Sci-Hub now Completely Blocked in India!

/ By / Copyright

Image from here, screenshot taken before the website was taken down via Court order As readers of this blog know, the story of Sci-Hub, Libgen and other shadow libraries is a never-ending tale that has now reached a possible injunctive end. In an order dated 19/08/2025 written by Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, issued the following directions: 26.1 The defendant no. 12 [i.e., DoT] and the defendant no. 13 [i.e., MeitY] are directed to issue a notification calling upon the […]

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[SpicyIP Tidbit] Deja Vu on Section 59? Delhi HC Allows Amendment in Albemarle, But Do the Precedents Hold Up?

/ By / Patent

(This post has been authored by Shailraj Jhalnia. 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 be accessed here.) In what is becoming a familiar storyline at the IP Division of the Delhi High Court, another patent application has been revived and remanded back to the Patent Office after the Court permitted the applicant to

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Rewinding the Law: Are Pre-Digital Era Copyright Assignments Valid for Today’s Modern Tech Platforms?

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Explaining the implications of the Bombay High Court judgment in Rupali Shah v. Adani Wilmer on the assignment of rights arising from the future use of a work, Arjun Ishaan discusses the position in the Indian Copyright Act on assignments and suggests policy amendments that may grant creators limited rights to renegotiate legacy contracts. Arjun is a 3rd year student at B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) at Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur. He is passionate about legal research and staying abreast of new developments

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Domain Name Ring-Fencing: Evaluation of Madras HC’s new pre-emptive twist to dynamic injunctions 

/ By / Trademark

This post is co-authored with Aditya Singh, a dear friend and a final year law student at NLSIU. Madras HC has added a new chapter to the tale of dynamic injunctions that will have salient implications for the domain name and copyright protection regime in India. Dynamic injunctions were developed as a quick remedy enabling right-holders to directly implead infringing rogue websites (Order I Rule 10 of CPC for instance, allows for additional parties to be added to the suit),

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Imminent Infringement: How far can you go? 

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Be warned, Long post ahead! The Court of Appeal (COA) of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Boehringer Ingelheim v. Zentiva (Boehringer Ingelheim) on 13th August 2025, issued an order addressing the pretty knotty question of when a preliminary injunction should be granted when an applicant (in this case, Boehringer) claims that infringement has not yet taken place but is imminent. This is somewhat similar to a Quia timet action under Indian law, where an interim injunction is sought because

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (August 11 – August 17)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

A patent and litigation update on the anti-diabetic medication Semaglutide, the how’s and why’s of an interview in the context of IP research, and the copyright history of the Indian national anthem. 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 Gauging the ‘Weight’ of the Matter: Here’s Your Latest Patent and Litigation Update on Semaglutide Semaglutide continues to make

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Bench and Bot – The Kerala HC’s AI Guidelines and the Bigger Judicial Puzzle

/ By / Others

On the Kerala High Court publishing its “Policy Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence Tools in District Judiciary“, Shailraj Jhalnia discusses the judicial use of AI in different jurisdictions and the trend of Courts turning to use AI tools. He also discusses the asymmetry in having the guidelines apply only to district courts, and not appellate courts. 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,

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Gauging the ‘Weight’ of the Matter: Here’s Your Latest Patent and Litigation Update on Semaglutide

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Still on the Scales: The Ongoing Patent Battle for Semaglutide Back in May 2025, the order (pdf) by the Delhi High Court (DHC), the Single Bench (SB) comprising Justice Amit Bansal, granted Novo Nordisk an interim injunction, preventing Indian companies Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) and OneSource Specialty Pharma from selling or marketing semaglutide (the key ingredient in Ozempic/Wegovy) within India. However, they were allowed to manufacture and export to countries where Novo Nordisk’s patent does not apply. The order arose

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From the Archives: A Telling Tale of Copyright Over the Indian National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana

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Wishing our readers a very Happy Independence Day in advance! May this year bring love, luck, and lights into your life … get you the “freedom” in every beautiful sense of the word! Today, I bring to you a little gem from the archives. Yes … it’s a story of copyright, authorial control, and national unity, all wrapped around the Indian national anthem, Jana Gana Mana. And really … What better day to unspool this spiel than the 79th year

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Methodological Reflections: The “How” of doing Interviews in IP legal Research

/ By / Others

Exploring the use of interviews as a legal methodology in IP research, particularly in the context of field engagement with traditional artisan communities, Niharika Salar shares a reflective piece based on her fieldwork experience as part of her ongoing PhD project. Niharika is a Doctoral Candidate at Queen’s University Belfast, and her previous posts can be accessed here and here. [Long post ahead] Methodological Reflections: The “How” of doing Interviews in IP legal Research By Niharika Salar In IP legal

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