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In this episode (12), Yogesh Byadwal speaks to Dr Binay Panda and Prashant Reddy about the Feb 2025 Delhi High Court decision in UC Regents vs The Controller of Patents, a very interesting case that could have repercussions for the biotech industry at large. In particular, they discuss questions raised ( or left open) by the case around patentability vis-a-vis Section 3(c) and Section 3(j) of the...

Here is SpicyIP's Annual Review of 2025 with developments curated across different categories: https://spicyip.com/2025/12/a-look-ba.... You can check out this blogpost for all the reading materials linked to it. We present to you an Annual Review Video in three parts that draw from the main blogpost. These are divided based on three subject areas: Trademarks, Patents, and Copyright and Other...

SpicyIP's Annual Review of 2025 with developments across different categories: https://spicyip.com/2025/12/a-look-ba..... You can check out this blogpost for all the reading materials . The Annual Review Video is in three parts, divided based on three subject areas: Trademarks, Patents, and Copyright and Other IPs. In this episode 04 (Part 2 of 3), the SpicyIP team reflects upon the most signi...

2025 was quite an eventful year, marked by novel developments across different areas of intellectual property law. Here is SpicyIP's Annual Review of 2025 with developments curated across different categories: https://spicyip.com/2025/12/a-look-back-at-indias-top-ip-developments-of-2025.html. You can check out this blogpost for all the reading materials linked to it. We present to you an Annua...

We had an open- for-all Book Review Symposium on "Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia: Law, Development and Practice (Bloomsbury, 2025)". Edited by Dr. Pratyush Nath Upreti, the book is one of the first solid cohesive attempt to look at IP narratives from South Asia. This is Part 2 of the Book Review Symposium: Q&A session with discussions based on the review of the three par...

That time of the year is coming up again! Get ready for SpicyIP Summer School 2026, tentatively scheduled for the end of June in Bangalore. SpicyIP conducted its first edition of the annual SpicyIP Summer School from June 21st to June 29th, 2025 at the lush green campus of Ecumenical Christian Centre, Whitefield, Bangalore, as an 8-day residential program for law students and professionals. The 20...

We had an open- for-all Book Review Symposium on "Intellectual Property Debates in South Asia: Law, Development and Practice (Bloomsbury, 2025)". Edited by Dr. Pratyush Nath Upreti, the book is one of the first solid cohesive attempt to look at IP narratives from South Asia. The book was dedicated towards Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer. Swaraj Barooah is the Senior Expert at SpicyIP, and an...

Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Ms. Niharika Salar about some of the practical challenges to the artisan communities like the gap between geographical indication registrations and actual empowerment, role of GI on livelihoods and revival of cultures, and quality control. The episode also covers the law (text) and some conceptual underpinnings in the context of India with real stories and thought-prov...

Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Dr. Zakir Thomas about the intersection of Generative AI with Copyright law and Policy, Technology Sovereignty, Open Access to information and the broader regulatory challenges shaping the future of AI. About Dr. Zakir Thomas:Dr. Zakir Thomas has 35 years of experience of working in the Government of India as an officer of Indian Revenue Service had been instrumental i...

Our blogger Tanishka Goswami hosts the 1st episode in our Let's IPsa Loquitur series, bringing in Adyasha Samal and Akshat Agrawal, to discuss some on-going developments that surely everyone in the IP world has taken note of - the surge of "Personality Rights" cases. While this is no doubt good for lawyers, what does it mean for law, policy or society? In this 45 min episode, they to...

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews! In this episode (11), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Mr. Ashwani Balayan, Partner at ALG India Law Offices LLP (full bio below) about his journey from engineering to law, the importance of technical knowledge in patent prosecution,...

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews! In this episode (10), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Ms. Sheja Ehtesham about ALG India’s Knowledge sharing initiatives, importance of Networking as well as other skills outside of law schools for students to develop, her thoughts...

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews! In this episode (09), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Dr. Kailash Nadh (bio below), CTO at Zerodha and a self-described ‘hobbyist’ software developer. A major FOSS supporter, he discusses his thoughts on re-imagining Copyright in th...

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews! In this episode (08), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Mr. Nikhil Narendran (bio below), a Partner at Trilegal (Bengaluru office) specializing in the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) practice about a career in the TMT practice. He...

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews! In this episode (07), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Ms Kruttika Vijay (bio below), an experienced litigator about what it takes to build a career in IP litigation. She sheds light on the realities of the field, along with valuable...

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews! In this episode (06), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Ms Zara Kaushik (bio below), a seasoned media and commercial lawyer, now an independent counsel. She reflects on building a career in media, entertainment, and sports law. She ex...

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews! In this episode (05), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Mr. KM Gopakumar, Senior Researcher and Legal Advisor at the Third World Network (TWN). Mr. Gopakumar shares insights into TWN’s working as a platform for research and advocacy o...

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews! In this episode (04), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Ms Chetali Rao, (bio below), Senior Scientific Advisor at TWN (Third World Network). Drawing from her pharmaceutical background, Ms. Rao shares what inspired her to enter civil s...

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews! In this episode (03), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Mr Adarsh Ramanujan (bio below) about the art of being a patent counsel and how to pursue a career in this field. Drawing from his experience assisting courts as amicus curiae, h...

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews! In this episode (02), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Mr Sandeep Rathod (bio below) about his thoughts on how to make it in law school and build a success legal career, drawing from his vast experience. He starts with discussing wha...

The SpicyIP Podcast took the opportunity to sit with our distinguished faculty and guest speakers at the SpicyIP Summer School 2025 to launch our first set of interviews! In this episode (01), Sonisha Srinivasan speaks to Mr Murali Neelakantan (bio below) about his career journey and his perspective on legal education in India.. He explains how moving to Cipla changed his views on healthcare acces...