The Many Faces of Personality Rights: How Courts Are Deepening the Confusion

/ By / Trademark

By extending privacy logic to commercial disputes, Indian courts may have turned personality rights into a doctrinal maze. Unpacking the decisions in Phoolan Devi v. Shekhar Kapoor and Puttaswamy, Anushka Aggarwal traces how the understanding of personality rights has evolved to its present form. Anushka is a fourth-year student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. Interested readers can also check out the first episode of Let’s IPsa Loquitor on the surge of personality rights cases.  The Many […]

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The SpicyIP TV Podcast SS Edn: Ep 09 with Dr. Kailash Nadh on Reimagining Copyright, Tech Sovereignty, Open Source, and Innovation

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

In the 9th episode of the SpicyIP Podcast Summer School Edition, it was a privilege to speak with Dr. Kailash Nadh, a major proponent of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in India, who many know as the CTO of Zerodha. It was a great learning experience for us as students to have him at the Summer School, where he took a session under the trees discussing Open Source software and technology sovereignty, nudging students to re-think IP in the

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Dissecting the Delhi HC’s Assessment of Diagnostic Processes Under Section 3(i) of the Patents Act

/ By / Patent

The Delhi HC has articulated a detailed interpretative understanding of the exclusion of diagnostic methods from patentability under Section 3(i) of the Patents Act. In three judgments passed in three different appeals (Natera, Sequenom, and Emd Millipore), the Court has laid down the manner in which the provision is to be understood and applied. The Court clarified that the manner in which the diagnosis is to be performed cannot be patented, whereas diagnostic tools, products, and devices can still be

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 3 – November 9)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

It’s a week of new beginnings!  SpicyIP is organising the 1st National Policy Brief Competition on IP and Innovation with CIPAM, DPIIT with December 14, 2025 as submission deadline. Following up on the SpicyIP TV Summer School Edition, we have launched our main channel – “Let’s IPsa Loquitur”. The first episode on the now famous (or infamous?) personality rights is already up! And a critique of the SC’s decision in Novenco v. Xero on pre-litigation mediation in IP cases. This

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (10.11.2025)

/ By / Courses & Workshops, Opportunities

Welcome back to another week of Bells and Whistles! This week comes with an exciting announcement – SpicyIP, in collaboration with CIPAM-DPIIT, has launched the 1st National Policy Brief Competition on Intellectual Property & Innovation 2025!If you’re passionate about IP policy, SEPs, or trade secrets, this is your chance to turn ideas into impact — with a ₹2,00,000 prize pool, trophies and certificates up for grabs. Bell of the Week: P.H. Kurian — The Bureaucrat Who Rang for Reform Some Bells

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Novenco v. Xero: Do IP Cases Get a Free Pass to Bypass Sec 12-A? 

/ By / Design, Overlaps in IP, Patent, Trademark

The recent decision of the SC in Novenco Building and Industry v. Xero Energy Engineering seems to have been well taken. Comments online have showered praised over the decision for striking the right balance between procedural lapse and substantive justice. Writing on this blog for over 2 years now, I have learnt one important lesson- the outcome must never shift one’s focus away from the reasoning.  To gauge how much off the mark reasoning in this judgement was, please read this- “the public

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Atomberg v. Eureka Forbes : Section 106 Steps Out of the Shadows

/ By / Patent

In Atomberg v. Eureka Forbes, the Supreme Court clarified a small but significant corner of Indian patent law. The Court recognised that suits against groundless threats of infringement have their own independent footing under Section 106 of the Patents Act – and aren’t automatically overridden by an infringement action. Hafsah Azhar Ansari breaks down the Court’s judgement and explains its significance. Hafsah is a third-year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Atomberg v. Eureka Forbes : Section 106 Steps Out

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Let’s IPsa Loquitur: The Personality Rights Debacle – Whose Face Value Is It Anyway?

/ By / Copyright, Overlaps in IP, Podcast, Privacy

Regular readers (and now, viewers!) would’ve seen the launch of our SpicyIP TV series with the Summer School edition, where we spoke with many of the fantastic faculty members who had come to generously spend their time with our summer school students. That series (still on-going, with more to come), is geared especially towards those who are interested in the state of legal education as well as various ways of approaching how to build one’s career in IP and related

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Announcing 1st National Policy Brief Competition on Intellectual Property & Innovation 2025 by SpicyIP and CIPAM, DPIIT

/ By / Drug Regulation, Opportunities, Patent, Trade Secret

Kickstarting November with some good news for young IP policy enthusiasts, we are elated to announce the 1st National Policy Brief Competition on Intellectual Property & Innovation 2025! This exciting competition aims to encourage students to look beyond textbooks and statutory provisions, and to explore the dynamic relationship between intellectual property, innovation, and societal progress. By engaging with contemporary IP issues that shape India’s legal and creative ecosystem, the competition seeks to foster critical thinking and contribute meaningfully to the

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (October 27 – November 2)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

Delhi HC delivers first-ever SEP non-infringement ruling, on a long-forgotten VCD patent and Delhi HC’s Justice Prathiba M. SIngh appointed Chair of WIPO’s Advisory Board of Judges. Don’t forget – SpicyIP TV Podcast episode 8 with Mr. Nikhil Narendran is now out! 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 Tech is Dead, Long Live the Tech: Lessons in

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