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Ruprekha Chatterjee & Madhurima De, Shyambazar Law College, Calcutta University ABSTRACT Today in this century there’s no space for doubt regarding rapid yield of deepfake technology from a novelty to a powerful tool of manipulation, that is hoisting urgent concerns for individual rights, public trust, and legal enforcement. These AI-birthed synthetic videos and images time an again indistinc…

A former Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) engineer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in leaking trade secrets involving the company’s advanced 2-nanometer process, a court ruled yesterday. The Intellectual Property and Commercial Court found Chen Li-ming (陳力銘) guilty of contraventing the National Security Act (國家安全法), and of other offenses related to the unaut…

Partners Eric Vandevelde and Ilissa Samplin, of counsel Joseph Gorman, and associate Josh Leopold contributed “The Article III Standing Problem for AI-Scraping Anti-Circumvention Claims” to Managing IP. The post Eric Vandevelde, Ilissa Samplin, Joseph Gorman, and Josh Leopold Author “The Article III Standing Problem for AI-Scraping Anti-Circumvention Claims” for Managing IP appeared first on Gibs…

Kashish Upadhyay, Amity Law School, Noida ABSTRACT The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and generative AI systems, which can generate text, images, music, software code, and other expressions of creative work, has radically changed the conventional conception of creativity and authorship. Even though traditional instruments simply support the activities of human creators, novel AI systems …

Shudha Nankani, Presidency University, Bangalore ABSTRACT The folklore intellectual property interface has taken on significant relevance in the modern globalization age where cultural expressions are becoming more and more susceptible to commercialization and transatlantic distribution. Folklore, also known as traditional cultural expressions (TCEs), is the shared cultural heritage of indigenous…

Pooja S, JSS Law College, Mysuru Dr Jagadish A.T, JSS Law College, Mysuru. ABSTRACT The doctrine of Lifting the Corporate Veil represents a critical judicial exception to the principle of "separate legal entity" established in Salomon v. Salomon & Co Ltd. While Indian law generally recognizes a company as a distinct persona, this "veil" is not an absolute shield for practitioners of fraud or …

Harinarayanan. P, LLB, Vels Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies Under the Guidance of Prof. N. Megavannan, School of Law, Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies ABSTRACT The mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) regime introduced by Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013, represents one of the most distinctive experiments in obligatory corporate phil…

Prakhar Srivastava & Dr. Tanya N Chaudhury, Amity University, Noida. ABSTRACT The tremendous increase in the Over-The-Top (OTT) streaming services in India has generated a vibrant digital content world that is at the same time marred by unprecedented digital piracy. The paper is a critical analysis of the sufficiency of the current laws of India in protecting copyright on OTT platforms, and w…

Saransh Patwal, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala I.INTRODUCTION In October 2023, a digitally manipulated video of actress Rashmika Mandanna circulated across Indian social media platforms, which triggered an emergency advisory from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. This incident exposed a regulatory flaw in the intermediary liability jurisprudence: what happe…

As AI voice-cloning technology and deepfakes become more prevalent, Taylor Swift is making a strategic legal move that could redefine how celebrities protect their legacies. Her recent trademark applications signal a shift in the battle against unauthorized AI content that moves beyond standard copyright. Cayce Myers, a media law and communications expert at Virginia Tech, says these trademark fi…

The Stratasys / Bambu Lab patent dispute continues — in Europe. Readers may recall that in 2024, Stratasys launched a patent infringement lawsuit against Bambu Lab. We suspected at the time that Stratasys may have believed that Bambu Lab was cutting into their business, and therefore it was time to leverage the several patents Stratasys… Continue reading European Court Denies Stratasys Injunction…

Rancho Gordo registered a trademark for its famous Bean Club. Now, it's pursuing other brands using the same name.

Ayush Singh, Thakur Ramnarayan College of Law Jaines Chauhan, Thakur Ramnarayan College of Law ABSTRACT This paper analyses the regulatory framework governing Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in India and identifies a critical “implementation gap” between patent holders and domestic implementers. It argues that recent judicial trends, coupled with the exclusion of competition law oversight, have…

Who Owns the Code Claude Wrote? AI-generated code copyright explained for builders. TL; DR Agentic coding tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex generate code that may be uncopyrightable, owned by your employer, or contaminated by open source licenses you cannot see. If you are shipping AI-assisted code and have not thought about any of this, this piece is for you. Legal Layer Angle: In this p…

You spent months crafting the perfect prompt library. A collection of finely tuned instructions that generate your ideal writing style, your creative voice, your most effective email templates. You built it on your work computer, during lunch breaks, using your company's ChatGPT Enterprise account. Then you leave for a new job. You take your prompts with you. A few weeks later, you receive a lega…

As AI-generated content proliferates, Taylor Swift becomes the latest celebrity to seek trademark protections for her voice and image.

Everyone knows the basic contours of the case. The hip hop group 2 Live Crew released a song called Pretty Woman, which used the riff and some of the lyrics from Roy Orbison's Oh, Pretty Woman, and ...

Introduction A Division Bench of the Bombay High Court recently considered an appeal arising from the refusal of interim injunctive relief in a trademark dispute between Minco India Private Limited and Minco India Flow Elements Private Limited. The case presents an intersection of trademark law principles with family business dynamics, highlighting how suppression of material...

Gauri S, Amity University, Noida ABSTRACT The fast expansion of digital technologies and the distribution of online media have changed content creation, consumption, and dissemination in a major way and at the same time made piracy in the online world even more difficult to control. This dissertation presents a thorough critique of the present laws on intellectual property (IP) and their effectiv…

Prachi Garg, National Law University, Delhi CHAPTER 01- INTRODUCTION: The way the world views creativity and invention has changed as a result of the development of artificial intelligence. Today, machines are capable of creating paintings, poetry, music, and even inventions that previously required human creativity. The conventional wisdom that authorship and ownership in intellectual property l…