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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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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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Spicy IP Weekly Review (December 22- December 28)

/ By / Copyright, Patent, Trademark

This weekly review is authored by Vikram Raj Nanda.  From ‘bulldozer justice’ entering the Gen-AI copyright debate to courts pushing back against overbroad foreign discovery requests, this week brought some sharp IP questions to the fore. Also, if you still haven’t sent your submission yet for the SpicyIP-Jhana Blogpost Writing Competition, this is the chance to do so! The deadline is 11:59 PM IST on 30th December. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment and let us know.

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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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SpicyIP Tidbit: “Instant” Karma? Delhi High Court Flags Suppression of Material Facts in the Instant Bollywood Dispute

/ By / Trademark

[This post is authored by Pranjali Bhatt. Pranjali is a third-year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) student at National Law University Delhi, with a keen interest in trademark and copyright law.] Can a court still grant interim relief after holding that the petitioner suppressed relevant and material facts? The Delhi High Court(DHC) recently responded to this question in Mandeep Singh v. Shabir Momin & Ors, by granting the petitioner, Mandeep Singh, founder of ‘INSTANT BOLLYWOOD’, interim relief despite finding suppression, after imposing

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 15-December 21)

/ By / Copyright, Patent, Trademark

This weekly review is authored by Vikram Raj Nanda. From unpacking the ‘laconic’ order of the IPO in Tapas Chatterjee, to the resurfacing of data exclusivity debates amidst the India–US FTA talks, and flagging trade secret concerns in the Sanchar Saathi application – this week had it all. Also, the 11th Episode of the SpicyIP Podcast Summer School Edition is now live on the YouTube Channel. In this Episode Sonisha sits with Mr. Ashwani Balayan where they talk about his

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The Fault in Our Fame – MP High Court Upholds the Release of ‘Haq’

/ By / Others, Trademark

Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed the petition of Siddiqua Begum, daughter of Shah Bano Begum, to stop the release of the film ‘Haq’. Explaining the order, Vasundra Koul argues that this creates a faulty hierarchy of protection based on one’s fame. Vasundra is a fourth-year student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab, with a keen interest in Intellectual Property and Commercial Law. She enjoys writing on the evolving intersections of law, media, and technology. Her previous posts

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 8 – December 14)

/ By / Biological Diversity, Copyright, Opportunities, Others, Patent, Trademark, Traditional Knowledge

The SpicyIP Podcast Episode 10 with Sheja Ehtesham is now live on our YouTube channel. Deadline for the 1st National Policy Brief Competition by SpicyIP and CIPAM, DPIIT has been extended to 21st December, 2025. Why we should stop using the word ‘technical’ when we talk about Section 3(k)? 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 The SpicyIP TV

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Gone Goodwill?: Analysing Trademark Abandonment and Goodwill Destruction in the Yezdi Order of Karnataka HC Division Bench

/ By / Trademark

IP nerds and bike enthusiasts (brownie points if you are both!) will recall the controversy around Yezdi motorbikes between Boman R Irani and the Official Liquidator (OL) of Ideal Jawa (India) Ltd. over the mark ‘Yezdi’. Amidst the continuing hype around the revival of the famous Jawa and Yezdi bikes, people were wondering: Who actually holds the right over the bike name Yezdi? Irani’s father had established Ideal Jawa which sold the famous motorbike. However, the company later went into

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Garden of God or Garden of Confusion? Analysing the DHC’s Karim Decision

/ By / Trademark

Recently, a DHC Division Bench allowed a Moradabad-based restaurant to continue using Gulshan-e-Karim, subject to a mandatory disclaimer stating that the establishment had no connection with New Delhi’s Karims restaurant chain. Analysing the Court’s findings on what it labelled “innocent infringement,” initial interest confusion, and the anti-dissection rule, Vikram Nanda explains what the judgment has to offer for the Indian trademark regime. Vikram Raj Nanda is a third year student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru with a

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