Princeton’s Partial Win: Rethinking Use, Reputation, and Remedies in Trademark Cases

/ By / Trademark

On the Delhi High Court’s recent decision restraining Vagdevi Educational Society from using ‘Princeton’ for any new educational institutions, Anushka Kanabar writes about the Court’s interpretation of ‘use of a mark’ and the application of the transborder reputation principle in this case. Anushka is a fourth-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National Law School of India University. Her previous posts can be accessed here. Princeton’s Partial Win: Rethinking Use, Reputation, and Remedies in Trademark Cases By Anushka Kanabar The Delhi […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 22-September 28)

/ By / Copyright, Patent, Trademark

Delhi High Court’s decision to set aside an interim injunction against ace composer AR Rahman, posts on recent orders by the High Court on Jolly LLB 3 and Wow Momos, and a regular roundup of free or low-cost IP events, along with fellowships, jobs, and scholarships that we think might be useful. 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

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (29.09.2025)

/ By / Courses & Workshops, Opportunities

Hello again, and welcome back to SpicyIP Bells and Whistles! We hope you enjoyed last week’s inaugural roundup of IP events and opportunities. This week, we’re back with a fresh batch of happenings: from webinars and workshops to internships, curated to keep you in the loop with the latest in the Indian and global IP landscape. Remember: we’re just your friendly IP scouts. Unless we say otherwise, none of these events are run or endorsed by us. Our role here is

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Delhi High Court to WOW Momo: No Monopoly Over “WOW”

/ By / Trademark

[This post is authored by Anushka Kamabar. Anushka is a fourth-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National Law School of India University. Her previous posts can be accessed here.] In its decision on September 12, 2025 , the Delhi High Court declined to grant an interim injunction to WOW Momo Foods Pvt. Ltd. against the defendants, intending to trade as ‘WOW BURGER’. The Court’s reasoning reiterates trademark principles on non-distinctiveness, the sanctity of disclaimers, and the importance of approaching the

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Before the Box Office: Analyzing the Pre-Release Dynamic Injunction for Jolly LLB 3

/ By / Copyright

[This post is authored by Riddhi Yogesh Bhutada. Riddhi is a final-year law student at School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), with a focused interest in Intellectual Property Law and Media and Entertainment Law. She enjoys reading and writing on how intellectual property interacts with other disciplines. Her previous posts can be accessed here.] The Delhi High Court, on 12th September 2025 granted a ‘dynamic + injunction’ to JioStar India Private Limited, for the Bollywood film Jolly LLB 3, one

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DHC allows AR Rahman’s Appeal- Authorship is Composed not Performed!

/ By / Copyright

Image from here. The Division Bench (DB) of Delhi HC has given us a well-reasoned and hard hitting order on the interplay of copyright law and Indian classical music. In the highly publicized copyright battle between Ustaad Faiyas Wasifuddin Dagar and AR Rahman, the DB has reversed the single bench’s (SB)  ruling that had held AR Rahman’s song ‘Veera Raja Veera’ from Ponniyin Selvan 2 to be prima facie infringing Ustaad Dagar’s (who was the plaintiff) copyright in the classical

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (22.09.2025)

/ By / Courses & Workshops, Opportunities

Welcome to our new periodic: SpicyIP Bells and Whistles! With IP awareness increasing and with more and more events, opportunities and interests developing, we thought we’d try to help our readers stay in touch with events and opportunities going on! Each week, we’ll be rounding up IP events which are free or nominally charged from India and around the world that we think our readers might enjoy. Alongside these, you’ll also find a curated list of exciting opportunities: fellowships, jobs,

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 15- September 21)

/ By / Copyright, Patent, Trademark

A peek behind the curtains of the Patent Amendment Rules, 2024; discussion on the recent DHC orders regarding personality rights of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Karan Johar; And the DHC decision on cross examination in post-grant oppositions. 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 Part I: A Peek Behind the Curtains of the Patent Amendment Rules 2024

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What’s in a name? Money, Fame and Publicity Rights

/ By / Trademark

Delhi High Court, continuing with its problematic jurisprudence on personality rights, has picked up right where it left off. Recently, it issued injunctions against individuals/entities selling T-shirts, coffee mugs, wallpapers and posters bearing the image/name of Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Bachchan, and Karan Johar. This, as the Court writes, creates a ‘perception of endorsement.’ With due respect, to me, this is beyond ludicrous. However, as I show, for the DHC, this is no laughing matter. In the past few years, Courts have grown increasingly aggressive

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Right to Integrity in Indian Courts: A Case for an Objective Standard

/ By / Copyright

Proposing a counter to the subjective standard for protecting an author’s right to integrity, Adyasha Samal suggests an objective assessment that considers the context and surrounding factors of the offending act, with the aim of promoting creative freedom. Adyasha is a Researcher at the Institute for European Tort Law, Vienna, and a former SpicyIP Fellow. Her previous posts can be accessed here. She would like to thank Swaraj for his inputs on the post. Right to Integrity in Indian Courts:

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