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

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[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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A two-panel meme in the style of the "This Is Fine" comic. The top panel has text: "When the Court relies on the Plaintiff's in-house lab report for scientific evidence...". The bottom panel shows a cartoon dog calmly sitting at a table in a room engulfed in flames. The dog says, “Tests? Crop guidelines? Independent expert? Nah, this is fine.” Below the image, a caption reads: "🔥 Scientific rigour left the chat."

Interim Injunction Granted under PPVFRA!

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Perhaps for the first time, a Hyderabad Court granted an interim injunction application under the PPVFRA. To me, however, the order stands out for all the wrong reasons. The Court, in deciding the injunction, relies solely on the Plaintiff’s in-house laboratory to prima facie decide infringement. It omitted to appoint a scientific expert u/s. 66 of the Act while deciding crucial scientific questions. It further failed to delineate the parameters for deciding an interim injunction application under the PPVFFRA. In

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SpicyIP 2024 Year End Review

A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2024

/ By / Biological Diversity, Competition Law, Copyright, Geographical Indication, Innovation, Others, Patent, Plant Variety Protection, Privacy, Trade Secret, Trademark, Traditional Knowledge

[This post is authored by – Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan, Md. Sabeeh Ahmad, Aishani Chatterjee, Swaraj Barooah, and Praharsh Gour with research inputs from Aarav Gupta, Tejas Misra, Aditi Bansal, Mansi Bhatia, Yukta Chordia, Bhuwan Sarine, Shravya Pandre, Deepali Vashist, and Malavika S. Nair.] 2024 has been an explosive year for IP developments in India, with more IP divisions coming up in different High Courts, an increasing number of IP registrations and an overall higher degree of attention on IP issues in

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Another IPD Incoming: Himachal Pradesh HC Notifies IPR Division Rules

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[This post is authored by Md. Sabeeh Ahmad. His previous posts can be accessed here.] The Himachal Pradesh High Court seems to be the latest addition to the list of Courts with a separate IPR Division, as it has notified its Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2022. Turns out that the Rules have been out for a while now and were notified on July 8, 2024. This makes HP High Court 4th after Delhi High Court, Madras High Court, and Calcutta

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New Roster Out: Welcome Calcutta HC Intellectual Property Rights Division

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[This post is authored by Md. Sabeeh Ahmad. Sabeeh is an Advocate and is a law graduate from AMU, Aligarh. His previous posts can be accessed here.] The Calcutta High Court has on October 8, 2024, notified the new roster of judges. Most noticeably and for the interest of our readers, the Cal HC has also notified the roster for the newly formed Intellectual Property Rights Appellate Division and Intellectual Property Rights Division with effect from November 4, 2024. Readers will

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Calcutta High Court Notifies IPD Rules: A Quick Comparison 

/ By / Copyright, Design, Geographical Indication, Patent, Plant Variety Protection, Trade Secret, Trademark

On September 20, the notification for the Calcutta High Court’s IP Division Rules were published in the Kolkata Gazette, making it the newest High Court, after Delhi and Madras, to have its own dedicated IP Division and relevant Rules. These Rules, officially called as “The Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules of the High Court at Calcutta, 2023”, (Cal HC IPD Rules or Final Rules) are drafted consequent to the abolition of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board via the Tribunal Reforms

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From Bar to Bench: Three Advocates Recommended for the Delhi High Court, with Specific Mention of the IPD in the Collegium Resolution

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On August 21, 2024, names of Mr. Ajay Digpaul, Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, and Ms. Shwetasree Majumder were recommended for appointment as Judges of the Delhi High Court by the Supreme Court Collegium. The names were recommended to the SC Collegium by the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court in consultation with the two senior most judges of the High Court on October 25, 2023. In the detailed 4 page long collegium resolution, the SC Collegium finds the above

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10 Days to the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition Deadline! 

/ By / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Opportunities, Patent, Plant Variety Protection, Trademark, Traditional Knowledge

We hope that our eligible readers are busy with their submissions as only 10 days remain till the deadline for the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition. [Edit: The deadline has now been extended to 28th July, 2024 (11:59 pm IST)]. We have started receiving some fascinating entries and cannot wait to read more pieces! Remember the topic of the essay can be anything related to intellectual property rights – the more creative the better. We encourage participants to take inspiration

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Karnataka High Court Forms a Sub-Committee to Draft IPD Rules

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In an important development, the Karnataka High Court on June 20 released a notification forming a sub-committee to draft rules for establishing an IP Division. The sub-committee comprises Registrar (Judicial), Karnataka High Court (the position is presently held by Mr. E. Rajeeva Gowda)  and Prof. Dr. Arul Scaria, Associate Professor, NLSIU, Bangalore. With this, the Karnataka High Court seems to be the latest High Court on its way to establish a dedicated IP Division. In the gamut of high courts,

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (8 April- 14 April)

/ By / Copyright, Patent, Plant Variety Protection, Trademark

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of posts on the India- EFTA TEPA, AP High Court’s curious findings on fair use, and Delhi High Court’s order imposing INR 1 lakh as damages on Google for failing to disclose information about their corresponding foreign applications. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and Patents Rules Amendment: Compromising Public Accountability and

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