A Procedural Servant or a Master of Delay? A Critical Legal Analysis of the Bombay High Court’s Ruling in Black Diamond Motors

/ By / Trademark

The Bombay High Court’s recent decision in Black Diamond Motors Pvt. Ltd. v. Registrar of Trade Marks marks a significant departure from the Delhi High Court’s strict approach to procedural timelines under the Trade Marks Rules, 2017. Pragya Jain explains that while the judgment seeks to prioritise substantive justice over procedural defaults, its interpretation of Rule 45 raises important questions about legislative intent, procedural certainty, and the future of trademark prosecution. Pragya is a Senior Associate at Inttl Advocare and […]

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Everything Flows, Except Satluj…Through Your ZEE5 App

/ By / Copyright

The quiet disappearance of Satluj from ZEE5 within days of its release raises questions that go well beyond censorship. Anjali Tripathi examines whether the government’s reported takedown was legally sustainable, what it reveals about the limits of Section 69A, and how copyright has unexpectedly become a tool for restricting, rather than enabling, access to culture. Anjali is a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) graduate from JGLS with an interest in IP rights, access to education, and the creative arts. Her previous posts

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Brand Name Extensions by Pharma May Finally Be Receiving Scrutiny? 

/ By / Drug Regulation, Trademark

On July 6, the Directorate General of Health Services, Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), published a notice inviting comments on the use of brand name extensions by Pharma Companies. This stems from a representation made before the Drugs Consultative Committee alleging that a pharma company was selling different formulations under one brand name with different extensions. However, this problem has been a long-standing one, as explained by Prashant and Dinesh Thakur.  In effect, this notice seems to be towards

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Reflections from the 2nd SpicyIP Summer School! 

/ By / Copyright, Courses & Workshops, Opportunities, Patent

A little over a week ago, we wrapped up the 2nd edition of our SpicyIP Summer School – and what a fantastic edition it was! With its roots planted in conversations with Shamnad close to a decade ago, it was always going to be a tall order to try to take a small group of IP enthusiasts and up-end commonly held assumptions, whether it’s faith-based or the dodgy dogma, in just a few days. For years, the idea was parked

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (07.07.2026)

/ 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: CopyrightX Some bells don’t just chime in courtrooms, they resonate in classrooms across the world.  This week’s bell is for CopyrightX, the global copyright course offered by Harvard Law School and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (29 June – 5 July)

/ By / Biological Diversity, Copyright, Drug Regulation, Patent, Trademark

What an eventful week it was, with the post announcing the long-awaited results of the SpicyIP-jhana Blogpost Writing Competition, and posts on legal deposits, black-box AI, and house marks. This and much more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment and let us know.    Highlights of the Week Announcing the Results of SpicyIP-jhana Blogpost Writing Competition 2025 After carefully reviewing a range of thoughtful and insightful entries from participants across the

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House Marks without a Doctrine: The Unsettled Law Behind Flipkart vs. Marc

/ By / Trademark

The Supreme Court’s refusal to stay the injunction in Flipkart v. Marc has brought an overlooked trademark question back into focus: can a well-known corporate or “house” brand reduce the likelihood of confusion with a competing mark? Bindushree M argues that while Indian courts increasingly rely on the idea of house marks, the Trademarks Act provides no coherent framework for doing so. Bindushree is a student at NLSIU. House Marks without a Doctrine: The Unsettled Law Behind Flipkart vs. Marc

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The Forgotten Half of the Copyright Bargain – Legal Deposit : Part 2

/ By / Copyright, Innovation

This is in continuation of Part 1 which dealt with the pre-independence history of Library Deposits and its Coupling/De-Coupling with Copyright! The scheme matured after independence. At a literacy rate near twelve per cent and in what the economist Malcolm Adiseshiah called a book famine, India enacted the Delivery of Books (Public Libraries) Act of 1954, Act 27 of 1954, for the promotion of public libraries and the encouragement of scholarship. Section 3 requires the publisher of every book published

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The Forgotten Half of the Copyright Bargain – Legal Deposit : Part 1

/ By / Copyright, Innovation

In 2024 the Union Government approved One Nation One Subscription, a scheme to fund national access to commercial journals at a reported cost of six thousand crore rupees over three years. The scheme funds access for the term of the payment. When the payment ends the public retains no copy of what was read. Praharsh and Shravya have previously examined whether the scheme closes the access gap or extends the dependence that produced it. A prior question concerns the law

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (02.07.2026)

/ By / Courses & Workshops, Opportunities

Welcome back to another week of Bells & Whistles. Before we dive in, we’re delighted to share that the SpicyIP Summer School 2026 has successfully wrapped up! If you’d like to catch a glimpse of the sessions and highlights from the programme, be sure to check out our social media pages, where we’ve shared updates, photographs and moments from the Summer School. Separately, the SpicyIP – jhana BlogPost Writing Competition results are out on the blog, you can check out

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