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Royalty Raja’s Reformation of the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 

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In light of the different copyright litigations involving musical maestro Ilaiyaraja, Nivedita Krishnakumar argues for a purposive interpretation of the royalty-sharing provisions provided through the Copyright Amendment Act 2012. In her submission for the SpicyIP-jhana Blogpost Writing Competition 2025, she argues that the 2012 amendment must be seen as a remedial statute, making an argument for a retrospective effect of the royalty sharing provisions within the 2012 amendment. Nivedita Krishnakumar is a second-year law student at Rajiv Gandhi National University […]

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Beyond PDFs and Portals: Building ‘Explainable IP’ for a Transparent and Inclusive Indian Innovation Ecosystem

/ By / Copyright, Patent

While India’s IP system has made significant strides in digital accessibility, Rushil Verma, in his submission for the SpicyIP–Jhana Blogpost Writing Competition 2025, explains how it continues to fall short on intelligibility. He suggests that integrating “Explainable IP” could help transform patent and trademark databases from mere document repositories into inclusive, user-centric public knowledge systems. Rushil is a fourth-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at Symbiosis Law School, Pune, with a focused academic and professional interest in Intellectual Property Law. Beyond

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 23 – March 1)

/ By / Biological Diversity, Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

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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The Bad “Karma” of Interim Measures- Analysing NIPEKM’s Potential Long-term Impacts

/ By / Copyright, Trademark

As part of the continuing saga of the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) trying to clear the huge pendency of applications, the National IP Pendency Elimination Karma-Mission (NIPEKM) was launched through an office circular on February 17, 2026. Priyam argues that thecircular, though rather ambitious, falls into the same pitfalls as earlier (failed) attempts at reducing pendency. Priyam is a third-year student at NLSIU, Bengaluru and is deeply interested in IP and Data

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 16 – February 22)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

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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Are You a-live Performer? A Question to Studio Recordist

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In a new guest post, Rajesh Kumar and Akanksha Badika discuss Section 2(q) and the relevance of the word “live” in defining what legally constitutes performance. By applying the statutory rules of interpretation, they conclude that the qualifier “live” limits the scope of what constitutes performance to live performances and not studio performances. Rajesh Kumar works as the Head of Legal, and Akanksha Badika works as the Senior Legal Manager at Bhansali Productions, Mumbai (a film production house). Their practice

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 9 – February 15)

/ By / Competition Law, Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

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)

/ By / Copyright, Design, Others, Patent, Trademark

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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Comments to the DPIIT on their GenAI – Copyright Working Paper 1

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As most in the IP world would’ve noticed over the last two months, there’s been much discussion around the Working Paper on Generative AI and Copyright (Part 1), with its ambitious subtitle “One Nation One License One Payment – Balancing AI Innovation and Copyright”. The 125 page report (available here) is focused on ‘the legal issues relating to the use of copyright-protected works as training data for GenAI systems’, while part 2 (yet to be published) will focus on ‘the

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 26 – February 1)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

Entering February by announcing the second edition of the SpicyIP Summer School in 2026! A three part book review of “Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia“, edited by Dr. Pratyush Nath Upreti. 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 Announcing the Second Edition of the SpicyIP Summer School (2026) After an incredible

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