Geographical Indication

When Fashion ‘MET’ Culture: But Saving Traditional Craft Takes More Than A Red Carpet Tribute!!

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The spectacle of Indian craftsmanship at this year’s Met Gala has sparked renewed conversations around cultural pride, artisanal heritage, and fashion’s global fascination with “Indian-inspired” aesthetics. But beneath the celebratory rhetoric lies a more uncomfortable reality: the same industries and personalities being praised for honouring Indian craft are often entangled in systems that marginalise the very artisans they claim to celebrate. The recurring appropriation of traditional textiles and designs raises a deeper question: are these gestures genuine acts of preservation, […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 27- May 3)

/ By / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Patent, Trademark

[This Weekly Review is authored by Naman Singh. Naman is an LLB (Hons.) student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. Having a background in music, film, and media, He enjoys all things at the intersection of IP and law.] The call for applications for SPARC Cohort 1 is now open! This week, marking the end of April, also saw a batch of interesting discussions that ranged from lapsed trademarks, generics production, the needed evolution of the GI tag

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Surat Cut GI tag for Diamond and Terroir: an Unfinished Love Story

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The newly granted Surat Cut diamond GI tag promises to recognise craftsmanship, skill, and one of India’s most remarkable industrial success stories. But can a legal framework built to protect places truly capture value created by mobile communities whose expertise travels across borders? Writing on this development, Niharika Salar explores how the Surat GI both advances and exposes the limits of India’s geographical indications regime, where the real story may be less about land and more about labour. Niharika is

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 20- April 26)

/ By / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Patent, Trademark

After an exciting week of discussion on GIs, ambush marketing, and the right of publicity, here is a round-up of the week with the latest edition of the Weekly Review for April. This week featured discussions on the Delhi High Court’s orders in the Peruvian Pisco appeal and the Allu Arjun personality rights matter. We also had posts on ambush marketing and the IPO’s rejection of Dr. Stephen Thaler’s patent application for a DABUS-invented invention. Are we missing anything? Drop

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It’s the time to Pisco: Delhi HC Dismisses Peru’s GI Hopes Again!

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“A Tale of Two Countries”. That is how the Delhi HC Division Bench (“DB”) described the judgment dated 18th March 2026 in the Appeal by the Embassy of Peru against the July 2025 Pisco decision by Justice Mini Pushkarna. Extensively covered on our blog previously, in travelling through the IPAB and the Delhi HC, the Pisco saga has brought to light the concept of “homonymous GIs” covered under S. 10 of the GI Act. Homonymous GIs are indications that sound/spell

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 16 – March 22)

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(This week’s review is authored by Shubham Thakare. Shubham is currently an intern with SpicyIP. He is a third-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, with an interest in copyright and trademark law.) As we move further into March, this week’s review brings into focus questions around the limits of IP protection over identity, alongside a series of significant judicial developments across trademarks, patents, and copyright. From clarifying the misplaced claim of copyright

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 2 – March 8)

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Applications are now open for the second iteration of the SpicyIP Summer School 2026! 1st National Policy Brief Competition on IP and Innovation 2025 successfully organised by SpicyIP and CIPAM, DPIIT. Can a dead patent be revoked? Post on the Delhi HC’s DB judgment in Boehringer Ingelheim v. Controller of Patents. 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

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The Hidden Stories From Bangalore Habba: Conversations With Artisans Beyond Legal Frameworks

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Bangalore is loved not just for its weather, but also for its vibrant culture. Last week, escaping the usual honking and chaos, I made my way to the third edition of Bangalore Habba, one of the city’s premier arts and culture festivals. Even though I was able to go only on the last day, I found the MIRAAS– traditional art, craft, and textile exhibition particularly compelling. Not often does one get to interact directly with artisans across the country and

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(Part III) Book Review: Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia

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Reviewing Part III of the book- “Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia”, edited by Dr. Pratyush Nath Upreti, Prof. Ishupal Singh Kang engages with how institutions, courts, and practices shape IP governance beyond doctrinal boundaries, bringing questions of gender, access, expertise, and social justice into the frame. Reading the chapters in conversation rather than isolation, Prof. Kang reflects on innovation-centric assumptions, the politics of IP expertise, and the role of South Asian historical narratives in re-imagining IP law and its

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(Part II) Book Review: Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia

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Continuing the discussion on the book- “Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia“, edited by Dr. Pratyush Nath Upreti, Akshat Agrawal reviews part II of the book (Intellectual Property Developments in South Asia) and examines how South Asian IP regimes are shaped and constrained by the imperative to align with TRIPS, often at a high developmental, cultural, and public-interest cost. Discussing the chapters focusing on Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, Akshat highlights how legal transplants, trade pressures, and local

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