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The New Legal Frontier: Ownership and Rights in AI-Generated Creations In 2025, changes in law are becoming visible due to fast progress in artificial intelligence (AI). A major issue now involves deciding ownership when AI generates creative output - like writing, images, songs, or code. Instead of clear answers, judges and policy experts face uncertainty about authorship and protection under current rules. Since machines produce more original material each day, older concep

The New Legal Frontier: Ownership and Rights in AI-Generated Creations In 2025, changes in law are becoming visible due to fast progress in artificial intelligence (AI). A major issue now involves deciding ownership when AI generates creative output - like writing, images, songs, or code. Instead of clear answers, judges and policy experts face uncertainty about authorship and protection under current rules. Since machines produce more original material each day, older concep

Introduction  Artificial intelligence has permeated almost every creative domain and music is no exception. AI models can now compose songs, make background music, replicate human voices, and even emulate the styles of great artists.  As AI technologies advance, they are not just revolutionizing how music is generated, but also undermining the industry's long-standing copyright presumptions.  The Indian Copyright Act, 1957 does not specifically recognise artificial intelligen

In the last decade, India has witnessed an unprecedented boom in digital content creation. From YouTube videos and OTT films to online courses, podcasts, memes, and social media posts, creative expression has become increasingly democratized. However, this growth has also triggered a sharp rise in unauthorized copying, reposting, streaming, and commercial exploitation of digital works. Against this backdrop, understanding how copyright law protects digital content and the lim

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Competition Law may appear to pull in opposite directions. IPR gives creators exclusive rights over their inventions, while competition law tries to prevent market dominance and unfair practices. Interestingly, both areas of law share the same ultimate goal, promoting innovation, consumer welfare, and economic growth. Understanding the intersection of these two fields is essential because it helps explain how the legal system balances cr

Intellectual Property (IP) has always played a central role in innovation. It protects ideas, inventions, creative expressions, technology, and discoveries. But as the world changes especially with digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and globalization, the nature of intellectual property is evolving rapidly. The future of IP law will not simply be about protecting rights. It will be about balancing creativity with public interest , innovation with ethics , and te

Introduction   Traditional knowledge (TK)—embodying the ancestral wisdom of Indigenous communities in biodiversity stewardship, healing practices, and agricultural systems—increasingly suffers commodification through global intellectual property (IP) regimes. The World Trade Organization's TRIPS Agreement (1995) actively privileges Western innovation paradigms while suppressing collective, orally preserved TK. Notwithstanding formal recognition of Indigenous rights under the

In the era where we are sailing towards digitalization, the Indian Music Industry is at the junction of creativity and chaos. While India’s legal regime is held by the Copyright Act, 1957, is it actually airtight? The Copyright Act, nonetheless, provides provisions for the enforcement and protection of the rights of musicians; it does not cover much of those of independent and regional musicians. Especially, where the accessibility and distribution of music know no borders, t

Introduction: When Art Meets Algorithm In an age where every selfie can be transformed into a Studio Ghibli-inspired portrait and faces are effortlessly swapped in viral deepfakes, the line between artistic expression and biometric exploitation is becoming increasingly blurred. Stylized filters and generative technologies have captivated millions with their whimsical charm, yet beneath the surface lies a complex web of data extraction, facial recognition, and algorithmic prof

Introduction Intellectual property is the creation of the human mind. Connoisseurs like Elbert Einstein, APJ Abdul Kalam, Stephen Hawking, are few dignitaries where the human mind is accolated for its novel creation. These intellectual creations are inclusive of but not limited to Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Industrial Design, Geographical Indication Tags, Trade Secrets. With the advancement in technology where the data is readily accessible a significant threat is posed

Introduction A number of subfields within the field of intellectual property (IP) law are dedicated to safeguarding the inventive and creative works of both people and businesses. Because of their similar functions in preserving artistic and aesthetic expressions, industrial design and copyright protection are frequently confused. But these types of protection have different functions, are governed by separate laws, and provide various levels of protection for different lengt