Innovation

Applications Open for the SpicyIP Summer School 2026! 

/ By / Innovation, Opportunities

We’re thrilled to announce that Applications for the SpicyIP Summer School 2026 are open! Following the success of our inaugural edition last year (see event report here, and video testimonials here), we’re looking to continue our foray into the offline space, focusing on cultivating critical pluralism in approaching IP law and policy, particularly as it relates to innovation and progress.  This year’s theme “Rethinking IP: Foundations, Faults, and Futures” takes cognizance of the changing times we’re in and will push participants to […]

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The Illusion of Innovation: Looking at the Galgotias University Patents

/ By / Innovation, Patent

Arguing that India’s patent regime is being distorted by seemingly flawed incentives, Kartikeya Srivastava explains how the NIRF’s publication-focused metrics have turned patent filings into a numbers game divorced from genuine innovation. Through a close reading of two contrasting Galgotias University patents, he highlights a structural system that risks rewarding low-quality filings. Kartikeya is a final-year law student in the LL.B. course at NLSIU Bangalore. He also has a B. Sc. degree in Biology. Having freelanced as a patent research

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2025

/ By / Competition Law, Copyright, Data Exclusivity, Design, Drug Regulation, Geographical Indication, Innovation, Patent, Plant Variety Protection, Podcast, Trade Secret, Trademark

[This post is completely human authored 🙂 These humans include – Praharsh Gour, Vasundra Koul, Arshiya Gupta, and Vikram Raj Nanda. Selection and Supervision by- Praharsh Gour, Swaraj Paul Barooah, and Bharathwaj RamakrishnanResearch Inputs from Yohann Titus Mathew, Riddhi Yogesh Bhutada, Ayush Shetty, Sumit Kumar Singh, Shailraj Jhalnia, Himanshu Mishra, Bhavya Gupta, Aali Jaiswal, Anushka Kanabar, Srishti Gaur, Arshya Wadhwa, and Daanish Naithani.] 2025 was quite an eventful year. On the judicial side, we saw a variety of novel developments, such

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Dead Assets in a Digital Economy: Why Online Gaming Licences Should Be Treated Like IP

/ By / Copyright, Innovation, Trademark

Examining how non-transferable online gaming licences function as core digital assets yet lose economic value due to rigid regulatory constraints, Srija Singh highlights a critical gap in the current framework. In her submission for the SpicyIP- jhana blogpost writing competition, she argues that these approvals should be treated as IP-like intangible assets to preserve enterprise value and foster innovation in India’s digital economy. Srija is a final-year law student at Amity Law School, Noida, with a research interest in intellectual

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Delhi High Court Risdiplam DB Judgement: A Few More Thoughts

/ By / Innovation, Others, Patent

Image from here [The post is co-authored with Praharsh Gour with research assistance from Vikram Nanda.] The Delhi High Court’s recent Risdiplam DB judgement refused to interfere with the Single Judge’s order rejecting Roche’s interim injunction application against Natco. It was alleged by the Swiss Pharma manufacturer that Natco infringed its Risdiplam patent- IN 334397 (Suit Patent). The decision, passed by a bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Ajay Digpaul, will enable access to affordable orphan drugs for

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Raanjhanaa on the Big Screen (Again): Analysing the IPR Issues Triggered by An AI-Generated Ending

/ By / Copyright, Innovation

[A big thanks to Lokesh for his inputs in the post] The impending re-release of Raanjhanaa on August 1, 2025, with an AI-generated alternate ending, has reignited the long-standing tension between ownership and authorship. At a time when AI continues to be viewed with scepticism, especially within creative industries, this development adds another layer to the growing unease around artistic integrity. This isn’t the first time AI has stirred controversy in entertainment. I recall covering a similar flashpoint last year,

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Keeping Up with The (GM) Crops: Comments and Caveats on the GEAC’s Punjab GM Crop Trials

/ By / Innovation

[A big thanks to Daanish Naithani for his inputs in the post.] If you were following the Genetically Modified (GM) crops dilemma last year but failed to keep up over the past year, don’t worry. Fortunately (and unfortunately, when seen in the broader scope), you haven’t really missed much. In July last year, as covered here on the blog, the Supreme Court (SC) delivered a split verdict on the commercial sale of Genetically Modified Mustard (GM Mustard) in India in

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Hear! Hear! Prizes Worth Crores for Bringing New Blood into Sickle Cell Innovation 

/ By / Innovation

Explaining the Ministry of Tribal Affairs’ initiative- Bhagwan Birsa Munda Prize for Development of Drug for Sickle Cell Disease, Arnav Kaman discusses the prize model of incentivising innovation. Arnav is a 3rd Year Law student from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. He’s interested in Narratives and the Law. His previous post can be accessed here.   Hear! Hear! Prizes Worth Crores for Bringing New Blood into Sickle Cell Innovation  By Arnav Kaman In the eyes of the patent system for

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A Stumble on the Tightrope?: How the Delhi High Court’s Ruling in Zeria Pharmaceuticals Could Stifle Innovation

/ By / Innovation, Patent

The Delhi High Court recently dismissed an appeal against the Controller’s order rejecting a patent for an intermediate on the grounds of Section 3(d). Analysing the Court’s decision, SpicyIP intern Ayush Shetty argues how the Court might have erred in applying the provision by comparing the intermediate with the final product. Ayush is a fourth-year law student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, with a keen interest in patent law. A Stumble on the Tightrope? How the

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Announcing the SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy Fellows 2025!

/ By / Innovation, Opportunities, Others

After a terrific response to our call for applications for the SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy  Fellowship we are pleased to announce the selected Fellows – Ambika Aggarwal and Karthika Rajmohan. The fellowship was made possible by a generous grant from the FOSS United Foundation, a non-profit that aims at promoting & strengthening the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) ecosystem in India. The SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy Fellowship is devised to contribute to the wider discourse of analysis of IP-related

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