https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II notes for LL.B. — the law of designs (registration, rights, infringement and remedies), the Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers' Rights (PPV&FR) Act and its sui generis system, copyright (subject matter, ownership and moral rights, the bundle of rights, licensing, infringement, fair use and remedies), the Biological Diversity Act 2002 (the NBA, traditional knowledge, bio-piracy and benefit sharing), and the international framework (TRIPS, Berne, Paris, CBD, ITPGR, WIPO and the WTO). Full topic notes, landmark cases and solved IRAC problems. Hugo en-us https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/solved-problems/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/solved-problems/ Ten Intellectual Property Rights II exam problems solved in the IRAC method — Issue, Rule, Analysis, Conclusion — with full model answers, spanning all five units. https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/past-questions/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/past-questions/ KSLU previous-year question papers for Intellectual Property Rights II — unit-wise and topic-wise questions and frequency. https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/introduction-history-nature-and-salient-features-of-copyright/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/introduction-history-nature-and-salient-features-of-copyright/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Introduction, History, Nature and Salient Features of Copyright. Copyright is purely a creature of the statute. If the Act does not give it, it does not exist — you cannot claim a 'natural' or… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/subject-matter-of-copyright-and-the-idea-expression-dichotomy/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/subject-matter-of-copyright-and-the-idea-expression-dichotomy/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Subject Matter of Copyright and the Idea–Expression Dichotomy. Only these three groups of work attract copyright. Group (a) must be original; groups (b) and (c) — films and recordings — are… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/literary-dramatic-musical-and-artistic-works/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/literary-dramatic-musical-and-artistic-works/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Literary, Dramatic, Musical and Artistic Works. These four boxes are technical, not judgments of taste. Ask only two questions: Which box does it fall in? and Is it original (author's own skill,… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cinematograph-films-sound-recordings-and-computer-software/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cinematograph-films-sound-recordings-and-computer-software/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Cinematograph Films, Sound Recordings and Computer Software. Films and sound recordings are owned by their producer. Computer code is a literary work owned by its author — copyright, not patent. https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/term-of-copyright/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/term-of-copyright/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Term of Copyright. For a normal book/song/painting the clock is life + 60. For everything measured from publication (films, recordings, photos, anonymous and government works) it is a flat 60 years… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/sound-recordings-as-subject-matter/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/sound-recordings-as-subject-matter/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Sound Recordings as Subject Matter. The recording is a distinct copyright, owned by the producer, layered on top of the song's own copyrights. Copy the track and you infringe the recording; sing… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/author-ownership-and-moral-rights/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/author-ownership-and-moral-rights/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Author, Ownership and Moral Rights. Copyright ownership (economic rights) can be sold. Moral rights (to be named as author and to protect the work's integrity) stay with the author for ever, even… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/rights-conferred-by-copyright-the-bundle-of-rights/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/rights-conferred-by-copyright-the-bundle-of-rights/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Rights Conferred by Copyright — the Bundle of Rights. 'Copyright' is not one right but a list of exclusive acts, and the list changes with the type of work. The owner controls each act separately —… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/assignment-transmission-and-licensing-of-copyright/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/assignment-transmission-and-licensing-of-copyright/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Assignment, Transmission and Licensing of Copyright. Assignment = selling the right (ownership moves). Licence = lending the right (ownership stays, permission given). Transmission = inheriting the… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/licences-compulsory-licence-copyright-societies-and-the-copyright-board/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/licences-compulsory-licence-copyright-societies-and-the-copyright-board/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Licences, Compulsory Licence, Copyright Societies and the Copyright Board. A voluntary licence is given willingly; a compulsory licence is imposed by the Board when an owner unreasonably blocks the… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/infringement-of-copyright/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/infringement-of-copyright/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Infringement