When Everything is a Right, What’s Left? Analysing Rajasthan HC’s Invocation of Article 21 in a Trademark Context

/ By / Trademark

IP and constitutional law are two phrases that you barely encounter together at one place. This rendezvous, however, happened recently where Article 21 of the Indian Constitution was invoked in relation to trademark applications! Apparently the right to a quick trademark examination is a fundamental right! How did we land up here? Read on below. The trigger seems triggering enough. The Rajasthan HC decided a civil writ petition Nirmala Kabra v Registrar of Trade Marks and Anr  seeking direction to […]

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Vasundhra vs Vasundhara: Notes on Section 35 and the Goodwill Question

/ By / Trademark

A division bench of the Delhi High Court recently clarified that a proprietor does not need to use their full name to avail of the Section 35 defence against a trademark infringement action. Explaining the Court’s rationale, Subhalaxmi Mukherjee discusses why associating the identity of a company with the name of the proprietor might be problematic. Subhalaxmi is a third-year B.Sc LL.B. (Hons.) student at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata. She is interested in a

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From Disco Dancer to Dream Girl 2: Bollywood’s Copyright Dance in Court

/ By / Copyright

Discussing the Disco Dancer and Dream Girl 2 decisions by the Bombay High Court, Aali Jaiswal explains how the Copyright Act, 1957, distinguishes between exclusive rights under Section 14 and the limits on protection under Section 13. Aali is a third year B.A.LL.B student at Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow. Her primary areas of interest lie in Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law. From Disco Dancer to Dream Girl 2: Bollywood’s Copyright Dance in Court By Aali

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 25 – August 31)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

5 years of the SciHub saga, multiple orders, and finally a blocked SciHub – a deep dive into the twists and turns of the case. A post discussing Benjamin Sobel’s paper on Copyright Accelerationism and another on the Supreme Court’s order on post-sale confusion. This and a lot more on last week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week The SciHub Saga! Miles to Go While

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Analysing the Mankind Pharma Order through the lens of the Modi Pharma Case on the ‘Family of Marks Doctrine’

/ By / Trademark

[This post is authored by Bhavya Gupta. Bhavya is a third year BA. LLB student at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. Her academic and professional interests lie in corporate law, intellectual property, competition law and international arbitration.] The Delhi High Court recently in Mankind Pharma Ltd. v. Ram Kumar M/s Dr. Kumars Pharmaceuticals (C.O. (COMM.IPD-TM) 566/2022) ordered for the cancellation of the “UNKIND” mark in Class 35, providing a useful opportunity to reflect on the judicial reading

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The SciHub Saga! Miles to Go While We Sleep

/ By / Copyright

The Delhi High Court, on 19th August, decided to block access to Sci-Hub and Sci-Net, two prominent online shadow libraries. Bharathwaj, in a short post, has provided a quick overview of this case. The facts of the case and surrounding history can be found here. The case has been discussed on the blog earlier here, here, here, and here. The current outcome, was to say the least, on expected lines, even if the method it reached here raises questions. So,

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Notes From Doctoral Diary: TACIP, Turku (20 – 21 August 2025)

/ By / Copyright

Every once in a while, one happens to be at an academic gathering that feels less like a “conference” and more like a genuine coming together of minds, hearts, and histories. Yes. And TACIP, 2025, held in the strikingly serene city of Turku, in Finland, was one such experience for me. TACIP stands for Technical Assistance as an Enabler of the Constitutionalising of Intellectual Property Norms in Africa. (Quite a mouthful term, isn’t it …?) For context, TACIP is a

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[SpicyIP Tidbit] From Travel to Trouble: The Yatra Online vs. Mach Conferences Tussle

/ By / Trademark

[The post is authored by Subhalaxmi Mukherjee. Subhalaxmi is a third-year B.Sc LL.B. (Hons.) student at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata. She is interested in a wide range of public and commercial law subjects, including intellectual property, gender rights, and international arbitration. Her previous posts can be accessed here.] In a decision delivered on August 22, 2025, the Delhi High Court ruled against Yatra Online (plaintiff), holding that the disputed “Yatra” mark was both generic and

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[SpicyIP Tidbit] A Heavy Dose of Litigation: Novo Nordisk sees Litigation from Natco over Semaglutide

/ By / Drug Regulation, Patent

Novo Nordisk’s blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy (semaglutide) continues to trigger a complex litigation landscape in India. The Danish innovator already has two civil suits pending against Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) and OneSource Specialty Pharma Ltd (OSSPL). The first, C.O.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 9/2025, seeks revocation of a patent and has so far seen only four hearings with routine interim orders. The second, CS(COMM) 565/2025, was instituted in anticipation of Novo’s Indian launch and is more high-stakes: on 29 May 2025, the Single Bench

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Figuring Out the Correct CRI Guidelines by Looking at Google LLC v The Controller of Patents

/ By / Patent

The Calcutta High Court recently upheld the Controller’s rejection of a patent application based on the old 2017 CRI Guidelines. In examining the order, Shailraj Jhalnia writes about the nature of these guidelines and whether the Controller and the Court’s reliance on the older version was justified. Shailraj is a third year law student pursuing B.A. LL.B. from National Law School of India University, Bangalore, with a keen interest in IP Law, Arbitration and Criminal Law. His previous posts can

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