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SpicyIP Weekly Review (December 29 – January 4)

/ By / Copyright, Others, Patent, Trademark

Starting 2026 with India’s top IP developments of 2025! 3 new posts for our readers, criticising the DPIIT AI-Copyright Working Paper. A post on the SHANTI Act, the possibility of getting patents for peaceful uses of nuclear energy. 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 A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2025  What a year it […]

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[SpicyIP Tidbit] TellyTorrents Movie Piracy Case—A Tale of Evidence Missing in Action

/ By / Copyright

Last month, the TorrentFreak team (by the way, a great source for copyright and piracy news reporting!) reached out to us regarding a criminal copyright decision in State of M.P. v. Priyank & Ors. from Judicial Magistrate of First Class(JMFC), Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh). A big thanks to them for bringing this acquittal decision to our attention which seems to have missed all radars in India. The case had been going on for a decade and involved the popular torrent site

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One Nation, Forced Licenses, Multiple Payments: (Un)Balancing AI Innovation & Copyright

/ By / Copyright

Adding to the steady stream of critiques on the DPIIT Working Paper on the interface of Copyright and AI, my post focuses on the proposed statutory recommendations, specifically, on how the proposal seeks to create new legal rights with no analysis of the corresponding duties and liabilities that will be triggered. In February, 2024 the Ministry of Commerce & Industry was sure that the existing IPR regime was well-equipped to protect AI generated works. Generative AI (GenAI) developers would need

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Copyright Maximalism by Design? Rethinking DPIIT’s Licensing Centric Approach to AI Training

/ By / Copyright

Critiquing Part – I of the DPIIT committee working paper on the “intersection between Artificial Intelligence and Copyright” for copyright maximalism, Vishno Sudheendra discusses, in this entry for the SpicyIP–jhana Blogpost Writing Competition, the viability of a fair sharing arrangement as a solution to the structural and diffuse impact of GenAI on the creative industries. He strongly argues that the solutions for structural problems posed by GenAI do not lie in copyright law but outside of it. Vishno is also

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2025

/ By / Competition Law, Copyright, Data Exclusivity, Design, Drug Regulation, Geographical Indication, Innovation, Patent, Plant Variety Protection, Podcast, Trade Secret, Trademark

[This post is completely human authored 🙂 These humans include – Praharsh Gour, Vasundra Koul, Arshiya Gupta, and Vikram Raj Nanda. Selection and Supervision by- Praharsh Gour, Swaraj Paul Barooah, and Bharathwaj RamakrishnanResearch Inputs from Yohann Titus Mathew, Riddhi Yogesh Bhutada, Ayush Shetty, Sumit Kumar Singh, Shailraj Jhalnia, Himanshu Mishra, Bhavya Gupta, Aali Jaiswal, Anushka Kanabar, Srishti Gaur, Arshya Wadhwa, and Daanish Naithani.] 2025 was quite an eventful year. On the judicial side, we saw a variety of novel developments, such

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‘Peace’ on the Nuclear Front? Analysing the Upheaval in the Nuclear Energy Patents Regime Through SHANTI Act

/ By / Patent

Base Photo by Zac Durant on Unsplash India’s nuclear energy legal framework is undergoing a complete makeover with the recent passing of the SHANTI (Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Energy for Transforming India) Bill  in the Parliament, and the subsequent assent by the President on 20th December. The SHANTI Act (SA)  has replaced the Atomic Energy Act 1962 (AEA) and the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act 2010 and is the product of a policy shift in nuclear energy

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One Nation, One License, One Big Shortcut: Doctrinal Stagnation in the DPIIT AI Working Paper

/ By / Copyright

Swaraj, in his detailed blog post criticizing the DPIIT AI Working Paper, had highlighted the absence of a strong jurisprudential basis in the Working Paper’s proposals and the supporting reasoning. Building on this missing link of jurisprudential rigour, Shivam Kaushik looks at Kant’s distinction between noumena and phenomena to critique the DPIIT Committee’s approach and the Working Paper’s methodology. Shivam is a practicing lawyer based in Delhi. His interest lies in legal issues posed by emerging technologies. One Nation, One

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Spicy IP Weekly Review (December 22- December 28)

/ By / Copyright, Patent, Trademark

This weekly review is authored by Vikram Raj Nanda.  From ‘bulldozer justice’ entering the Gen-AI copyright debate to courts pushing back against overbroad foreign discovery requests, this week brought some sharp IP questions to the fore. Also, if you still haven’t sent your submission yet for the SpicyIP-Jhana Blogpost Writing Competition, this is the chance to do so! The deadline is 11:59 PM IST on 30th December. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment and let us know.

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (29.12.2025)

/ By / Courses & Workshops, Opportunities

Welcome to the final Bells & Whistles newsletter of the year! As we wrap up 2025, we’re ending the year on a thoughtful, slightly nostalgic note. If you’re looking for something meaningful to engage with before the countdown begins, here are two important reminders. First, the SpicyIP–Jhana AI Blog Writing Competition closes tomorrow. If you’ve been planning to submit, consider this your gentle nudge before the deadline. We’re also closing the year with a truly powerful listen. The latest SpicyIP Podcast episode, “The GI

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Dead Assets in a Digital Economy: Why Online Gaming Licences Should Be Treated Like IP

/ By / Copyright, Innovation, Trademark

Examining how non-transferable online gaming licences function as core digital assets yet lose economic value due to rigid regulatory constraints, Srija Singh highlights a critical gap in the current framework. In her submission for the SpicyIP- jhana blogpost writing competition, she argues that these approvals should be treated as IP-like intangible assets to preserve enterprise value and foster innovation in India’s digital economy. Srija is a final-year law student at Amity Law School, Noida, with a research interest in intellectual

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