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It’s a week of new beginnings!  SpicyIP is organising the 1st National Policy Brief Competition on IP and Innovation with CIPAM, DPIIT with December 14, 2025 as submission deadline. Following up on the SpicyIP TV Summer School Edition, we have launched our main channel – “Let’s IPsa Loquitur”. The first episode on the now famous (or infamous?) personality rights is already up! And a critique of the SC’s decision in Novenco v. Xero on pre-litigation mediation in IP cases. This […]

Delhi HC delivers first-ever SEP non-infringement ruling, on a long-forgotten VCD patent and Delhi HC’s Justice Prathiba M. SIngh appointed Chair of WIPO’s Advisory Board of Judges. Don’t forget – SpicyIP TV Podcast episode 8 with Mr. Nikhil Narendran is now out! This 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 The Tech is Dead, Long Live the Tech: Lessons in

MeitY’s proposed IT Rules amendment under scrutiny and more episodes from SpicyIPTV featuring Zara Kaushik and Kruttika Vijay. This 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 ​​Unpacking MeitY’s Proposed IT Rules Amendments: Between Regulation and Practicality  MeitY’s proposed IT Rules amendments aim to regulate AI, but blur legal lines, treating AI developers as “intermediaries” and requiring watermarks on all synthetic content,

DHC’s much anticipated judgment in Roche v. Natco and the eternal genus-species conundrum, more episodes from SpicyIPTV, and the DHC’s welcome clarification on the scope of qua timet injunctions. This 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 Part I: Genus-Specie Disputes: Thoughts on the Risdiplam Division Bench Judgment  The Division Bench of the Delhi High Court in Roche v. Natco

Midway to September – a post on the problems of the Indian SEP-Antitrust Gridlock. A two part post on the Pandemic Agreement’s PABS system and another on the Karnataka HC between revocation petition and a patent infringement proceeding. This and a lot more on last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Here’s a roundup of our blog posts, case summaries and top IP developments in the country and the world this week. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below

Beginning September with a post on Rajasthan HC’s invocation of Article 21 of the Constitution in a trademark case. Bollywood’s copyright dance at the Bombay HC – post on the recent orders concerning the movies Disco Dancer and Dream Girl 2. This and a lot more on last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Here’s a roundup of our blog posts, case summaries and top IP developments in the country and the world this week. Anything we are missing out on? Drop

5 years of the SciHub saga, multiple orders, and finally a blocked SciHub – a deep dive into the twists and turns of the case. A post discussing Benjamin Sobel’s paper on Copyright Accelerationism and another on the Supreme Court’s order on post-sale confusion. This and a lot more on last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week The SciHub Saga! Miles to Go While

Starting off the week with a huge development – Delhi HC orders Sci-Hub to be completely blocked in India! When is ‘Imminent Infringement’ imminent? A post on the question of imminent infringement determination. Are Pre-Digital Era Copyright Assignments Valid for Today’s Modern Tech Platforms? A post discussing the position in the Indian Copyright Act on assignments. This and a lot more on last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us

A patent and litigation update on the anti-diabetic medication Semaglutide, the how’s and why’s of an interview in the context of IP research, and the copyright history of the Indian national anthem. This and a lot more on last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week Gauging the ‘Weight’ of the Matter: Here’s Your Latest Patent and Litigation Update on Semaglutide Semaglutide continues to make