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Vacancies for 2 Advocates in the Office of Swathi Sukumar, Senior Advocate...
The office of Senior Advocate Swathi Sukumar is looking to retain 2 advocates for her chamber in New Delhi. For more information, see below –Image generated by ChatGPTVacancies for 2 Advocates in the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 14 – April 20)
Sound recording licensing, India’a annual IP report, creative works as industrial design, and a lot more that has happened last week. Not to forget – SpicyIP Summer School is now accepting...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: Beyond Abstract Ideas: Understanding Process Patentability...
Image from here[The post is authored by SpicyIP intern Advika Singh Malik. Advika is a third-year law student at Symbiosis Law School, Noida. She is interested in pursuing IP and tech litigation.]The...
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New Twist in the PPL-Azure Tale: Supreme Court Stays the DHC’s Direction to...
Image generated via ChatGPT[This post is authored by Kartik Sharma. Kartik is a fourth-year student at the National Law School of India University and was the third prize winner in the 2024 Shamnad...
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Announcing the SpicyIP Summer School!
Something exciting is in the works for the Indian IP enthusiast community. After a sneak peek a few weeks ago, we have now started accepting applications for the inaugural edition of the SpicyIP Summer...
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Analysing the Results of Patent Agent Exam 2025
Discussing an anomaly in the results of the Indian Patent Agent Exams, Rajiv Kumar Choudhary explains how viva voce played a determinative role in the results for some of the candidates, despite them...
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Strengthening Innovation: Kerala’s Vision for IPR and TK
Recently, a committee to revise Kerala’s 2008 IP and TK policy was formulated. The Committee will work on the draft 2025 policy and revise the policy for the state after 17 years. Looking at the draft...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 21 – April 27)
A reminder on the SpicyIP Summer School, applications for which are now open! Some anomalies in the Patent Agent exam results, a twist in the PPL-Azure case before the Supreme Court, Kerala’s new IPR...
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Assessing the Cryogas Judgment from the lens of Section 52(1)(w)
Highlighting the missed opportunity to interpret Section 52(1)(w) of the Copyright Act in Cryogas Equipment Private Limited v. Inox India Limited and Others, SpicyIP intern Advika Singh Malik writes on...
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Why Should the U.S. Have All the Fun? India Must Consider Publishing a...
In light of India featuring (again) in the “Priority Watch List” of the 2025 USTR Special 301 Report, Dr. Anson CJ explores the idea of whether India should come up with its own watch list to monitor...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: The Philips-Vivo SEP Showdown: How a High-Stakes SEP Battle...
Image generated by ChatGPT[This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Sushant Jaiswal. Sushant is a third-year law student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, with a keen interest...
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Dagar v. A R Rahman Controversy: Is the Law Out of Tune with Indian Classical...
In a copyright battle between two musical maestros, the Delhi High Court, in an interim order, held that the song ‘Veera Raja Veera’ from Ponniyin Selvan 2 prima facie infringed the copyright of Ustad...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 28 – May 4)
Entering May with posts on the copyright battle between musical maestros AR Rahman and Ustad F W Dagar, USTR 301 Annual Report that keeps India on ‘Priority Watch List’, settlement in the Philips-Vivo...
View ArticleThe State of CRI Jurisprudence in India –“Technically” All Over the Place
Some years ago, I had traced out two decades of the ‘confusingly confounding’ regulation of software patents in India. The “ping-ponging” journey traced in that post seems to have been a precursor for...
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Comments Invited for Draft Guidelines on Similar Biologics
Image generated through ChatGPTOn May 6, the Central Drug Standard Control Organization published the draft version of the Revised Guidelines on Similar Biologics, inviting comments from the concerned...
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SpicyIP Tidbit: Fair Dealing or Foul Play? Copyright Claims in An IPL...
Image from here[This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Sonisha Srinivasan. Sonisha is a 4th year law student at School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be) University, Bangalore. She is keenly interested in...
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The Champak Controversy: How “Naming A Dog” Led BCCI Into A Trademark Tussle
Recently, the BCCI has been dragged to the Court by the publisher of the popular children magazine “Champak” over adopting an identical name for their AI robot dog. Although the Delhi High Court has...
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ITC vs Controller of Patents: A missed opportunity in clarifying Section 3(b)
Long Post Ahead!The Indian Patent Office has its own jurisprudence regarding nicotine/tobacco-related inventions. Bloggers have earlier noted instances wherein the patent office has rejected...
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“Operation Sindoor” and the Misguided Idea of “Moment Trademarking”
In these tough times of conflict, we saw numerous applications seeking a trademark over the codename of India’s military response against the Pahalgam attack- “Operation Sindoor”. To comment on the...
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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 5 – May 11)
The Great Indian Cricket Festival (aka IPL) is in the IP news with the BCCI facing a trademark dispute over naming its AI dog. The BCCI has also demanded an IPL-centric podcast to remove certain images...
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