The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) on February 09, 2024, issued a notification regarding the protection of rights for AI-generated works under the IPR regime.
The following has been stated: -
•Intellectual Property Rights including Copyright and Related rights provide exclusive rights to the right owners who are legal persons for a set duration. These rights allow for the work, creation, or innovation to be protected and enable the collection of royalties through licensing.
•There is no requirement to create a separate category of rights for AI and related innovations in the Indian IPR Regime.
•Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related innovations is an evolving stream of technology the current legal framework under the Patent and Copyright Act is well-equipped to protect Artificial Intelligence generated works and related innovations.
•The exclusive economic rights of a copyright owner such as the right of reproduction, translation, adaptation etc. granted by the Copyright Act, 1957 obligates the user of Generative AI to obtain permission to use their works for commercial purposes if such use is not covered under the fair dealing exceptions provided under Section 52 of the Copyright Act.
The detailed notification is given in the document attached below.
[Release ID: 2004715]
