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

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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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[Sponsored] 2026 WIPO – KOREA Advanced International Certificate Course (AICC)
(Apply by April 19, 2026)

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WIPO Academy, the Ministry of Intellectual Property (MOIP), the Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA), and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) are inviting applications for the annual Advanced International Certificate Course (AICC) on Intellectual Property Asset Management for Business Success. Registration for AICC’s IP Panorama 2.0 course is currently open on the KIPO Academy website (kipoacademy.kr) until April 19 (~11:59 p.m. Korea Time). For more details, see their call for applications below:- Register Now: 2026 WIPO – KOREA

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Sufficiency of Disclosure and Patent Rejections

/ By / Patent

Can the Patent Office reject a patent application on one ground and decline to analyse the rest in the name of efficiency? Using the Bombay High Court’s ruling in [Edit: fixed an error in the case name] JFE Steel Corporation v. The Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs, Priyam explores the limits of judicial economy in rejection orders, along with issues relating to insufficient disclosure and foreign prosecution history. Priyam is a 3rd-year student at the National Law School of India

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White Noise: Pantone’s Cloud Dancer, and the Politics of Colour

/ By / Trademark

Pantone’s latest choice for its annual “Colour of the Year,” titled “Cloud Dancer,” a shade of stark white, has triggered an unusually sharp backlash, revealing that colour is never merely aesthetic. In this post, Anjali and Nandita explore how colour, standardisation, and intellectual property intersect to shape taste, power, and ownership. Anjali Tripathi is a final-year B.A. LL.B. student at Jindal Global Law School with an interdisciplinary interest in critical approaches to law, visual storytelling, and design. Nandita Purvi Durgam

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India’s Defining Moment on SEPs: The Supreme Court’s Decision Opens the Door for Policy Leadership

/ By / Patent

The Supreme Court’s disposal of CCI v. Ericsson has triggered significant debate over the respective roles of patent law and competition law in regulating SEPs. Brian Scarpelli explains how this decision creates a crucial policy moment for India to clarify the role of its legal framework in addressing anticompetitive SEP licensing practices. Brian Scarpelli is Senior Global Policy Counsel at ACT | The App Association, where he works on a diversity of legal and policy issues impacting mobile app development

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Dealing Away Fair Dealing: The Curious Case of Fair Dealing and Its Infringement

/ By / Copyright

In this submission to the SpicyIP–Jhana Blogpost Writing Competition 2025, Avani Marudwar argues for decentering fair dealing analysis in Indian Copyright law in exchange for treating fair dealing as one of the components of the copyright system as a whole. She further argues that the GenAI copyright debate presents an opportunity to facilitate a structural relook at Indian Copyright law along these lines. Avani Marudwar is a 5th-year law student at Nirma University and an alumnus of the SpicyIP Summer

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SpicyIP Bells & Whistles: IP Events and Opportunities (09.03.2026)

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Hi everyone, welcome back to Bells & Whistles! Before we get to this week’s bell, just a quick reminder in case you missed it on the blog, applications for the SpicyIP Summer School 2026 are now open. The summer school will take place June 20 – 28th in Whitefield, Bengaluru, and it’s shaping up to be another really exciting edition. If you’ve been meaning to apply, this might be a good moment to hop over and check out the announcement post. Please keep an

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 2 – March 8)

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

Applications are now open for the second iteration of the SpicyIP Summer School 2026! 1st National Policy Brief Competition on IP and Innovation 2025 successfully organised by SpicyIP and CIPAM, DPIIT. Can a dead patent be revoked? Post on the Delhi HC’s DB judgment in Boehringer Ingelheim v. Controller of Patents. Case summaries and IP developments from the country and the globe and much more in this week’s SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment

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(Part III) So Open, Yet So Overlooked: A Dive into the World of FOSS

/ By / Others

In the previous two parts, I laid a groundwork for FOSS – the first unpacked the functionality of FOSS and the second examined the murky terrain of software patentability and the challenges it brings. This part will zoom out and address how control over software models a nation’s technological autonomy.  Picture this – one fine morning, government personnel log in to their digital workspaces – only to find their cloud accounts deactivated, bringing the everyday digital workflow to a halt.

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