Courses & Workshops

SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (06.04.2026)

Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week that’s well worth revisiting. Bell of the Week: Margaret Boden Some bells do not just chime, they make you pause and ask what we really mean. This week’s bell is for Margaret A. Boden, whose work on creativity and artificial intelligence has shaped how we think about […]

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (30.03.2025)

Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week that’s well worth revisiting. Bell of the Week: Fair Dealing Some bells do not just chime, they make space. This week’s bell is for Fair Dealing, a provision within the Copyright Act that enables much of how we read, write, teach and engage with creative works. Unlike

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (23.03.2026)

Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week that’s well worth revisiting. Bell of the Week: The Internet Some bells do not just chime, they connect. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how people search for answers when the usual systems fail them. In Diagnosis, based on Lisa Sanders’ column in The New York Times, patients with rare,

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TWN- IUCIPRS Workshop on Patent Opposition in Pharmaceutical Field (Apply by 31 March)

Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT, and Third World Network are organising the 7th edition of their workshop titled ‘Patent Opposition in the Pharmaceutical Field’ from 28 May- 1 June, 2026. Last date to apply is 31 March, 2026. Read on below for their announcement. TWN- IUCIPRS Workshop on Patent Opposition in Pharmaceutical Field (Apply by 31 March) Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT, and Third World Network are collaboratively organising the seventh edition of the workshop titled ‘Patent Opposition in

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (16.03.2026)

Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week that’s well worth revisiting. Bell of the Week: India and the Patent Cooperation Treaty Some bells do not just chime, they redraw the map. This week’s bell is for India’s accession to the Patent Cooperation Treaty in 1998, a moment that subtly but significantly reshaped how Indian innovation

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (09.03.2026)

Hi everyone, welcome back to Bells & Whistles! Before we get to this week’s bell, just a quick reminder in case you missed it on the blog, applications for the SpicyIP Summer School 2026 are now open. The summer school will take place June 20 – 28th in Whitefield, Bengaluru, and it’s shaping up to be another really exciting edition. If you’ve been meaning to apply, this might be a good moment to hop over and check out the announcement post. Please keep an

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (03.03.2026)

Ramadan Mubarak and Happy Holi!  Coming back to Bells & Whistles, this week marked the final round of SpicyIP – CIPAM, DPIIT’s National Blog Writing Competition held on 27th Feb at Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi with a stellar panel of judges – Justice Prabha Sridevan, Dr. Zakir Thomas,  Ms. Shwetasree Majumder and Prof. (Dr.) V K Unni. NLU Delhi’s team of Priysha Malviya Arjit Bansal and Khyati Chaturvedi brought the trophy home! And the team of Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (23.02.2026)

Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles.As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week that’s well worth revisiting. Bell of the Week: Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 Some bells don’t just chime, they rewrite the terms of who gets to be heard. This week, we’re ringing the bell for the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012. Often spoken about in doctrinal terms, the 2012 amendment marked

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (16.02.2026)

Welcome back to another week of Bells and Whistles. We’re starting this week with some exciting updates from the SpicyIP community! The finalists for the first National Policy Brief Competition on Intellectual Property and Innovation have now been announced. Congratulations are in order for everyone who has been shortlisted. Click here to know more about it! Also SpicyIP Summer School 2026 is opening for applications soon so kindly mark your calendars for June 20-28th of 2026. And with that, let’s ring this week’s bell!

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (09.02.2026)

Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week that’s well worth revisiting. Bell of the Week: Professor Anil Gupta Some bells don’t just chime, they change what we choose to hear. This week’s Bell of the Week is Prof. Anil Gupta, the mind behind the Honey Bee Network, who gently but powerfully shifted the lens of

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