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 (June 2 – June 8)

Post analysing the Courts dealing with PILs in service matters as AIPOWA vs. CGPDTM reaches the SC. Is the opt-out mechanism compatible with the Berne Convention? – Lokesh and Yogesh answer this in a two-part post. Another post on whether India should shift the burden of licensing for AI training data from creators to AI companies. This and much more in our weekly roundup of our blog posts, case summaries, and top IP developments in the country and the world. […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 26 – June 1)

Post on ANI’s latest copyright action – sending copyright strikes to YouTube creators, another perspective on the ANI vs. OpenAI copyright dispute, this time on excessive judicial borrowing and the storage paradox, and Delhi HC’s ‘Andaz Apna Apna’ order with too much, yet too little IP. This and more in our weekly roundup of blog posts, case summaries, and top IP developments in the country and the world. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 19 – May 25)

What is patent quality and why does it matter? – A two-part post defining patent quality, an interim injunction granted under PPVFRA with some glaring errors in the order, and the Calcutta HC’s refusal to hold the 20-Year Patent Term as Unconstitutional! The SpicyIP Summer School Application deadline is also now over. 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

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 12 – May 18)

The SpicyIP Summer School Application deadline has been extended, and a few slots have been opened to those who may have graduated before 2023 as well, and who are looking to get into (or back into) the field of IP and would like to participate in this cohort! A post on the never-ending PPL and licensing fees saga, India-UK FTA and its consequences, and the Indian concept of derivative works from the ANI vs. OpenAI litigation. We have also announced

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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 and logos used in their video content. Add to that – posts on a missed opportunity to clarify Section 3(b) by the Cal HC and the IPO, and the technically all over the place CRI jurisprudence in India. Not to forget – we have

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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 SEP showdown, and the Cryogas v. Inox judgment that misses the Section 52(1)(w) mark. Not to forget – we have begun revealing our faculty and experts for the SpicyIP Summer School. More on this here. Here’s a roundup of our blog posts, case summaries and top IP

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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 and TK Policy draft, and a lot more that has happened in the last week. Add to that – an upcoming post on the big Ustad FW Dagar vs. AR Rahman judgment from the Delhi High Court. Here’s a roundup of our blog posts, case summaries

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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 applications! As we near the end of April, 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 to let us know. Highlights of the Week PPL Cannot

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 7 – April 13)

Keep up with the ever changing world of IP with SpicyIP’s Weekly Review! In the second week of April we have a post looking closely at the Draft CRI Guidelines 2025 (deadline today for submitting comments!), a food for thought post asking: in a world where access to knowledge is increasingly sought, the question isn’t just who gets to read but also what gets read, and why? And an analysis of the Madras HC judgment in Kemin v. Controller of

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 31 – April 6)

Keep up with the ever changing world of IP with SpicyIP’s Weekly Review! Beginning April with a three-part post exposing the alarming lack of transparency surrounding public funds spent on indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccines, a two part post on the latest Kunal Kamra controversy and its copyright implications, and the difficulty in getting cancer related information in India. This and much more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let

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