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Gen-AI And Copyright – A Legal Tug Of War Impacting The World And Touching The Shores Of India
Generative artificial intelligence (“Gen-AI”) is an idea whose time has come. It is no more the future of technology but its present. Gen-AI is today being used in every aspect of our professional, business, and personal lives. As with the advent of every technological development, the world is finding itself in a vacuum on existing regulations to streamline and regulate the scope of such technology.
India Technology
AP
AZB & Partners
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How Zoho Books Handles Cross-Border Consolidation With Multi-Entity Accounting In The GCC
GCC organizations keep expanding the way most successful businesses do. First, a holding company is incorporated in the UAE. It opens a branch in Saudi Arabia. Another entity follows in Bahrain or Qatar. At each stage, the finance team sets up a fresh Zoho Books organization to manage the accounts of that entity. It's a smart, practical choice, and it serves each entity well on its own. A well-planned Zoho Books setup becomes even more valuable as the organization expands across multiple Gulf markets.
Worldwide Technology
IMC Group
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No Injunction Against The Machine - The Delhi High Court's Interim Ruling In ANI Media v. OpenAI And Where It Sits In The Global AI-Copyright Landscape
On 24 July 2026, a single judge of the Delhi High Court, Justice Amit Bansal, dismissed the interim injunction application filed by the Indian news agency Asian News International (ANI) against OpenAI. The decision is the first substantive judicial engagement in India with the central legal question of the generative-AI era: whether ingesting copyright-protected material to train a large language model (LLM) infringes the rights of the content owner.
India IP
IL
IndiaLaw LLP
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Who Owns The Runway? AI-Generated Fashion Design And The Authorship Vacuum In Indian Copyright Law
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
India IP
MC
MAHESHWARI & CO. Advocates & Legal Consultants
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Who Owns What? The IP Rights That Arise From Employee-Created Artificial Intelligence Workflows
As employees adapt to utilizing AI technologies in generating their work output, there exists a major disconnect among IP laws (both globally and in India) regarding who owns the copyright, patent, or trade secret in a work that was produced using AI technologies. Is it the employer, employee, or AI tool provider; all three parties could have an interest in these types of works?
India IP
Ka
Khurana and Khurana
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Establishing Authorship In AI-Assisted Works: The Copyright Office Of India’s Updated Form XIV Requirements And The ‘Substantial Human Creative Direction’ Test
The Copyright Office of India has updated its Form XIV application framework, requiring applicants of AI-assisted works to proactively upload clear documentation proving substantial human creative direction, selection, and arrangement to establish legal authorship. This article analyses the new requirement, its implications for creators and AI developers, and the emerging standards for copyright protection of AI-assisted works in India.
India IP
Ka
Khurana and Khurana
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Frontier AI Risk Defence: The New Standard For Incidence Response
On 26 April 2026, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued an advisory titled, “Defending Against Frontier AI Driven Cyber Risks” (Advisory), categorised as high severity. While framed as an advisory, it reflects a clear regulatory shift. Artificial Intelligence (AI) incident preparedness is no longer a matter of best practice, it is increasingly a baseline compliance expectation against which organisational readiness may be assessed.
India Technology
KC
Khaitan & Co LLP
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ASCI Issues Draft Guidelines For Responsible Labelling Of AI-Generated Content In Advertising
Given the increased proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across various industries and markets, regulatory scrutiny around application of AI has been rather inevitable. This reflects in Advertising Standards Council of India’s (ASCI) Draft Guidelines for Responsible Labelling of AI-Generated Content in Advertising published on 8 May 2026 (Draft ASCI Guidelines).
India Media & IT
KC
Khaitan & Co LLP
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