In Conversation With IPR & Competition Law

In this episode Isheta Boruah is joined by Avadhi Joshi, Managing Partner at VNA Partners, to discuss how Indian copyright law approaches parody, commentary, reaction videos, memes, AI voice clones, and transformative content in the digital era.The conversation explores fair dealing under Section 52 of the Indian Copyright Act, the difference between parody and satire, moral rights, use of film clips and music in online content, licensing strategies for creators, and the growing legal risks surrounding AI-generated media and deepfakes.A practical and thought provoking episode for creators, filmmakers, lawyers, podcasters, and digital media professionals navigating the evolving relationship between creativity and copyright law.

In Part 2 of this series, we shift from theory to real-world impact. Why is personal data protection a practical concern for ordinary Indians? How do spam calls, digital scams, data breaches, and third-party processors increase everyday risk? And how effective is the DPDP Act in addressing these challenges?Hosted by Isheta Boruah & joining us again is Yash Vardhan Singh Roy, Data Protection & Privacy Analyst at The Global Data Protection Officer firm in London, Yash unpacks how India’s DPDP regime operates in practice.We discuss fiduciary obligations, data principal rights, grievance mechanisms, children’s data protections, and whether “reasonable security safeguards” are strong enough to protect users in India’s fast-evolving digital ecosystem.A focused conversation on privacy, accountability, and what individuals can do to reduce data risks today.

This episode dives into “over-enforcement” in European patent law and asks where legitimate protection of innovation ends and abuse of rights begins. With Professor Leonard, we unpack how doctrines like proportionality and abuse of rights operate in practice—from pharma and SEP/FRAND disputes to the early case law of the UPC—and explore what reforms or normative tests might help courts strike a better balance between strong enforcement and misuse of patent power.

In this episode, Dr. Assimakis Komninos, Partner, White & Case, Brussels discusses with Aditya Trivedi and Ritika Ghosh about Antitrust and Populism - Emerging Global trends. They discuss the evolving relation between populism and antitrust in today's global landscape. Dr. Komninos, drawing on his extensive research and expertise, shed light on the influence of populist movements and political pressures on antitrust decisions in different jurisdictions, providing notable examples of how these forces shape policies and enforcement. Populist sentiments were shown to particularly target big tech companies, raising concerns about their market power and influencing the regulatory landscape in the digital sphere. Dr. Komninos also emphasized the tension between economic theories and populist-driven policies, examining how regulators navigate these challenges. Dr. Komninos shared insights into the European Union's response to populism in its competition policy. Looking ahead, the discussion pondered the most pressing issues at the intersection of antitrust and populism in the coming years.

In this Episode Isheta Boruah hosts Barasha Borthakur.Barasha is doctoral researcher at Centre for Commercial and Legal Studies, School of Law, Queen Mary University of London. Here she talks about, how important Green Intellectual Property is in contemporary times; difference between green technology, clean technology and environmentally sound technology; how these technologies are or will be used to mitigate climate change with regards to IPR; Technology Transfer with regards to IPR and Climate Change; How important was the interplay of IPR during the COVID times and also in regards to the rollout of vaccinations by pharmaceutical companies et al.

In this Episode, Isheta Boruah hosts Mathews V.C. who is the Group Head of Intellectual Property Rights at Fox Mandal. Mathews sir discusses about what can we expect when it comes to the future of the metaverse, is there a future to the metaverse?; the implications of the metaverse with respect to copyrights?; How does it change the landscape of copyright protection and how prepared is the copyright law when it comes to metaverse, the impact of metaverse on the NFTs, problems that can be perceived in the field of intellectual property in the metaverse. et. al.

In this episode, Isheta Boruah & Sonal Sinha hosts Twinkle Maheshwary, where she talks about her book "Intellectual Property Rights in the Creative Industry". Twinkle Maheshwary also discusses about, observations on the applicability of IPR in the creative industry; current and future vision when it comes to the intersection of IPR with the Creative Industry; the applications of different forms of IPRs in the creative industry; measures that the creators can take in order to safeguard their IP interests in their creations, et al.

In this episode, Arushi Gupta, Founder and Partner, Satyaki Legal discusses with Isheta Boruah about Intellectual property rights of movie scripts, especially under copyright laws in India; essentials to get Copyright protection; idea expression dichotomy; role of trademarks; rights of the author; role of Script Writers Association et al.

In this episode, Sunil Jose discusses about Trademark Management and its Intersection with the Business Domain with Isheta Boruah. He talks about the management of the Facebook’s new borne name Metaverse/Meta and much more.

In this episode Divyaish Srivastava & Isheta Boruah discusses about the onus of Trademark Prosecution: Its process of filing, infringement & interesting landmark cases & some side notes by Divyaish for the students of law.

Tune in to listen to Vedangini Bisht, Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Innovation, Competition and Information Law to get insights on Copyright infringement, Piracy, Sci-hub case, legal provisions and sufficiency of Indian laws on piracy. Hosts - Isheta Boruah and Aditya Trivedi