GUI and IP: Here, There and Everywhere!

/ By / Copyright, Design, Others, Overlaps in IP, Patent

Image from here The Calcutta High Court (CalHC) seems poised to resolve the issue of registrability of GUI under the Designs Act (Act) once and for all. In a recent order in Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH v. Controller of Patents (Erbe, IPDAID/22/2024), CalHC has appointed Adv. Adarsh Ramanujan as amicus curiae to assist the Court on a matter, which seems to involve questions on the registrability of GUI under the Designs Act (See Adarsh’s post). This comes at a time when […]

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (06.10.2025)

/ By / Courses & Workshops, Opportunities

Hello and welcome back to Bells & Whistles!I hope you had a joyful Dussehra and Durga Pooja break. As we all settle back into work, I’m kicking off something new — a featured listing “Bell of the Week” each week, where I’ll spotlight a tool, event, or resource in the IP and legal world that caught my eye. BELL OF THE WEEK! This week, I’m featuring IndianKanoon, a free legal search engine created by Sushant Sinha in 2008. What started as a personal initiative

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 29-October 5)

/ By / Copyright, Patent, Trademark

CGPDTM’s list of scientific advisers and DHC’s decision on “use of a mark” in a trademark infringement case concerning Princeton University 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. Rapunzel, Rapunzel, lay down your “lists”: CGPDTM updates the Roll of Scientific Advisers 

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Rapunzel, Rapunzel, lay down your “lists”: CGPDTM updates the Roll of Scientific Advisers 

/ By / Others, Patent

 Image generated by ChatGPT-5 On the 4th of September, 2025, the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) released the updated Roll of Scientific Advisers on the IPIndia website. (See here). In April, 2025, Advika discussed the release of the public notice inviting applications to update the roll of Scientific Advisors, maintained as per Rule 103 of the Patents Rules, 2003. This roll has to be updated every year.   This roll is not just an

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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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