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Can Section 124 be Invoked in Section 47 Cancellation Proceedings under the...
The interplay between trademark infringement proceedings and non-use cancellation proceedings under Sections 47 and 124 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 raises a deceptively simple question: can a Section...
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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (29.09.2026)
Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (21 September- 27 September)
Posts on the Delhi High Court’s Zara v Zora ruling, the Madras High Court’s ruling in TCRC v. Ganga Rudraiah, and a post remembering late Dr. Pinaki Ghosh. This and much more in this week’s SpicyIP...
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No Declaration Required: What the Delhi High Court’s ZARA v. ZORA Ruling...
The Delhi High Court’s ZARA v. ZORA ruling settles one question while leaving another lurking beneath it. A formal declaration, the Court holds, is not necessary to invoke Section 11(2). But if...
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TCRC v. Ganga Rudraiah: Copyright, Acquiescence, and the Cost of an Unwritten...
The Madras High Court’s decision in TCRC v. Ganga Rudraiah may appear to be about the ownership of BTS photographs from the making of the hit film ‘Aval Appadithan‘. But the reasoning gets...
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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (22.09.2026)
Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week...
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Remembering Prof. (Dr.) Pinaki Ghosh, WBNUJS IP Chair Professor
Image Source: WBNUJS Website It is with profound sadness that I inform you of the passing of Prof. (Dr.) Pinaki Ghosh, erstwhile WBNUJS IP Chair Professor. Dr. Ghosh, had been at the university since...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (14 September-20 September)
In this edition of the SpicyIP Weekly Review, we have comments submitted by a few of our team members on the IPO’s Draft Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications in the Field of...
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Specific Comments on the IPO’s Draft Pharmaceutical Guidelines (2026)
There is no easier way to put it – the IPO’s Draft Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications in the Field of Pharmaceuticals, 2026 (“2026 Draft Guidelines”) released 15 days ago have severe...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 7- September 13)
After another busy week and a long weekend, here we are with the SpicyIP Weekly Review with discussions on the Delhi High Court’s evolving approach to personality rights, a closer look at the Court’s...
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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (15.09.2026)
Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week...
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[Sponsored] IP8 Expands into Patent Decision Intelligence with Five Connected...
A year after launching agentic AI for patent-infringement surveillance, IP8 expands across critical patent decision workflows for law firms and enterprise IP teams. To know more, read their press...
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Section 14 is Not Section 25: Delhi High Court Revives Sugammadex Patent Bid
The Delhi High Court’s order in Fresenius Kabi v. Controller may ultimately turn on a Section 14 violation, but the concerns it flags go well beyond procedure, extending to hindsight, prior-art...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: IP LEX – A Welcome Cushion for Practitioners and Researchers!
A solid step forward in accessing Indian IP Jurisprudence! DPIIT has come up with IP LEX, a digital repository of IP decision summaries created by the Office of the CGPDTM. It is natural for IP...
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Unpacking Copyright Strikes, Safe Harbour and Due Diligence under the IT...
In continuation of Part 1, this Part tests the arguments run by the Platforms where they state that – striking content upon complaint and terminating accounts with repeated complaints is due diligence...
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Unpacking Copyright Strikes, Safe Harbour and Due Diligence under the IT...
The Delhi High Court has been recently grappling with issues concerning Copyright Strikes and takedowns by platforms, which have been necessitating Section 60 suits before the IPD Bench in Delhi. In...
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General Comment on the IPO’s Draft Pharmaceutical Guidelines (2026)
A few days ago, we had informed our readers that they could participate in the open call for comments and suggestions on the Draft Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications in the Field of...
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[Part III] The Road Not Taken (Down): Delhi HC Starts Sorting the Personality...
Continuing the discussion on an almost unending spate of personality rights filings (first part and second part), in the third part of the post, Aakanksha turns to fandom, fan merchandise, and fan...
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[Part II] The Road Not Taken (Down): Delhi HC Starts Sorting the Personality...
In the first part of this three-part post, Aakanksha discussed the standard, overbroad prayers in almost every personality rights suit, and the August 2026 orders that have begun to dismantle them. In...
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[Part I] The Road Not Taken (Down): Delhi HC Starts Sorting the Personality...
The Delhi High Court has been seeing what can be termed an almost unending spate of personality rights filings, but there’s now a fork in the road that recent orders over the past month are...
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