The Indian Express published an editorial of mine, where I argue that India needs to urgently delink drug regulation from intellectual property issues, since the aims and objectives of these regimes...
A call for submissions from the Indian Journal of International Economic Law (IJIEL) which may be of interest to some of our readers. “We, the editorial board of the Indian Journal of...
In a recent post on SpicyIP, I commented on a rather strange twist in a very controversial Indian patent cases involving Novartis’ patented anti cancer drug, Glivec and an opposition to this...
In a post on SpicyIP, I reviewed a big ticket compulsory licensing dispute involving the sound recording industry on the one hand, and radio stations on the other. I went on to reflect on the...
As some of you may be aware, a generous bequest by US billionaire Vinod Gupta helped kickstart the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property law (RGSOIPL), India’s first specialised law...
Pursuant to Arun’s post highlighting the resurgence of the NUJS law review, we have another “revamped” NUJS journal that is slated to hit the stands. The NUJS Journal of Law &...
Venkatesan’s interesting post on the Salim case (dealing with the extent to which minority institutions can lay down rules that conflict with the religious beliefs of a student) drew some...
I began a discussion with Madhav Khosla after reading his interesting take on Justice Kaul’s “smoking” judgment. Unfortunately, owing to certain intervening events, I lost the...
The National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata will host Susan Karamanian from the George Washington University law school on the 26th of February (from 4 to 6 pm in Room 006 of...
In this Mint editorial, I’ve touched upon the need to reconceptualise existing intellectual property (IP) norms to suit the needs of our ‘Informal Economy”. The logic underlying...