Events & News
Moot courts, round-tables, special talks, delegations and symposia organised by the CIIPC – IPR Chair.
Vidhi Pragati National IP Moot Court Competition
Organised by CIIPC and the IPR Chair, NLU Delhi, in collaboration with DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and CIPAM. The third edition, on copyright and trademark law, will be held offline at NLU Delhi with a total prize pool of ₹3.25 lakh.
Recent events & news
Delegation
Delegation visit from the World Intellectual Property Organization
WIPO delegates met NLU Delhi leadership, addressed students of the WIPO–NLUD–IPO Joint Masters/LL.M., and joined a roundtable on IP enforcement and counterfeiting.
Delegation
WIPO delegation visit to strengthen the Joint Masters/LL.M. partnership
WIPO officials met around 70 enrolled students of the WIPO–NLUD–IPO programme and NLU Delhi leadership.
Moot Court
2nd Vidhi Pragati National IP Moot Court Competition
32 teams competed on trademark and copyright. NLSIU Bangalore won; MNLU Mumbai and HNLU Raipur were runners-up. The final was judged by a bench including Justice Prathiba M. Singh, Delhi High Court.
Industry
Japanese industry delegation hosted with JETRO
Representatives of companies including Maruti Suzuki, Canon, Casio and Honda discussed counterfeiting and corporate IP protection with LL.B. and Joint LL.M. students.
Programme
First batch graduates from the WIPO–NLUD–IPO Joint Masters/LL.M.
61 of 70 participants completed the first edition of India’s first joint IP Masters/LL.M. with WIPO and the Indian IP Office.
Special Talk
IP and Elections in Key Jurisdictions
Special talk by Ms. Gauri Kumar, Senior Consultant, India & South Asia, INTA.
Special Talk
Fast Fashion, Traditional Textiles and Intellectual Property
Ms. Niharika Salar on fast fashion, Khatri weavers of Bhuj and the role of GIs and community rights.
Round-Table
ADR in IP: Strengthening Enforcement through Mediation and Arbitration
Special address by Mr. Marco Aleman, Assistant Director General, WIPO; with delegates from WIPO and CGPDTM. Moderated by Dr. Yogesh Pai.
Moot Court
Vidhi Pragati National IP Moot Court Competition 2025
First edition, on Artificial Intelligence and Copyright, with 26 teams. Inaugurated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry.
Programme
Launch of the WIPO–NLUD–IPO Joint Masters/LL.M. in IP Law and Management
Jointly offered by WIPO Academy, the Office of the CGPDTM and NLU Delhi; first edition began on 16 August 2024.
Invited Talk
Academic Symposium on TRIPS @25, Geneva
Dr. Yogesh Pai spoke at the WTO symposium marking 25 years of the TRIPS Agreement, organised with IP Researchers Europe.
Panel Discussion
IP and the Pandemic
During the second wave of Covid-19, the Honourable Supreme Court observed that the Government of India should not hesitate to take measures under IP laws to enhance the production of vaccines and drugs that are of immediate use for Covid-19. How to achieve vaccine equity remains a challenge globally and not just in India. However, it is an immediate challenge for lower, middle-income, and least-developed countries where the scale of populations affected by the pandemic, livelihood issues, and economic recoveries are very different.
It is in this spirit that India and South Africa, joined by other countries from the African Group and the LDCs, made a proposal for waiver of IP rights at the WTO. While it remains to be seen how the waiver proposal in itself will ensure technology transfer even when IP rules are suspended domestically, the message that it carries is that more needs to be done on the issue of access to vaccines and drugs during the pandemic. We need more global cooperation on these issues and action domestically.
It is true that these vaccines and drugs have been invented within a short period of time. The time now is to take action on how to make them accessible as soon as possible. Of course, there is no easy or one-size-fits-all solution. The panel discussion attempted to answer the most difficult and challenging questions of our times.
Watch the full discussion
Earlier events
Online Roundtable
The Global Implications of Unwired Planet v. Huawei: Lessons for India’s Evolving SEP Jurisprudence
Online Symposium
WIPO-WTO-WHO Trilateral Study on Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation
Colloquium on Select IP Issues
Recent Reforms at Intellectual Property Office: Patent and Copyright Administration in India
Colloquium on Select IP Issues
The Role of Standardisation and Licensing in a Successful Digital Single Market: A European Perspective — Dr Claudia Tapia, Director IPR Policy and Legal Academic Research, Ericsson. 3:00 pm, Room 506, NLU Delhi.