Understanding Auxiliary Claims and Where They Come From 

/ By / Patent

A term that has of late frequently popped up in patent orders by the Indian Court without much explanation is “auxiliary claims”. Most recently, such claims were filed before the Delhi High Court (Immunolight v. Controller) (pdf), where the Court directed the Patent Office to hear the matter afresh in light of the auxiliary claims filed by Immunolight. For the uninitiated, the auxiliary claims refer to an alternative set of claims filed by the applicant when the main/ original set […]

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Union Budget 2025-26: What’s in it for Innovation, Tech, Trade and Health?

/ By / Innovation, Others

The Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 presented the Union Budget 2025-26 in the parliament. The budget is being suggested as a reprieve to middle-class earners with crucial income tax exemptions announced. At the same time, the budget also made key announcements in the innovation, tech, trade, and health sectors. Here goes my attempt at a round-up on these fronts for the Budget 2025-26! Innovation, Knowledge and Education The Budget announced the setting up of 50,000 Atal Tinkering

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ZEO v/s EZIO: Trademark Lessons on Passing Off and the Use of House Marks

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Explaining the recent Delhi High Court decision in Gensol v. Mahindra, Tanishka Goswami analyzes the Court’s findings on the importance of house marks in infringement assessment, and the nature of the relevant market. Tanishka is an advocate at the High Court of MP. She graduated from National Law University, Delhi in 2023 & enjoys reading and writing on copyright laws. Her previous posts can be found here. ZEO v/s EZIO: Trademark Lessons on Passing Off and the Use of House

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (January 27 – February 2)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Trademark

(This post has been co-authored with SpicyIP Intern Aditi Agrawal and Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan) Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on taking stock of ANI vs OpenAI copyright litigation (Part I and II), and  ‘Machine Unlearning’ and the ANI vs OpenAI case. This and a lot 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 Taking

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Call for Applications: SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy Fellowship 2025 (Apply by February 23)

/ By / Copyright, Innovation, Opportunities, Patent

Attention IP and tech enthusiasts! We are very excited to announce the SpicyIP Tech Innovation Policy Fellowship 2025!  This Fellowship is a one year programme, with the aim of contributing towards deeper understandings on the law and policy front around new technologies. It has been made possible thanks to a generous grant by FOSS United Foundation, which as many of our readers may know, does some fantastic work in the free and open source software space in India. The SpicyIP

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Call for Submissions: 1st Blog Writing Competition, 2025 Organized by CIPRA (SLS, Hyderabad) in Collaboration with SpicyIP (Submit by February 22, 2025)

/ By / Opportunities

Kickstarting February with some exciting news for our readers! The Centre for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy [CIPRA] of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad is organizing its first blog writing competition in collaboration with us on the theme of Literature, Journalism and IP. The top two entries will be awarded with some cash prizes and also with a chance to be published on the blog! Send your submissions by February 19 February 22 and read on below for the guidelines! Call

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ANI v. Open AI: Time to Talk About ‘Machine Unlearning’

/ By / Copyright

Discussing the relief sought by ANI in its interim injunction application against Open AI, Bharathwaj explains what might be the legal and technical problems in implementing some of the measures sought, especially in context of machine unlearning. Bharathwaj is a 3rd year LLB Student at RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur, and loves books and IP. His previous posts can be accessed here. Click for Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. ANI v. Open AI: Time to Talk About ‘Machine Unlearning’ By

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Taking Stock of ANI vs OpenAI Copyright Litigation- Part II

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[This post is authored by Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan. Bharathwaj is a 3rd year LLB Student at RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur, and loves books and IP. His previous posts can be accessed here. Click for Part 1 and Part 3 of this series] In the first part of the post, we dealt with the relevant background, wherein I stated that it is useful to see any GenAI model as being located within an AI supply chain. I also discussed the first two issues. In

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Taking Stock of ANI vs OpenAI Copyright Litigation- Part I

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[This post is authored by Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan. Bharathwaj is a 3rd year LLB Student at RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur, and loves books and IP. His previous posts can be accessed here. Click for Part 2 and Part 3 of this series] As perhaps all readers are aware by now, the GenAI Copyright litigations have made their presence known in India. As discussed earlier, ANI had filed a copyright lawsuit against Open AI in the Delhi High Court. After that, it looks like

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SpicyIP Tidbit: The “Evergreen” Conundrum: DHC Grants Interim Injunction to Evergreen Sweet House in a Trademark Dispute

/ By / Trademark

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Aditi Agrawal. Aditi is a final-year B.A., LL.B (IPR Hons.) student at The ICFAI University, Dehradun. Her previous posts can be accessed here.] In a recent trademark dispute between Evergreen Sweet House v. JV Evergreen Sweets and Treats & Ors., the Delhi High Court on December 23 restrained the defendants from using “JV Evergreen Sweets & Treats” mark or any similar mark which is identical to the mark “Evergreen”.  In this post, I

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