GUIs Join the Design Club!

/ By / Design

Disclaimer: Used Claude AI to make stylistic changes to the post. Any mistakes made are all mine alone. Calcutta High Court’s recent decision in  NEC Corporation v. Controller (NEC Corp) opens up the option of design protection for Graphic User Interface (GUI) dismissing for the second time the subject matter objections raised by the IPO. The decision to expand design protection to GUIs, as we will see, creates doctrinal inconsistency, as the Delhi HC in two decisions (Hulm Entertainment and […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 16 – March 22)

/ By / Copyright, Geographical Indication, Others, Patent, Trademark

(This week’s review is authored by Shubham Thakare. Shubham is currently an intern with SpicyIP. He is a third-year B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) student at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, with an interest in copyright and trademark law.) As we move further into March, this week’s review brings into focus questions around the limits of IP protection over identity, alongside a series of significant judicial developments across trademarks, patents, and copyright. From clarifying the misplaced claim of copyright

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (23.03.2026)

/ By / Courses & Workshops, Opportunities

Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week that’s well worth revisiting. Bell of the Week: The Internet Some bells do not just chime, they connect. Lately, I’ve been thinking about how people search for answers when the usual systems fail them. In Diagnosis, based on Lisa Sanders’ column in The New York Times, patients with rare,

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TWN- IUCIPRS Workshop on Patent Opposition in Pharmaceutical Field (Apply by 31 March)

/ By / Courses & Workshops, Patent

Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT, and Third World Network are organising the 7th edition of their workshop titled ‘Patent Opposition in the Pharmaceutical Field’ from 28 May- 1 June, 2026. Last date to apply is 31 March, 2026. Read on below for their announcement. TWN- IUCIPRS Workshop on Patent Opposition in Pharmaceutical Field (Apply by 31 March) Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT, and Third World Network are collaboratively organising the seventh edition of the workshop titled ‘Patent Opposition in

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Issued in Public Interest: Your Name is Not a Copyrighted Work

/ By / Copyright

Imagine that you randomly shout your friend’s name in the street out of fun, and he remarks, “Voila! You have violated my right to communicate my name to the public!”  That would sound a bit weird, right? Sadly, we live in a world where legal terms that carry heavy conceptual weight get thrown around quite easily.  Copyright is one such term from IP law.  In recent news, I came across (thanks to friends at SpicyIP) multiple reports from news outlets

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Rest in IP: Posthumous Personality Rights in the Age of Deepfakes

/ By / Others, Privacy

Generative AI has shown that it can bring the dead back to life digitally. This has led to situations in which the identity of a deceased person has been used and misused. Significant questions have arisen about who gets to control the identity of the deceased, to what extent, and the manner in which it is utilised. In that light, in this submission for the SpicyIP–Jhana Blogpost Writing Competition 2025, Krisha Tiya Sahay argues that the identity of a deceased

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (16.03.2026)

/ By / Courses & Workshops, Opportunities

Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. As always, we’ve rounded up a mix of developments, opportunities, and thoughtful reads from across the IP world along with a Bell of the Week that’s well worth revisiting. Bell of the Week: India and the Patent Cooperation Treaty Some bells do not just chime, they redraw the map. This week’s bell is for India’s accession to the Patent Cooperation Treaty in 1998, a moment that subtly but significantly reshaped how Indian innovation

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 9 – March 15)

/ By / Copyright, Design, Others, Patent, Trademark

Midway through March, we approach the colourful spring with a post on Pantone’s latest choice for its annual colour of the year! Another post on understanding fair dealing as a component of the copyright system and not the central axis. Can the Patent Office reject a patent application on one ground and decline to analyse the rest in the name of efficiency? Post discussing Bombay High Court’s ruling in JFE Steel Corporation v. Controller of Patents & Designs. Case summaries

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Orange Minds – IPR Lecture Series by CIPAM, DPIIT (16 March 2026 to 10 April 2026)

/ By / Event, Opportunities

From 16 March 2026 to 10 April 2026, Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is conducting an IPR lecture series titled “Orange Minds” to strengthen awareness and understanding of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) among students. For more details, please refer to the announcement below. Orange Minds – IPR Lecture Series by Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM), under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

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Deciphering the ‘Bona Fide’ Notes of s. 52(1)(za): Bombay HC’s Recent Order in PPL v Yashraj Satwara

/ By / Copyright

The Indian copyright arena has continued to witness controversy over royalties for songs played during wedding ceremonies and related social events. The root of the tussle between copyright collective management organizations such as PPL and Novex and end users lies in Section 52(1)(za) that exempts works performed or communicated to the public during bona fide religious ceremonies or official ceremonies held by government. The provision, along with the curious explanation (which forms the crux of contentions) is reproduced below: (za)

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