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Strengthening Innovation: Kerala’s Vision for IPR and TK

/ By / Innovation, Patent, Traditional Knowledge

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 version of the 2025 Policy, SpicyIP Intern Advika Singh Malik highlights its key recommendations and compares it with the previous policy from 2008. Advika is a third-year law student at Symbiosis Law School, Noida. She is interested in pursuing IP and tech litigation. Her […]

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Analysing the Results of Patent Agent Exam 2025

/ By / Patent

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 securing the qualifying marks in Paper I and II. Rajiv is a practicing advocate based in New Delhi. He specialises in IP law, with a focus on high-technology and patent law. His core IP interest areas are the intersection of technology and IP, Indian IP policy, innovation,

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Announcing the SpicyIP Summer School!

/ By / Opportunities

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 School! Designed to empower students to cultivate critical pluralism in approaching Intellectual Property (IP) law and policy, the Summer School aims to break move away from the traditional approach that treats IP in isolation, and rather, positions it as a dynamic governance mechanism that shapes and

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New Twist in the PPL-Azure Tale: Supreme Court Stays the DHC’s Direction to Azure to Pay PPL at the RMPL Rates for its Sound Recordings   

/ By / Copyright

[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 Basheer Essay Competition on IP law.]  To all the interested readers, there is another intriguing update in the Azure-PPL litigation story. Last week, a division bench of the Delhi HC had modified the single bench’s interim injunction passed against Azure Hospitality and on law held that PPL cannot issue licenses without itself

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Beyond Abstract Ideas: Understanding Process Patentability for a Progressive Innovation Ecosystem

/ By / Patent

[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 Patent Act doesn’t mandate that a process patent must always yield a product. So it was a little surprising to see when the Indian Patent Office rejected a process patent application on this ground. Thankfully, setting the record straight the Madras High Court recently corrected this in Robert Bosch

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Vacancies for 2 Advocates in the Office of Swathi Sukumar, Senior Advocate [Apply by April 30, 2025]

/ By / Opportunities

The office of Senior Advocate Swathi Sukumar is looking to retain 2 advocates for her chamber in New Delhi. For more information, see below – Vacancies for 2 Advocates in the Office of Swathi Sukumar, Senior Advocate [Apply by April 30, 2025] Swathi Sukumar, Senior Advocate, is looking to retain two advocates for her chamber in New Delhi.  Candidates must have at least 2 years of litigation experience and good research and writing skills. There will be an oral interview

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[Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

/ By / Copyright, Design

Continuing the discussion on the Supreme Court’s decision in Cryogas Equipment Private Limited v. Inox India Limited and Others, Aditya Bhargava writes on the question of “functional utility” and how it informs the two pronged test by the Court. Aditya is a third-year law student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. His previous posts can be accessed here. [Part II] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design By Aditya Bhargava In the first part of

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[Part I] Cryogas Judgment: Supreme Court Stops Copyright from ‘Gaslighting’ Design

/ By / Copyright, Design

Breaking down the key parts of the Supreme Court’s decision in Cryogas Equipment Private Limited v. Inox India Limited and Others, Aditya Bhargava discusses the jurisprudence on the difference between copyright and industrial designs and the two-pronged test to distinguish between the two intellectual properties adopted by the Court in this case. In Part II of the post, he’ll discuss the question of “functional utility”. Although the post points out that the Court has not discussed Section 52(1)(w) of the

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PPL Cannot Issue Licenses for Sound Recordings Without Being Registered as a Copyright Society: DHC

/ By / Copyright

In an order contrasting with the previous decisions on the issue, a DHC DB has held that PPL cannot issue or grant licences for sound recordings without registering itself as a copyright society or becoming a member of any registered copyright society. In this long post, Kartik Sharma explains the judgement and its implications in light of Section 31 (1) of the Copyright Act. Kartik is a fourth-year student at the National Law School of India University and was the

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Call for Applications: TWN and IUCIPRS Workshop on Patent Oppositions (June 12-16)

/ By / Courses & Workshops

TWN and IUCIPRS, CUSAT are inviting applications from IP professionals working in the generic pharmaceutical sector to apply for a five-day residential workshop on patent opposition. The workshop is scheduled for 12–16 June 2025 at IUCIPRS, CUSAT, Kochi, Kerala. There are no registration fees, and the travel, accommodation, and food expenses will be fully sponsored by the organisers. For more details, please take a look at their call for applications below:- Call for Applications: TWN and IUCIPRS Workshop on Patent

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