of Copyright. Infringement = doing any act in the owner's s.14 bundle without permission, where a substantial part (in quality) has been taken. Minor changes to disguise the copy… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/fair-use-and-acts-not-amounting-to-infringement/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/fair-use-and-acts-not-amounting-to-infringement/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Fair Use and Acts Not Amounting to Infringement. s.52 is the 'it's allowed' list. But it protects fair, limited uses only. Multiplying copies to avoid buying the book, or copying a substantial part… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/remedies-against-infringement-of-copyright/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/remedies-against-infringement-of-copyright/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Remedies Against Infringement of Copyright. Three doors open at once — civil (injunction + damages/accounts), criminal (jail + fine under s.63), and administrative (stop imports at Customs under… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/meaning-scope-nature-issues-and-concerns-of-biodiversity/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/meaning-scope-nature-issues-and-concerns-of-biodiversity/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Meaning, Scope, Nature, Issues and Concerns of Biodiversity. Biodiversity is all the different life in a place, counted three ways — genes, species and ecosystems. India, with only 2.4% of the… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/salient-features-aims-and-objectives-of-the-biological-diversity-act-2002/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/salient-features-aims-and-objectives-of-the-biological-diversity-act-2002/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Salient Features, Aims and Objectives of the Biological Diversity Act 2002. The Act does three jobs at once — conserve biodiversity, use it sustainably, and make sure the benefits are shared… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/national-biodiversity-authority-powers-and-functions/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/national-biodiversity-authority-powers-and-functions/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on National Biodiversity Authority — Powers and Functions. The NBA is the national gatekeeper. Foreigners cannot access India's bio-resources without it (s.3); no one can patent them without it (s.6);… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/state-biodiversity-board/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/state-biodiversity-board/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on State Biodiversity Board. The SBB handles Indians using local resources commercially. Indians give it prior intimation (s.7); it advises the State, and can restrict activities harmful to… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/biodiversity-management-committee/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/biodiversity-management-committee/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Biodiversity Management Committee. The BMC is the grassroots tier. Its main job is to document local biodiversity in the People's Biodiversity Register, so communities can be identified for… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/traditional-knowledge-and-biological-resources/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/traditional-knowledge-and-biological-resources/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Traditional Knowledge and Biological Resources. Biological resources are the stuff (plants, microbes, genes); traditional knowledge is the know-how about using them. The Act guards both by… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/bio-piracy/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/bio-piracy/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Bio-piracy. Bio-piracy = taking India's biological wealth or know-how and monopolising it abroad, giving nothing back. The Act fights it with access approvals (ss.3, 6), the NBA's duty to oppose… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/benefit-sharing-benefit-claimer-and-equitable-sharing/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/benefit-sharing-benefit-claimer-and-equitable-sharing/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Benefit Sharing, Benefit Claimer and Equitable Sharing. Benefit-sharing = the profits from using a bio-resource must be shared with those who conserved it or knew its use. The NBA fixes the share… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/regulation-of-access-to-biological-diversity/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/regulation-of-access-to-biological-diversity/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Regulation of Access to Biological Diversity. Two doors. Foreigners and foreign patents → NBA (ss.3, 4, 6). Indians for commercial use → SBB (s.7). Everyday traditional use by local people is free;… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/policy-objectives-salient-features-and-scope-of-the-ppv-and-fr-act/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/policy-objectives-salient-features-and-scope-of-the-ppv-and-fr-act/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Policy, Objectives, Salient Features and Scope of the PPV&FR Act. The Act does something rare — it protects both the scientist-breeder and the ordinary farmer. It gives an exclusive right to… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/sui-generis-system-and-ipr-in-new-plant-varieties/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/sui-generis-system-and-ipr-in-new-plant-varieties/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Sui Generis System and IPR in New Plant Varieties. Sui generis = a tailor-made IP system. Because seeds are alive and farmers breed them, India protects new