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SpicyIP Weekly Review (April 6 – April 12)

April 13, 2026 / By Md Sabeeh Ahmad / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

Entering the second week of April announcing the faculty line up for the SpicyIP Summer School 2026! Two-part post on the purpose of copyright in academic work in the context of Sci-Hub litigation. Another post discussing whether trademark law can be used to reclaim what design law has deliberately released into the public domain? 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? […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 30 – April 5)

April 6, 2026 / By Md Sabeeh Ahmad / Copyright, Design, Others, Patent, Trademark

Beginning April with a rundown of the major IP developments in 2025 on SpicyIP TV! Post on two recent Delhi High Court decisions in Geron and Hirotsu clarifying the boundaries of diagnostic methods exclusion. And another post on the UK Supreme Court’s decision in Emotional Perception AI Limited v Comptroller General of Patents marking a doctrinal shift in how subject-matter eligibility questions regarding computer programmes are evaluated. Case summaries and IP developments from the country and the globe and much

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 23 – March 29)

March 30, 2026 / By Md Sabeeh Ahmad / Copyright, Design, Others, Patent, Trademark

Almost at the end of March with a post on the wonder drug Semaglutide’s patent expiry and its impact in India. Post on the Calcutta HC’s judgment removing subject-matter objections to the registration of GUIs as a design under the Designs Act. Another post on the government-led blocking of 3100+ Telegram channels marking a significant shift in India’s intermediary liability regime and censorship architecture. Case summaries and IP developments from the country and the globe and much more in this

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Sahyog or Suppression? The New Architecture of Intermediary Liability

March 27, 2026 / By SpicyIP / Others

The recent government-led blocking of 3100+ Telegram channels marks a significant shift in India’s intermediary liability regime and censorship architecture. Priyam Mitra examines how this move and the newly created Sahyog Platform erode due process and free speech safeguards. Priyam is a third-year student at NLSIU, Bengaluru, and is deeply interested in IP and Data Protection laws. His previous posts can be accessed here. Sahyog or Suppression? The New Architecture of Intermediary Liability By Priyam Mitra Telegram has been the subject

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 16 – March 22)

March 23, 2026 / By SpicyIP / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Others, Patent, Trademark

(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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Rest in IP: Posthumous Personality Rights in the Age of Deepfakes

March 16, 2026 / By SpicyIP / Others, Privacy

Generative AI has shown that it can bring the dead back to life digitally. This has led to situations in which the identity of a deceased person has been used and misused. Significant questions have arisen about who gets to control the identity of the deceased, to what extent, and the manner in which it is utilised. In that light, in this submission for the SpicyIP–Jhana Blogpost Writing Competition 2025, Krisha Tiya Sahay argues that the identity of a deceased

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 9 – March 15)

March 16, 2026 / By Md Sabeeh Ahmad / Copyright, Design, Others, Patent, Trademark

Midway through March, we approach the colourful spring with a post on Pantone’s latest choice for its annual colour of the year! Another post on understanding fair dealing as a component of the copyright system and not the central axis. Can the Patent Office reject a patent application on one ground and decline to analyse the rest in the name of efficiency? Post discussing Bombay High Court’s ruling in JFE Steel Corporation v. Controller of Patents & Designs. Case summaries

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

March 9, 2026 / By Gaurangi Kapoor / Courses & Workshops, Others

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 Weekly Review (March 2 – March 8)

March 9, 2026 / By Md Sabeeh Ahmad / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Others, Patent, Trademark

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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(Part III) So Open, Yet So Overlooked: A Dive into the World of FOSS

March 7, 2026 / By Srishti Gaur / Others

In the previous two parts, I laid a groundwork for FOSS – the first unpacked the functionality of FOSS and the second examined the murky terrain of software patentability and the challenges it brings. This part will zoom out and address how control over software models a nation’s technological autonomy. Picture this – one fine morning, government personnel log in to their digital workspaces – only to find their cloud accounts deactivated, bringing the everyday digital workflow to a halt.

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