August 2020

  • Patent Trolling in India: The Dark Side of Intellectual Property Law

    Patent Trolling in India: The Dark Side of Intellectual Property Law

    [This post has been authored by Shubham Gupta, a student at National Law University Odisha.] Introduction The recent case of Labrador Diagnostics LLC v. BioFire Diagnostics, LLC et al, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware against the coronavirus tests over the allegation of patent infringement reveals the dark side…

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  • AI Made Creations: Dilemma of Identifying the Creator

    AI Made Creations: Dilemma of Identifying the Creator

    [This article has been authored by Shreya Sahoo, a student of the National Law University Odisha.] Introduction The rise in inventions based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) has disrupted the society we live in, and, has thereby impacted various sectors like healthcare, entertainment, banking, and so on. There has also been a steady rise in creations…

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  • The Need for a Pandemic Patent Tool: Sine Qua Non Amidst the Havoc?

    The Need for a Pandemic Patent Tool: Sine Qua Non Amidst the Havoc?

    [This article has been authored by Ashika Jain and Lakshay Garg, students at Gujarat National Law University.] Background Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, all nations are endeavouring to find a vaccine for the virus. The quest for creating the vaccine has kick-started a race, leading countries/organizations/medical firms into finding a cure before the pandemic wrecks further…

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  • The Shogun Organics (Patent) Case: A Juggling Game between Two Conflicting Acts?

    The Shogun Organics (Patent) Case: A Juggling Game between Two Conflicting Acts?

    [This article was authored by Apurva Vats, a student at National Law University, Odisha.] On 16th June 2020,[i] the Delhi High Court (HC) dismissed the repeated applications filed by Shogun Organics Ltd. (Plaintiff) in the matter of Shogun Organics Ltd. v. Gaur Hari Guchhait and Ors.[ii] It did so, stating that such repeated filing and…

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