An Update about the Results of 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law

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It was brought to our notice that the submission, which had previously secured second place in the 2024 Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on IP Law, contains substantial portions taken from a piece that the author had previously co-authored and submitted to another competition. After an internal review, it was determined that the above allegations are true and the concerned submission, by Aditya Sushant Jain for the essay titled “The Copyright Black Box In Training AI Solving The Rubix Cube Through […]

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Interim Injunction Granted under PPVFRA!

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Perhaps for the first time, a Hyderabad Court granted an interim injunction application under the PPVFRA. To me, however, the order stands out for all the wrong reasons. The Court, in deciding the injunction, relies solely on the Plaintiff’s in-house laboratory to prima facie decide infringement. It omitted to appoint a scientific expert u/s. 66 of the Act while deciding crucial scientific questions. It further failed to delineate the parameters for deciding an interim injunction application under the PPVFFRA. In

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (May 12 – May 18)

/ By / Copyright, Opportunities, Others, Patent, Trademark

The SpicyIP Summer School Application deadline has been extended, and a few slots have been opened to those who may have graduated before 2023 as well, and who are looking to get into (or back into) the field of IP and would like to participate in this cohort! A post on the never-ending PPL and licensing fees saga, India-UK FTA and its consequences, and the Indian concept of derivative works from the ANI vs. OpenAI litigation. We have also announced

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Mind your Monopoly: Delhi HC, Compulsory License, and PPL’s Licensing Fees

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Did you hear about the recent interesting case before the Delhi High Court, Al Hamd Tradenation vs. Phonographic Performance Limited, involving a compulsory license over sound recordings? Deliberating on the scope of Article 31(1) of the Copyright Act and whether unreasonable licensing fees can be regarded as withholding the work from the public, the Court found the petitioner’s case meritorious. This long-ish post discusses this 23-page order, highlighting its key ideas that may carry significance beyond the immediate case. First

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SpicyIP Tidbit: In the Nick of Time: Does Timing Determine Intellectual Property Rights?

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[This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Hruthika Addlagatta. Hruthika is a 1st year law student from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.] Can your patent suddenly have a pre-grant opposition if the patent office’s database had a delay in uploading the patent grant? Should your trademark expire if the IP offices didn’t remind you to renew it? The Delhi High Court recently responded to these two questions. The two decisions passed on April 22, 2025 and April 30, 2025, highlight

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Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Volume IX, Issue II [Submit by June 09, 2025]

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National Law University, Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies (JIPS) is inviting original, unpublished manuscripts for publication for its upcoming issue (Volume IX, Issue II). The last date for submissions is June 09, 2025. For further details, please read the journal’s call for papers below: Call for Papers: NLU Jodhpur’s Journal of Intellectual Property Studies Volume IX, Issue II About the Organization/Institution: National Law University-Jodhpur (NLU Jodhpur) is one of India’s leading Law Schools situated in the vibrant and colourful city of

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Some Exciting News about the SpicyIP Summer School! Deadline Extended and Graduates Before 2023 Can now Apply as well!

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For those following our updates on social media, we’ve been sharing our list of speakers and their focus areas for the inaugural SpicyIP Summer School, and it is truly looking to be an amazing experience, with a fantastic lineup (details below). Currently, for this post, we’d like to just give a round-up of what’s in there waiting for the first batch of SpicyIP Summer School, and also have some exciting news up ahead! Since our announcement, we’ve received some wonderful

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Announcing the SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy Fellows 2025!

/ By / Innovation, Opportunities, Others

After a terrific response to our call for applications for the SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy  Fellowship we are pleased to announce the selected Fellows – Ambika Aggarwal and Karthika Rajmohan. The fellowship was made possible by a generous grant from the FOSS United Foundation, a non-profit that aims at promoting & strengthening the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) ecosystem in India. The SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy Fellowship is devised to contribute to the wider discourse of analysis of IP-related

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Whirlwind of Changes Expected in India’s Patent, Copyright, and GI Regimes as India and the UK Finally Finalize the FTA 

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent

Running a few years behind the initial 2022 Diwali deadline, India and the UK have finally concluded their talks on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Projected as an “ambitious and mutually beneficial” FTA, the agreement marks a significant step for both economies. Reportedly, this is the UK’s biggest trade deal since Brexit and on the Indian side, it shifts the focus from east to west, in terms of bilateral trade partnerships, and saw India negotiating on many non-trade issues like

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The Indian concept of ‘derivative works’: Reframing issues in ANI v OpenAI

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ANI v. OpenAI is India’s first copyright challenge against generative AI. Filed in 2024, it has since drawn in other industry groups, reflecting its wide impact. As on date, the Amici Curiae, plaintiff and defendant have nearly completed their submissions (presumably on the interim application). Unfortunately, these submissions are not available to the public. The case is listed next on May 16, 2025. Generally, the case is about copyright infringement for training AI models and for AI-generated output. One side

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