Roundtable on Copyright and Generative AI Training | By DPIIT IPR Chair, NLSIU & Columbia Law School

The DPIIT IPR Chair on Intellectual Property Rights at NLSIU, in collaboration with Columbia Law School’s Programme on Science, Technology & Intellectual Property Law, is organising a Roundtable on Copyright and Generative AI Training. The keynote address will be delivered by Hon’ble Justice Prathiba M. Singh, Delhi High Court.

Please note, the keynote address is open to the public. Participation in the Roundtable sessions is by invitation only.

Event Details

• Venue: Allen & Overy Hall, Training Centre, NLSIU
• Day & Date: Friday, August 1, 2025
• Timings: Keynote talk: 10 – 11 AM | Roundtable: 11 AM – 5 PM

About the Roundtable

This full-day roundtable will bring together leading scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and technologists to engage in critical discussions around the copyright implications of using creative works to train generative AI models. The discussions will be under the Chatham House Rules and the event will be co-moderated by Shyam Balganesh, Sol Goldman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School and Dr. Arul George Scaria, Professor of Law, NLSIU.

Excerpt:  

Justice Prathiba Singh expressed a deep personal connection to Bengaluru and NLSIU, recalling her years as a student of the University Law College, Bangalore at the time when NLSIU was founded.

In her address, she highlighted current legal challenges surrounding artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in three key areas: ownership of AI-generated content, infringement by AI, and the use of copyrighted data to train AI models. She raised a central concern on whether creativity lies in the AI-generated content or in the questions posed to the AI. She spoke about how traditional copyright law rewards human expression, not ideas—but AI flips this dynamic, as the “expression” comes from the machine, while the “idea” originates from the user’s prompt. This raises questions about the relevance of established copyright doctrines like originality and substantial similarity in the AI context, she said. In her conclusion, she questioned whether the foundational principles of copyright law may need to evolve to accommodate the complexities introduced by generative AI.

Schedule

• Welcome remarks (10:00-10:10): Prof. (Dr.) Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU
• Keynote address (10:10-10:40): Hon’ble Justice Prathiba M. Singh, Judge, Delhi High Court
• 10:45-11:00: Tea/Coffee Break
• Session 1 (11:00-12:30):  Understanding the Indian Landscape
• Lunch break: 12:30-13:30
• Session 2 (13:30-14:30): Understanding the U.S. Landscape
• 14:30-15:00: Tea/Coffee Break
• Session 3 (15:00-16:00): Locating Copyright within Wider AI Regulation
• Concluding remarks (16:00-16:30): Prof. Shyamkrishna Balganesh & Prof. (Dr.) Arul George Scaria