Artificial intelligence is testing the limits of IP law faster than the law can keep up with it. Questions like whether an AI can be named an inventor or author, and how training data, generative outputs, and AI-assisted creativity fit into frameworks written for human creators, are still being worked out. India, like most jurisdictions, is answering these questions case by case rather than all at once.
This section also covers IP rights beyond the traditional four, including trade secrets, plant varieties, semiconductor layout designs, and other emerging or hybrid categories that don’t fit neatly into trademark, patent, copyright, or design law. It’s the space for tracking where Indian IP law is headed next, not just where it currently stands.