(Part I) Book Review: Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia

/ By / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Patent, Trademark

“Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia“, edited by Dr. Pratyush Nath Upreti (Reader in Law at the School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast), is a timely and important intervention that brings together scholars from across the region to examine how IP law is shaped by local legal cultures, policy priorities, and socio-economic realities. Covering India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan, the book speaks directly to concerns at the heart of our readership and holds particular significance for us, […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 19 – January 25)

/ By / Copyright, Drug Regulation, Geographical Indication, Others, Patent, Trademark

This Weekly Review is authored by Md. Sabeeh Ahmad. Entering the final week of January with the announcement of Pre-finalists for 1st National Policy Brief Competition on IP & Innovation! A post on the recent Zydus v. ER Squibb clarifying biosimilarity is not infringement. A post on the Madras HC’s decision in Rangaraj and Kamal Hassan, shifting India’s personality-rights jurisprudence. This and much more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (26.01.2026)

/ By / Courses & Workshops, Opportunities

Happy Republic Day everyone! Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week that’s well worth revisiting. Bell of the Week: Sustainable Seed Innovations Project Some bells don’t just ring, they root themselves in the soil. This week’s Bell of the Week turns to the Sustainable Seed Innovations Project, a UK – India research collaboration that

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Announcing the Shortlisted Teams for the Pre-Finals 1st National Policy Brief Competition on Intellectual Property & Innovation 2025!

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After a rigorous round of reviewing several exceptional entries, we are delighted to announce the shortlisted teams for the 1st National Policy Brief Competition on Intellectual Property & Innovation, 2025!  We’re thrilled to say that we received close to 100 entries for this competition! Though we are only able to proceed with a shortlisted lot, we saw several fantastic entries and ideas and do hope that teams, selected or not, will look to further research in this area, be it

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A Course Correction? What Rangaraj and Kamal Haasan Get Right about Personality Rights

/ By / Trademark

In a marked departure from prior personality-rights jurisprudence, the Madras High Court in T. Rangaraj v. Joy Cridzila and Kamal Hassan v. Neeyevidai seems to recalibrate the threshold for injunctive relief by tethering personality rights to demonstrable commercial misappropriation rather than mere unauthorised reference by the defendants. Arjun Ishaan analyses these orders and highlights how, by separating subjective reputational grievance from enforceable legal injury, the Court restores doctrinal discipline to an area increasingly prone to over-expansive claims. Arjun is a

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A Terrorization of the Terroir

/ By / Geographical Indication

As climate change alters the taste, texture, and viability of iconic regional crops, the very idea of terroir is under strain. This raises a pressing legal question: when geography changes, can Geographical Indicators afford to remain static? Responding to this question, in his submission for the SpicyIP jhana Blogpost Competition, Rudra Pandey proposes solutions to the Indian GI regime. Rudra is a B.A. LL.B (Hons.) student at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala. He describes himself as “a part-time law

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (19.01.2026)

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Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles! We’re kicking things off with fresh uploads on SpicyIP TV, including the Book Review Symposium on Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia: Law, Development and Practice (Bloomsbury, 2025) edited by Dr. Pratyush Nath Upreti, with Shama Mahajan, Akshat Agrawal  and Prof. Ishupal Singh Kang as guest speakers (recording available on LinkedIn and YouTube). If you haven’t had a chance to watch yet, consider this your nudge and plenty more that’s waiting for you on the channel.

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Call for Submissions NUALS Intellectual Property Law Review (Vol. VII) [Submit by March 1, 2026]

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The Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi, is inviting submissions for the NUALS Intellectual Property Law Review (Vol. VII). Interested authors can send their submissions by March 1, 2026. For more details, please read their call for papers below. Call for Submissions: NUALS Intellectual Property Law Review (Vol. VII) [Submit by March 1, 2026] The Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS),

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 12 – January 18)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

A post critiquing the Bombay HC judgment in Anand Khosla on the arbitrability of IP disputes. Does the DHC’s reaffirmation in Zydus v. Controller that patent examination and pre-grant opposition operate in different parallel raise concerns about natural justice? A post discussing the same. And another post examining DHC’s decision in Pearl Engineering v. Philips concerning stay of money decrees. This and much more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below

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Biosimilarity is not Infringement- Full Stop

/ By / Patent

On Monday, a DB of the DHC allowed Zydus to manufacture and market a biosimilar of the drug Nivolumab, marketed as Opdivo. The DB order is well-reasoned, providing a clear demarcation between infringement analysis and biosimilarity. Nivolumab, which is at the centre of the controversy, is an anti-cancer medication which increases the ability of the immune system to kill cancer cells.(here) I have previously explain how this drug works here. The EMA website states that Opdivo has “has been shown to benefit patients

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