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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 19 – January 25)

/ By / Copyright, Drug Regulation, Geographical Indication, Others, Patent, Trademark

This Weekly Review is authored by Md. Sabeeh Ahmad. Entering the final week of January with the announcement of Pre-finalists for 1st National Policy Brief Competition on IP & Innovation! A post on the recent Zydus v. ER Squibb clarifying biosimilarity is not infringement. A post on the Madras HC’s decision in Rangaraj and Kamal Hassan, shifting India’s personality-rights jurisprudence. This and much more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 12 – January 18)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

A post critiquing the Bombay HC judgment in Anand Khosla on the arbitrability of IP disputes. Does the DHC’s reaffirmation in Zydus v. Controller that patent examination and pre-grant opposition operate in different parallel raise concerns about natural justice? A post discussing the same. And another post examining DHC’s decision in Pearl Engineering v. Philips concerning stay of money decrees. This and much more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Caution! Trade Marks Protection through Online Service Providers

/ By / Others, Trademark

Through a public notice issued on January 7, 2026, the Office of the Controller General Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (“CGPDTM”) cautioned popular online registration services including “makeinindia.com”, “cleartax.in”, “startupwala.com” against advertising and solicitation of prospective applicants or clients through digital and online platforms. These entities reach out to stakeholders, offering assistance in trademark registration (brand names, logos, slogans, icons, etc.) through online services. The CGPDTM clarified that the abovementioned entities are neither “Registered Trade Mark Agents” nor “Advocates” under

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Online Symposium on the Book “IP Debates in South Asia” (17th Jan)

/ By / Event, Others, Publication

In one of the first works of its kind, a recent publication edited by the wonderful Dr Pratyush Nath Upreti (Queens University, Belfast), brought together a number of IP scholars to examine the IP developments and debates that have taken place in South Asia. As Prof Gangjee notes in the forward, “a central aim of this book is to document current initiatives and imagine future possibilities for creating more equitable and inclusive intellectual property regimes across the regime”. He emphasises

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 5 – January 11)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

More on the DPIIT Working Paper on AI and Copyright – a post on lawful access while ignoring copyright law and a two-part post arguing that Copyright law is ill-suited to address labour displacement caused by GenAI! A post critically examining the DHC’s sweeping judgement on Domain Names. This and much more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week DPIIT Working Report: Lawful

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DPIIT Working Report: Lawful Access while ignoring Copyright Law

/ By / Copyright, Others

When I was reading the DPIIT working paper on AI & Copyright, my mind instantly went back to Bartz v Anthropic. To be specific, I recalled the following lines from the judgement- “The downloaded pirated copies used to build a central library were not justified by a fair use.” As Ed Lee explained here, Bartz did not consider it relevant whether the pirated copies would be used for transformative use. The fact that a central library was built using pirated books disqualified Anthropic from using fair use as a defence.

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Tariff-Secrecy Double Bind: How Global Trade Rules Undermine Pharmaceutical Access In The Global South

/ By / Data Exclusivity, Others

Examining the growing structural gap between TRIPS’ public-health objectives and the contemporary political economy of pharmaceuticals, Tanya Verma in her entry for the SpicyIP-jhana Blogpost Writing Competition, argues that tariff regimes and expanding trade-secret protections together create a “double bind” that constrains the Global South’s ability to both import and manufacture medicines. Tanya is a fifth year student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Tariff-Secrecy Double Bind: How Global Trade Rules Undermine Pharmaceutical Access In The Global

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When General Powers Swallow Special Design: A Critique of Surinder Kumar Case of the DHC

/ By / Others

Did the Delhi High Court compromise on doctrine while maximising outcome? Discussing some knotty procedural law, Arshiya Gupta examines DHC’s decision in Shri Surinder Kumar v. Registrar of Copyrights and argues how it collapses a carefully designed special procedural regime in favour of general transfer powers. Arshiya is a third-year law student at National Law University, Delhi, with a keen inclination towards PIL, IPR, and criminal law. When General Powers Swallow Special Design: A Critique of Surinder Kumar Case of the

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 29 – January 4)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

Starting 2026 with India’s top IP developments of 2025! 3 new posts for our readers, criticising the DPIIT AI-Copyright Working Paper. A post on the SHANTI Act, the possibility of getting patents for peaceful uses of nuclear energy. This and much more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2025  What a year it

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Final Countdown for the SpicyIP-Jhana Blogpost Writing Competition 2025! Submissions close on December 30

/ By / Event, Opportunities, Others

Dear IP enthusiasts, we have received some really great and engaging entries for the SpicyIP-Jhana Blogpost Writing Competition. If you still haven’t sent your submission yet, this is the chance to do so! The deadline is 11:59 PM IST on 30th December. To remind again, the participants are welcome to write on any topic relevant to the Indian IP landscape that helps foster a more transparent, collaborative, and productive IP/innovation ecosystem for India. All entries must utilise jhana.ai in at

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