National Law University Delhi
Centre for Innovation,
Intellectual Property
and Competition

National Law University Delhi · established 2015

Who owns
an idea?

The Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition studies how the law rewards invention and how it keeps markets open. Its research is empirical, interdisciplinary, and independent of those who fund it.

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The Centre drawn as an instrument: whole in figure 1, and exploded into eight numbered parts in figure 2. Each part opens a section of the site.10About12Research14Publications16Strata18Notices20People22Education24The Brief
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Fig. 1 draws the Centre whole; Fig. 2 takes it apart. Each numbered part opens a section, and a part inked in red has something open.

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The Notice Board

Nothing is open at the moment. Posted first on LinkedIn, then numbered here so nothing is lost when the feed moves on.

  1. 10Oct 2026Registrationciipc/n/2026/12Certificate Course on IP and Fashion Law: registrations openThe Centre’s new online certificate course: fifteen hours in five modules on intellectual property in the fashion industry, carrying one credit. Registrations close on 30 October 2026; classes begin in November.Closed 30 Oct 2026
  2. 7Oct 2026Call for papersciipc/n/2026/11Call for submissions: the intersection of innovation and access in the EU–India FTAThe Innovation Brief invites blog submissions on how the intellectual property chapter of the EU–India free trade agreement affects the balance between innovation and access. Submissions close on 20 October 2026.Closed 20 Oct 2026
  3. 19Aug 2026Internshipciipc/n/2026/10via LinkedInInternships with the DPIIT-IPR Chair, September to December 2026The tenth edition of the IPR Chair’s internship programme: one to three months between September and December 2026, full time on campus, with a stipend of ₹10,000 a month. Applications closed on 5 September 2026.Closed 5 Sep 2026
  4. 24Jul 2026Vacancyciipc/n/2026/09via LinkedInAcademic Fellow (IP Law) for the WIPO–NLUD–IPO Joint Masters/LL.M.One contractual post for a year with the Joint Masters/LL.M. in IP Law and Management, at ₹60,000 a month, for candidates with an LL.M. in IPR and two years’ experience in IP. Applications closed on 10 August 2026.Closed 10 Aug 2026

One problem, asked three ways

Every filing, report and paper of the Centre answers one of these questions, and the best of them answer two.

  1. How are ideas made, and how are they shared?

    Innovation

    Open science, open innovation, and how startups and researchers use IP.

    14 works on file

  2. What should the public receive in return for a monopoly?

    Intellectual property

    Patents, copyright, trade marks and GIs, and what India asks in return.

    25 works on file

  3. When does a right become power over a market?

    Competition

    Dominance, digital markets, and where patent rights meet competition law.

    7 works on file

Filed with the Centre

Twelve filings: eleven research projects and one piece of policy input. Each is numbered, and so is each of its paragraphs, so it can be cited to the line.

  1. ciipc/r/001Practising Patents in India
  2. ciipc/r/002Patents and Competition
  3. ciipc/r/003Regulation of Digital Markets in the Context of Big Data, AI, and IoT
  4. ciipc/r/004IP in Agri-Biotech in India
  5. ciipc/r/005Intellectual Property and Startups
  6. ciipc/r/006Open Innovation
  7. ciipc/r/007Open Science for an innovative India

All twelve filings34 publications

A pilot · Strata, Volume I Pharmaceutical patent law, 2005–2016, mapped judgment by judgment, with the statute beside it. Open Strata

The Record

51 reports since 2016, cited as a law report cites its cases. The latest, with their plates:

The whole record

  1. (2026) ciipc rec 6Judicial–Industry Dialogue on Standard Essential Patents12 Apr 2026 · conference
  2. (2026) ciipc rec 5Breaking the Fake Chain: Law, Brands and Anti-Counterfeiting Tactics27 Mar 2026 · lecture
  3. (2026) ciipc rec 4The Sounds of Rights: Protecting Music Copyright in a Digital World24 Mar 2026 · lecture
  4. (2026) ciipc rec 3Roundtable on IP Enforcement with WIPO’s Building Respect for IP Division9 Mar 2026 · roundtable
  5. (2026) ciipc rec 22nd Vidhi Pragati National IP Moot Court Competition, 20266–8 Feb 2026 · moot court

Watch the Centre

28 recordings of its conferences, symposia, moot and programmes, from the Centre’s channel and the University’s.

Every recordingOn YouTube

The flagship

WIPO-NLUD-IPO Joint Masters/LL.M. in IP Law and Management Programme

The Joint Master’s Programme in Intellectual Property Law and Management (LL.M. and M.A.) seamlessly integrate IP law expertise with modern management principles.

All nine programmes

Also taught

The people

Everyone

Ex-officio Coordinator

Prof. (Dr.) G.S. Bajpai

Vice Chancellor, National Law University Delhi

  • Ms Nishtha Sharma

    Research and Programme Coordinator; In-Charge, CIIPC

  • Ms Priyanka Sonowal

    Research Assistant

  • Mr Sarthak Dewan

    Research Assistant

Visiting scholars · 7

  • Devanshi Saxena
  • Ms Jayashree Watal
  • Prof. (Dr) Josef Drexl
  • Dr Karine Peschard
  • Dr Kirti Gupta
  • Prof. Subha Ghosh
  • Prof. Margaret McCabe

Alumni · 15

  • Dr Yogesh Pai
  • Dr Arul George Scaria
  • Mr Eashan Ghosh
  • Ms Gunveen Kaur
  • Ms Kruti Kachhwaha
  • Mr Virender Chandel
  • Mr Nitesh Daryanani
  • Ms Kavya Mammen

In company with

About

Support disclosed: UNESCO · Department of Science and Technology, Government of Rajasthan · Qualcomm Inc.. How the Centre accepts funding

Recent writing

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2023

  1. f/2023/01Comments on the Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023Yogesh Pai, Virender Chandel · Submitted to DPIITPolicy input

2021

  1. f/2021/05Even if WTO waives IP on vaccines, India will face challenge translating this into mass productionYogesh Pai, Prashant Reddy T. · ScrollOp-ed
  2. f/2021/04NITI Aayog’s Position on Compulsory Licensing Fails Both Niti and NyayaArul George ScariaCommentary
  3. f/2021/03Not so ‘IP IP Hooray’ at all!Yogesh Pai, Prashant Reddy T. · The Economic TimesOp-ed
  4. f/2021/02WTO IP Waiver Too Simplistic: Global Vaccine Tech-Transfer Needs Other StrategiesYogesh Pai · Express PharmaOp-ed

The Innovation Brief

Open the Brief

The Centre’s student publication on IP, technology and competition.

  1. Re-examining Acquihires in Competition LawMarkets
  2. Innovating the LawTechnology
  3. Comments on The Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023Governance
  4. Royalty From Underlying Works in a Cinematography FilmCourts
  5. Moral-Economic Deficiency of Criminal Copyright RemediesCourts
  6. Exploring The Copyright Infringement Implications of AI-Generated MusicTechnology
  7. Dynamic InjunctionsCourts
  8. AI ArtworksTechnology
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Under seal

What the Centre claims

A centre for the study of ideas, set up at National Law University Delhi in 2015, comprising: research into how the law rewards invention; research into how the law keeps markets open; and academic and policy-oriented dialogue on where the two meet, wherein each is studied in its own right and at its intersection with the others.

Given under the seal of the Centre, at National Law University Delhi, New Delhi.

All six claims, and who funds the Centre