varieties with a special registration… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/ppv-and-fr-authority-powers-and-functions-national-register/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/ppv-and-fr-authority-powers-and-functions-national-register/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on PPV&FR Authority — Powers and Functions; National Register. The Authority registers varieties, keeps the National Register, and runs the benefit-sharing/Gene-Fund machinery. Because its orders… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/procedure-for-registration-registrable-varieties-and-duration/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/procedure-for-registration-registrable-varieties-and-duration/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Procedure for Registration, Registrable Varieties and Duration. Four kinds of variety can be registered; a new variety needs Novelty + DUS, the others need DUS only. The route is apply →… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/breeders-researchers-and-community-rights/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/breeders-researchers-and-community-rights/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Breeders', Researchers' and Community Rights. The breeder gets the exclusive commercial right (s.28); researchers may freely use the variety to breed new ones (s.30); communities that helped evolve… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/farmers-rights/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/farmers-rights/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Farmers' Rights. The farmer keeps his traditional seed freedom — save, use, exchange and even sell seed — with one limit: no selling of branded seed of a protected variety. He can also register his… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/compensation-to-communities/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/compensation-to-communities/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Compensation to Communities. If a community's efforts helped create a registered variety, someone can claim money for that community under s.41. The Authority fixes the amount and pays it through… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/compulsory-licence-and-benefit-sharing/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/compulsory-licence-and-benefit-sharing/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Compulsory Licence and Benefit Sharing. If the breeder does not supply enough seed at a fair price, the Authority can grant a compulsory licence to someone who will (s.47). Separately,… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/national-gene-fund/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/national-gene-fund/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on National Gene Fund. The Gene Fund is the Act's single money pot. In come benefit-sharing, fees, community compensation and grants; out go rewards to farmers/communities and money for conservation.… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/infringement-and-relief-against-infringement/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/infringement-and-relief-against-infringement/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Infringement and Relief Against Infringement. Infringement = dealing in a registered variety, or using a confusingly similar denomination, without the breeder's authority. The reliefs are the usual… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/definition-significance-salient-features-and-essentials-of-design/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/definition-significance-salient-features-and-essentials-of-design/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Definition, Significance, Salient Features and Essentials of Design. A design is the look of a mass-produced article — its shape or pattern — that you appreciate with your eyes. It is not the way… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/procedure-conditions-requirements-and-prohibitions-for-registration/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/procedure-conditions-requirements-and-prohibitions-for-registration/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Procedure, Conditions, Requirements and Prohibitions for Registration. To register, a design must be new, unpublished, significantly distinguishable and decent. Any earlier public disclosure —… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/rights-conferred-by-registration-copyright-in-a-registered-design/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/rights-conferred-by-registration-copyright-in-a-registered-design/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Rights Conferred by Registration; Copyright in a Registered Design. Registration gives you the exclusive right to apply the design ('copyright in the design') for 10 + 5 years. But you must choose:… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/infringement-piracy-of-design-and-remedies-defences/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/infringement-piracy-of-design-and-remedies-defences/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Infringement / Piracy of Design and Remedies; Defences. Piracy = copying the registered design's look (or an obvious imitation) without licence. Remedies are either a statutory sum up to ₹25,000… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/powers-and-duties-of-the-controller-of-designs/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/powers-and-duties-of-the-controller-of-designs/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Powers and Duties of the Controller of Designs. The Controller examines, registers, refuses, amends and cancels designs, keeps the Register, and has civil-court powers. His key power is