Author name: Md Sabeeh Ahmad

Md Sabeeh Ahmad is an Analyst at SpicyIP and LLM Candidate at the University of Cambridge. He graduated from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and has keen interest in Access to Medicines and Health Policy. He can be reached at: [email protected]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 13 – April 19)

Entering the second half of April with a post on the ANI v OpenAI, judgment of which has been reserved by the Delhi HC. Can an entity that is no longer a registered copyright society continue to demand licensing fees? Post on PPL’s ongoing litigation. Another post on the Delhi HC holding that removing an original mark and replacing it with one’s own does not automatically amount to trademark infringement. Case summaries and IP developments from the country and the […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 6 – April 12)

Entering the second week of April announcing the faculty line up for the SpicyIP Summer School 2026! Two-part post on the purpose of copyright in academic work in the context of Sci-Hub litigation. Another post discussing whether trademark law can be used to reclaim what design law has deliberately released into the public domain? Case summaries and IP developments from the country and the globe and much more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on?

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 30 – April 5)

Beginning April with a rundown of the major IP developments in 2025 on SpicyIP TV! Post on two recent Delhi High Court decisions in Geron and Hirotsu clarifying the boundaries of diagnostic methods exclusion. And another post on the UK Supreme Court’s decision in Emotional Perception AI Limited v Comptroller General of Patents marking a doctrinal shift in how subject-matter eligibility questions regarding computer programmes are evaluated. Case summaries and IP developments from the country and the globe and much

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 23 – March 29)

Almost at the end of March with a post on the wonder drug Semaglutide’s patent expiry and its impact in India. Post on the Calcutta HC’s judgment removing subject-matter objections to the registration of GUIs as a design under the Designs Act. Another post on the government-led blocking of 3100+ Telegram channels marking a significant shift in India’s intermediary liability regime and censorship architecture. Case summaries and IP developments from the country and the globe and much more in this

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 9 – March 15)

Midway through March, we approach the colourful spring with a post on Pantone’s latest choice for its annual colour of the year! Another post on understanding fair dealing as a component of the copyright system and not the central axis. Can the Patent Office reject a patent application on one ground and decline to analyse the rest in the name of efficiency? Post discussing Bombay High Court’s ruling in JFE Steel Corporation v. Controller of Patents & Designs. Case summaries

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 2 – March 8)

Applications are now open for the second iteration of the SpicyIP Summer School 2026! 1st National Policy Brief Competition on IP and Innovation 2025 successfully organised by SpicyIP and CIPAM, DPIIT. Can a dead patent be revoked? Post on the Delhi HC’s DB judgment in Boehringer Ingelheim v. Controller of Patents. Case summaries and IP developments from the country and the globe and much more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 23 – March 1)

Entering March with a post on whether unjust enrichment act as a residual measure for claiming compensation for the use of biological resources? Another post on the working of the National IP Pendency Elimination Karma-Mission (NIPEKM). Case summaries and IP developments from the country and the globe 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 Unjust Enrichment as a Residual Remedy for Biopiracy? Rethinking

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 16 – February 22)

A post discussing Galgotias University low-quality patent filings and the larger question of India’s patent regime distortion. Another post defending the recent scent trademark of Sumitomo Rubber Industries. And a post on conversations with artisans about their crafts at the Bangalore Habba. Case summaries and IP developments from the country and the globe and much 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

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 9 – February 15)

Announcing the Finalists of the 1st National Policy Brief Competition on Intellectual Property & Innovation 2025! Posts on Delhi HC’s evolving jurisprudence on pro-tem security deposits in FRAND trials, Supreme Court to decide CCI’s jurisdiction over abuse of patent rights, and the Supreme Court allowing the Petitioners to map their claims against Zydus’s product in Nivolumab infringement dispute. Case summaries and IP developments from the country and the globe in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 2 – February 8)

Into the second week of February, with formal comments from our bloggers on the DPIIT’s proposed “One Nation One License One Payment” framework for GenAI and Copyright. A post on an industrial drama written in 1847 bursting the myth of the free-market society, and another post on the recent concept note by the DPIIT proposing reforms to India’s design law. Case summaries and IP developments from the country and the globe in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are

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