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Screenwriters Rights Association of India Gets Registered as a Copyright Society

/ By / Copyright

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Aditi Agrawal. Aditi is a final-year B.A., LL.B (IPR Hons.) student at The ICFAI University, Dehradun.] After years of advocacy by screenwriters seeking better protection and management of their creative rights, the Screenwriters Rights Association of India (SRAI) has been finally registered as a Copyright Society (Reg. No. CS/06/2024) under Section 33(3) of the Copyright Act, 1957. This comes as the Central Government recently granted the Screenwriters Rights Association of India (SRAI) […]

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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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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 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: 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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Formulation/Composition Claims and Section 3(d): Analyzing the Utidelone Pre-grant Opposition Order

/ By / Patent

In light of the recent UTIDELONE patent grant order by the Indian Patent Office, Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan analyses the tactic to present a pharmaceutical invention as a composition to overcome Section 3(d) scrutiny and how this could be bad in law. Bharathwaj is a 3rd year LLB Student at RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur, and loves books and IP. His previous posts can be accessed here. Formulation/Composition Claims and Section 3(d): Analyzing the Utidelone Pre-grant Opposition Order By Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan “Name of the game

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Call for Submissions: NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) Vol. 15 [Submissions by March 31, 2025]

/ By / Opportunities

We are pleased to announce that  NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting submissions for its 15th Volume. The last date for submission of entries is March 31, 2025.  For further details, please read their call and the guidelines below- Call for Papers: The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (Vol.15) The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is the flagship intellectual property law journal of NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. IJIPL is India’s first student-run journal that is wholly

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Comments Invited to Revise the ABS Guidelines, 2014 (December 17)

/ By / Biological Diversity

The National Biodiversity Authority has invited comments to revise the Guidelines on Access to Biological Resources and Associated Knowledge and Benefits Sharing Regulations, 2014 better known as the ABS Guidelines, 2014. The notice has cited the recent amendments to the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (see here) and Biological Diversity Rules, 2004 (see here) as the reason to revise the 2014 guidelines but does not specify who the signatory officer is or when the notice was published online. The comments are

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