
Ed. Note.: This post, by Benjamin Vanlalvena, is a part of the NALSAR Tech Law Forum Editorial Test 2016. How are disabled persons affected by Copyright Law? The onset of the digital era has brought in an ease of access for persons with disabilities greater access to resources earlier not available not to them through…
TORRENTS: THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS
Ed. Note.: This 101, by Kaustub Bhati, is a part of the NALSAR Tech Law Forum Editorial Test 2016. Have you ever used a torrent to download something not available freely? You must have. Ever wondered how it works and why there is so much fuss about it being illegal and people using it might…
Spotify v. "Music"?
Controversy surrounded popular online music-streaming service Spotify after artist Taylor Swift pulled her entire catalog from it, and other prominent artists like Thom Yorke of Radiohead criticized it. The artists’ main issue with the service seems to be the fact that its revenue model is not artist-friendly, and threatens the music industry. Currently, Spotify is…
[SpicyIP Cross-Post] Innovation in the time of SEPs & FRAND licensing
This post first appeared on SpicyIP, here. (Image Source: https://flic.kr/p/hoAtp) In the last few years, smartphone manufacturers have seemingly been as popular for their patent-wars as they are for their phones. And these famed patent wars have recently come to India. Of specific note in this regard is the Xiaomi-Ericsson dispute. The main issues in this dispute, as…