Webinar on the U.S.–India FTA and Beyond: Trade Policy Challenges to Affordable Medicines (July 8, 2025)

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Working Group on Access to Medicines and Treatments invites you to a webinar on the issues of access to medicines in the backdrop of US-India Free Agreement negotiations. For more details, please check their invitation below. Webinar on the U.S.–India FTA and Beyond: Trade Policy Challenges to Affordable Medicines (July 8, 2025) As India and the United States move closer to finalising a Free Trade Agreement (U.S.-India FTA), there is growing concern about its potential impact on access to medicines. […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (June 30 – July 6)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

The Prada Kolhapuri Chappals fiasco, thoughts on alternative prizes for sickle cell treatment and analysis on the US judgements on the GenAI- copyright debate. This and much more in our weekly roundup of our blog posts, case summaries, and top IP developments in the country and the world. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below to let us know. Highlights of the Week The Devil Wears Kolhapuri or Prada? Understanding GI Law, Cultural Appropriation & More The

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The Devil Wears Kolhapuri or Prada? Understanding GI Law, Cultural Appropriation & More

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This article has been co-authored with Shikhar Aggarwal, a lawyer based in Delhi. The recently unveiled Prada Spring/Summer 2026 collection made headlines in India for all the wrong reasons. While “plagiarism” in fashion is not uncommon domestically and internationally, this instance brought focus to a GI-tagged product – the humble Kolhapuri Chappals. Traditionally handcrafted with a unique toe-loop design, Kolhapuri Chappals are sold by footwear shops across India for as low as Rs.100-200 per pair. They are produced in the

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Notes from the Doctoral Diary: 16th Annual Workshop of ISHTIP (25-26 June 2025)

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Namaskar, As June bade farewell, so too did the season of conferences—a rumoured rite of passage in the European academic circuit. Around this time last year, I wrote about my experience of ATRIP in Rome. This year, I return not from Rome, but from Madrid, where I had the pleasure of attending ISHTIP—the 16th Annual Workshop of the International Society for the History and Theory of Intellectual Property. Unlike most IP gatherings where doctrine reigns supreme, ISHTIP is a curious

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Hear! Hear! Prizes Worth Crores for Bringing New Blood into Sickle Cell Innovation 

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Explaining the Ministry of Tribal Affairs’ initiative- Bhagwan Birsa Munda Prize for Development of Drug for Sickle Cell Disease, Arnav Kaman discusses the prize model of incentivising innovation. Arnav is a 3rd Year Law student from Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. He’s interested in Narratives and the Law. His previous post can be accessed here.   Hear! Hear! Prizes Worth Crores for Bringing New Blood into Sickle Cell Innovation  By Arnav Kaman In the eyes of the patent system for

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[Part II] Obiter > Ratio: The Good and Bad in the First Two American Decisions on Generative AI and Copyright

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Following the discussion on Judge Alsup and Judge Chhabria’s findings in Anthropic and Meta cases respectively on lawfulness of the acquired copy, Akshat Agrawal discusses their findings on market dilution and assesses these findings from the lens of the Indian Copyright law. Akshat is a practicing litigator working at Saikrishna and Associates. He did his LLM from Berkeley Law in 2023 specialising in IP and Tech law. His previous posts can be found here. He adds the following disclaimer: After some discussion around

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[Part I] Obiter > Ratio: The Good and Bad in the First Two American Decisions on Generative AI and Copyright

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On the recent decisions by the Court in the Northern District of California on the copyright vs. Gen AI debate, Akshat Agrawal highlights the conflicting findings of the judges on fair use in this two-part post. In Part I, he examines the disagreement between the judges on the ‘lawfully acquired first copy’ requirement under the fair use exception, from the lens of the Indian Copyright law. Part II will discuss the findings on the market dilution theory. Akshat is a

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (June 23- June 29)

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And that’s a wrap on the inaugural edition of the SpicyIP Summer School! After a dynamic week packed with discussions on IP law and valuable life lessons, the first-ever SpicyIP Summer School concludes on a high note. Last week also featured a two-part post delving into the new performance metrics recently adopted by the Patent Office. Highlights of the Week First Ed. of the SpicyIP Summer School Wraps up! After a rigorous week of intense sessions on Pharma and creativity,

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[Part II] – New Performance metrics might be in place in the IPO!

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In the previous post, we had discussed the new OO 537/2025 that is allegedly in place to measure the performance of patent officials. I discussed the metrics in detail in the context of how it incentivises issuing reasoned orders in some instances, while not in other instances. In this post, I will discuss the need for a reasonableness checklist, how the metrics apply to PGO and finally what it means for patent quality. Moving towards a reasonableness checklist:  Questions need

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[Part I] – New Performance metrics might be in place in the IPO!

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While I was railing against the Indian Patent Office’s (IPO) Order 34/2016 in a previous post, the IPO might have silently put in place a more comprehensive point-based system to measure the performance of both Examiners and Controllers. This new Office Order (Office Order 537/2025 or OO 537/2025) overrides Order 34/2016 and takes effect from 09/05/2025. Unfortunately, this information was not made public, and I was railing at an order which might have been overruled and is not in effect.

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