AI + Copyright Law Moot Judging at NLU Delhi!

From Abhivardhan, our Chairperson

As March begins, I could not forget one more aspect of my engagement I had in Delhi.

So, the National Law University, Delhi had conducted in collaboration with Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, GOI, a moot court on intellectual property law, called Vidhi Pragati.

I personally felt it was a pivotal event in Indian legal education. Why?

1️⃣ India's Commerce Minister announced to fund students who'd participate in intellectual property law moot court competitions across the world. Ideally the minister should also fund students for prestigious moot court competitions like Vis, Oxford Price and Jessup.

2️⃣ Ankit Sahni had drafted a very structuralist moot problem. Why do I say so? Well, if you have never read Copyright Act, then this moot problem will make you learn all procedural facets of Indian Copyright Act. In that generalist sense, I appreciate the moot problem. This is a good precedent set in Indian mooting standards. May we do in other IP facets, like trade secrets, patents, designs too in future. Would be absolute fun.

3️⃣ The moot problem was on artificial intelligence and copyright law, which is a good precedent too.

Now, I was graciously invited by the faculty members and the DPIIT Chair to judge in the Quarter Finals of the moot court, which was a fun experience.

I hope moot courts like Vidhi Pragati create good precedent. One suggestion I'd give to the faculty members is that try publishing the winning memorials as a compendium. Students work hard in such cutting-edge competitions, and if the moot memos (best ones by merit) are published, it can be a great value-add for their CVs, and as well as their career aspects because many law students cannot show their skills in moot court and mock trials in a standardized way. So I believe they should be able to do that.

What do you think folks? And yes, happy weekend, happy March.