s.19… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/distinction-between-design-trademark-copyright-and-patent/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/distinction-between-design-trademark-copyright-and-patent/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Distinction Between Design, Trademark, Copyright and Patent. Design = how it looks; Trademark = what it is called/its badge; Copyright = an original work; Patent = a new invention. Four different… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/trips-agreement-background-features-objectives-and-impact-on-indian-ipr/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/trips-agreement-background-features-objectives-and-impact-on-indian-ipr/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on TRIPS Agreement — Background, Features, Objectives and Impact on Indian IPR. TRIPS is the WTO's IP rulebook (in force 1995). It sets a minimum level of protection for every kind of IP, demands… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/berne-convention-1886/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/berne-convention-1886/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Berne Convention, 1886. Berne (1886) is the great copyright treaty for books, music and art. Remember its three principles — national treatment (foreigners treated like locals), automatic… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/convention-on-biological-diversity-cbd-1992/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/convention-on-biological-diversity-cbd-1992/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), 1992. The CBD (Rio, 1992) is the treaty that made genetic resources a nation's property rather than free treasure. Its three objectives are conservation,… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/itpgr-international-treaty-on-plant-genetic-resources-2001/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/itpgr-international-treaty-on-plant-genetic-resources-2001/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on ITPGR — International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources, 2001. The ITPGR (FAO, 2001) is the CBD's cousin for food crops. Its centrepiece is the Multilateral System — a shared pool of 64 crops that… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/paris-convention-1883/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/paris-convention-1883/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on Paris Convention, 1883. Paris (1883) is the great industrial-property treaty — patents, designs, trademarks. Its two pillars are national treatment (foreigners treated as locals) and the right of… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/wipo-world-intellectual-property-organization/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/wipo-world-intellectual-property-organization/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on WIPO — World Intellectual Property Organization. WIPO (Stockholm Convention 1967, UN agency from 1974, based in Geneva) is the world's IP administrator. It runs about 26 treaties — Paris, Berne,… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/wto-the-doha-round-and-dispute-settlement/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/wto-the-doha-round-and-dispute-settlement/ Free Intellectual Property Rights II LL.B. notes on WTO, the Doha Round and Dispute Settlement. The WTO (from 1995) is the body that enforces TRIPS. Its dispute-settlement system — consultations, panel, Appellate Body, and ultimately trade sanctions… https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/amar-nath-sehgal-v-union-of-india-2005/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/amar-nath-sehgal-v-union-of-india-2005/ Intellectual Property Rights II case brief — Amar Nath Sehgal v Union of India (2005): facts, issue, held and why it matters. Moral rights. https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/bharat-glass-tube-ltd-v-gopal-glass-works-ltd-2008/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/bharat-glass-tube-ltd-v-gopal-glass-works-ltd-2008/ Intellectual Property Rights II case brief — Bharat Glass Tube Ltd. v Gopal Glass Works Ltd. (2008): facts, issue, held and why it matters. Novelty and prior publication. https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/divya-pharmacy-v-union-of-india-2018-uttarakhand-hc/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/divya-pharmacy-v-union-of-india-2018-uttarakhand-hc/ Intellectual Property Rights II case brief — Divya Pharmacy v Union of India (2018, Uttarakhand HC): facts, issue, held and why it matters. Benefit-sharing binds even Indian firms. https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/eastern-book-company-v-db-modak-2008/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/eastern-book-company-v-db-modak-2008/ Intellectual Property Rights II case brief — Eastern Book Company v D.B. Modak (2008): facts, issue, held and why it matters. Originality. https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/novartis-ag-v-union-of-india-2013/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/novartis-ag-v-union-of-india-2013/ Intellectual Property Rights II case brief — Novartis AG v Union of India (2013): facts, issue, held and why it matters. TRIPS-compatible patent standards. https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/rg-anand-v-delux-films-1978/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/rg-anand-v-delux-films-1978/ Intellectual Property Rights II case brief — R.G. Anand v Delux Films (1978): facts, issue, held and why it matters. Idea vs expression. https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/whirlpool-of-india-ltd-v-videocon-industries-ltd-2014/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://medha-academy.in/subjects/ipr-2/cases/whirlpool-of-india-ltd-v-videocon-industries-ltd-2014/ Intellectual Property Rights II case brief — Whirlpool of India Ltd. v Videocon Industries Ltd. (2014): facts, issue, held and why it matters. Piracy judged by the eye.