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When a generative tool can produce a product's shape, packaging, or interface in seconds, the older assumptions behind design law start to strain. This piece asks who counts as the author or applicant when a human prompt and a machine's output are combined, what that combination does to novelty searches and disclosure risk, how ownership is actually allocated in AI platform contracts, and why a design registration is refused, or granted, in ways that copyright and patent protection are not.

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Act, 2026 (‘Amendment Act’), which amends the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘Code’), received Presidential assent on April 6, 2026. Most amendments took effect on May 26, 2026. However, three significant mechanisms the accelerated admission deadline, creditor-initiated resolution, and group insolvency have been enacted but have not yet come into force and will take effect only upon the issuance of a commencement notification by the Central Government under the applicable provisions of the Code.

In an ordinary alternative investment fund (“AIF”), investors participate in all investments of the scheme in proportion to their commitments. Since November 2024, this principle has not merely been market convention; it is reflected in the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Alternative Investment Funds) Regulations, 2012 (“AIF Regulations”). Alongside this pro-rata requirement, the AIF Regulations also require investors to be treated pari-passu in respect of other rights available to them.