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 IPs.
In this episode 04 (Part 3 of 3), the SpicyIP team reflects upon the most significant developments on Copyrights and Other IPs of 2025, organised across four categories, with each speaker explaining why a particular development made it to our list:
a) Top IP Judgments/Orders by Topicality and/or Impact
b) Top IP Judgments/Orders by Jurisprudential Rigour and/ or Legal Lucidity
c) Top 10 IP Legislative and Policy Related Developments
d) Other IP Developments
Developments covered
00:29- Phonographic Performance Limited v. Azure Hospitality Private Limited
02:43- Elsevier Ltd. and Ors. v. Alexandra Elbakyan And Ors.
04:35- Kritesh Oswal S/O Sohan Lal v. Union Of India
06:37- Cryogas Equipment Private Limited v. Inox India Limited and Others
08:24- Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar v. Mr. A.R. Rahman & Ors.
10:37- Asociacion De Productores De Pisco A.G v. Union Of India & Ors
13:11- India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
15:05- Amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021)
16:57- GI Amendment Rules 2025, and Draft Guidelines for Use of GIs
18:58- DPIIT Committee on Gen AI and Copyright: Working Paper 1
20:17- CGPDTM to Fund Students Participating in International IP Moot Court Competitions
21:19- The ANI v. OpenAI Copyright Litigation
23:29- SWA and MCAI Sign MoU to Collaborate on Standardising Screenwriters’ Agreements
25:20- India’s Public Broadcasters Unlock Their Vast Archives
26:45- Prada’s 2026 Collection Drew Backlash for Sandals Inspired by India’s GI-tagged Kolhapuri Chappals
Updates:
10:11- Update on the SLP before the Supreme Court: On 20th February, 2026, the Supreme Court without deciding merits, encouraged parties to explore an interim arrangement wherein Respondent No.1 shall modify and display revised credits including appellants name.
SC decision: https://indiankanoon.org/doc/136713576/
12:48- On 18th March 2026, the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court, dismissed Peru’s appeal seeking standalone GI registration for “PISCO,” upholding the mandatory prefix “PERUVIAN.”
DB decision: https://indiankanoon.org/doc/181634648/
16:40- On 30th March 2026, draft amendments were proposed to IT Rules, 2021 relating to strengthening intermediary compliance with clarifications, advisories and directions issued by the Ministry and digital media oversight by MeitY.
Draft Amendment: https://www.meity.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/03/30591fc6e322dcbcc9dae84a0f02e9e7.pdf
You can find:
Episode 4 Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/gCJfUUtbeI0?si=4E9Kc9eUvjql_BmB
Episode 4 Part 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZbACaGu8UI
Speakers:
Praharsh Gour is the Editor and Researcher at SpicyIP
Kartik Sharma is a final year law student at National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, and an Analyst at SpicyIP
Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan is an IP lawyer, and an Analyst at SpicyIP
Ambika Aggarwal is a Ph.D. (IP Law) scholar at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad , and a Tech Innovation Policy Fellow (2025) and Analyst at SpicyIP
Tanishka Goswami is an Officer Trainee (Law) at Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., and an Analyst & part of the Podcast Team at SpicyIP
Sonisha Srinivasan is a final year law student at Christ University, and a part of the Podcast Team at SpicyIP
Credits:
Swaraj Paul Barooah: Producer, Director, Editor, Thumbnail Art
Praharsh Gour: Host, Researcher, Speaker
Sonisha Srinivasan: Editor, Speaker
Kartik Sharma, Bharathwaj Ramakrishnan, Ambika Aggarwal, Tanishka Goswami : Speakers
