2024

SpicyIP 2024 Year End Review

A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2024

/ By / Biological Diversity, Competition Law, Copyright, Geographical Indication, Innovation, Others, Patent, Plant Variety Protection, Privacy, Trade Secret, Trademark, Traditional Knowledge

[This post is authored by – Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan, Md. Sabeeh Ahmad, Aishani Chatterjee, Swaraj Barooah, and Praharsh Gour with research inputs from Aarav Gupta, Tejas Misra, Aditi Bansal, Mansi Bhatia, Yukta Chordia, Bhuwan Sarine, Shravya Pandre, Deepali Vashist, and Malavika S. Nair.] 2024 has been an explosive year for IP developments in India, with more IP divisions coming up in different High Courts, an increasing number of IP registrations and an overall higher degree of attention on IP issues in […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 23 – December 29)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Privacy, Trademark

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on Delhi HC’s ruling on Celebrity Rights and the Powers of Regional Directors under Companies Act vis a vis Trademark Similarity. This and a lot more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week Delhi High Court Rulings on Celebrity Rights Galore: Examining the Rajat Sharma and Mohan Babu

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Delhi High Court Rulings on Celebrity Rights Galore: Examining the Rajat Sharma and Mohan Babu Orders

/ By / Trademark

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Kaustubh Chakrabarti. Kaustubh is a second year BA.LLB. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. His previous posts can be accessed here.] In recent times, the Delhi High Court has been spewing out decisions involving the Personality Rights of celebrities. We had the Anil Kapoor decision last year and similar rulings followed in 2024 dealing with the rights of Jackie Shroff, Vishnu Manchu, Arijit Singh. This post will primarily focus on

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Call for Submissions: GNLU’s Journal of Law and Technology

/ By / Copyright, Innovation, Opportunities, Patent

We are pleased to announce that Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar is inviting submissions for its Journal of Law and Technology (ISSN: 3048-9989 (Print)) on rolling basis. For further details, please read their call and the guidelines below- Call for Submissions: GNLU’s Journal of Law and Technology About the Journal Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) is the statutory university established by the Government of Gujarat under the Gujarat National Law University Act, 2003 and is the seventh National Law School

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Understanding the Powers of Regional Directors under Companies Act vis a vis Trademark Similarity

/ By / Trademark

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Kaustubh Chakrabarti. Kaustubh is a second year BA.LLB. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur.] In a decision passed on November 11, the Delhi High Court held that the Regional Director under the Companies Act has no jurisdiction to decide ownership of trademark. This was passed in a writ against an order by the Regional Director rejecting the Panchhi Petha Store’s (Petitioner) application for rectification/change in the name of Respondent No.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 16 – December 22)

/ By / Others, Patent, Trademark

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on formulation/composition claims and Section 3(d), Managing IP’s Most Influential People in IP List, and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) suit against Dharma Production. This and a lot more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week Formulation/Composition Claims and Section 3(d): Analyzing the Utidelone Pre-grant Opposition Order In light

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Delhi High Court Judges Included in ‘Most Influential People in IP’ List: Revisiting their Judgments from a Critical Eye

/ By / Patent

It is not every day that members of the Indian legal fraternity are celebrated at global fora for their contributions to international IP jurisprudence. In a momentous announcement on December 10, Managing IP, a British media platform, included Justices Amit Bansal and Jyoti Singh of the Delhi High Court in its list of “50 Most Influential People in IP 2024.” The platform has lauded Justice Bansal for his ruling in Telefonktiebolaget Lm Ericsson(Publ) v. Lava International Ltd in March, after

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Update on the Oats Wars: Delhi High Court Issues Notice to Marico After Alpino alleges Suppression of Material Facts

/ By / Trademark

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP Intern Kaustubh Chakrabarti. Kaustubh is a second year BA.LLB. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur.] There has been a recent development in the Marico v. Alpino case (see “here” for Lokesh’s post on this). After the Delhi High Court granted an ex parte injunction to Marico, Alpino now seeks the vacation of the ex-parte ad order. It alleges that Marico has suppressed material facts from the Court and consequently the Court

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Médecins Sans Frontières suit against Dharma Productions for Jigra scene

/ By / Trademark

In an interesting development that caught my eye (coincidentally after reading Shravya’s post here on Mediation in IP), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has filed a suit against Dharma Production for using the MSF trademark in a scene of the movie Jigra. MSF, commonly also known as Doctors without Borders, is involved in humanitarian medical care and has long been an advocate for ‘access to medicines’. Interestingly, in October this year Adar Poonawalla (CEO of the Serum Institute of India) acquired

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Mankind v. A2 Lifesciences: Resorting to Mediation to Resolve IP Disputes

/ By / Trademark

[This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Shravya Pandre. Shravya is a third year BA.LLB. Hons. student at The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad. Her previous post can be accessed here.] While interim injunctions seem to be the go-to remedy in India against IP infringements, negotiation as a means to resolve IP disputes rarely gets the same traction. The recent Delhi High Court order in Mankind Pharma Ltd. v. A2 Lifesciences & Anr. (pdf) is an apt

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