India: Intellectual Property

Sound recording law is a combination of copyright, contract, privacy and new technology regulation. The law on sound recordings has undergone a major change due to the evolving music market and technological developments that have accelerated over the years. This article discusses the legal framework of IP rights in sound recordings as provided by the Copyright Act, 1957 with a special focus on ownership, assignment, licensing, and commercial exploitation of IP rights in sound recordings.

This comprehensive newsletter examines landmark intellectual property decisions from Q2 2026, spanning trade mark disputes over deceptive similarity and prior use...

The Advent of Artificial intelligence (“AI”) has taken its shape and form in nearly all the sectors, contributing either directly or indirectly to the Indian economy. It has now moved from a topic of revolution to an issue for discussion and more so a reason for restructuring the existing legal regimes. One such sector where AI has settled itself is that of music industry or broadly putting it, the creative industry, amid the growing characterization of the Indian economy as an ‘orange economy,’ driven by creativity, culture, and intellectual property.

While legal merits are important, experienced business leaders know that litigation is only one component of a broader commercial decision.

The rapid growth of short-form content has transformed social media marketing in India. Platforms such as Instagram have become indispensable tools for brands seeking consumer engagement through reels, influencer campaigns and promotional videos. As per 2025 data, almost 80 percent of marketing professionals integrated Facebook and Instagram into their digital marketing campaigns.

Can artificial intelligence legally own a fashion design it creates? Indian copyright law offers no clear answer, leaving designers, brands, and AI developers in a legal vacuum where neither the training process nor the resulting creations have settled ownership rules. This article examines how generative AI exposes fundamental gaps in India's fragmented fashion IP framework, where copyright and design protection actively displace each other, and proposes legislative reforms to address the dual authorship c

This comprehensive newsletter examines landmark intellectual property decisions from Q2 2026, spanning trade mark disputes over deceptive similarity and prior use...

The June 2026 edition of Dentons Link Legal IP & Technology Newsletter examines the global intellectual property ecosystem's strong momentum, featuring record-high filings, AI-driven innovation surges, and pivotal rulings that reflect technological advancement and evolving regulatory priorities. From bizarre patent cases like motorized pasta forks to multimillion-dollar verdicts collapsed by procedural flaws, the newsletter explores landmark decisions in pharmaceutical patents, trademark enforcement, and AI

In Astral Ltd. v. M/s Astral Marketing Syndicate & Anr., CS (COMM) 294/2024, the Delhi High Court dismissed an application seeking rejection of the plaint for lack of territorial jurisdiction. The Court held that, at the stage of considering an objection under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the averments in the plaint must be accepted as true. It further observed that an interactive listing on a third-party platform such as Justdial, through which consumers can access product catalogues, initiate enquiries, and contact the Defendant, is sufficient to prima facie confer territorial jurisdiction in an internet-based trademark dispute.

In intellectual property strategy, the most consequential decisions are often not what a company chooses to patent, but what it deliberately chooses not to patent. Modern innovation ecosystems generate far more technical output than any organisation can economically prosecute through the patent system. Engineering teams iterate continuously. Manufacturing operations accumulate incremental process improvements. Software systems evolve through constant optimisation.

Every growing business develops valuable assets beyond physical infrastructure and financial resources. Brand identity, product designs, software, inventions, customer databases and proprietary business processes...

The protection of trade secrets, which contain proprietary business data that provides competitive advantages through its formulas, processes and design specifications, needs to be maintained because its disclosure threatens cybersecurity systems with both financial losses and reputational harm.