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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

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

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!

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

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 “RiP: A Remix Manifesto” Some bells don’t just ring, they remix. This week, we revisit RiP: A Remix Manifesto (RiP), Brett Gaylor’s documentary that dives into remix culture, copyright and the messy, fascinating relationship between creativity and control in the

Happy Republic Day everyone! 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: Sustainable Seed Innovations Project Some bells don’t just ring, they root themselves in the soil. This week’s Bell of the Week turns to the Sustainable Seed Innovations Project, a UK – India research collaboration that