**Executive Summary**
This document is an answer to Unstarred Question No. 1645 in the Lok Sabha, concerning the impact of AI on intellectual property rights in India. The Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry responded on February 10, 2026. The response details the formation of a committee by DPIIT to study AI's impact on copyright law and a finalized working paper published for stakeholder feedback.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Government Action on AI and Intellectual Property:**
* The Government has not conducted or commissioned any studies, expert committee reviews, or stakeholder consultations to assess the impact of AI on intellectual property rights in India over the last five years.
* There is no information regarding the assessment of potential economic, legal, or commercial losses suffered by creators, innovators, rights holders, and assignees in India on account of AI-generated or AI-assisted content and technologies.
* **DPIIT Committee on Generative AI and Copyright:**
* An eight-member committee was constituted by DPIIT on April 28, 2025, to study emerging issues related to generative AI and its implications on Copyright law.
* The Committee finalized a working paper on the use of copyrighted content in AI training.
* The working paper has been published for stakeholder feedback.
* **Committee's Terms of Reference (ToR):**
* Identify and analyze legal and policy issues arising from the use of AI in the context of copyright.
* Examine the adequacy of existing provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957, in addressing these issues.
* Make recommendations based on the above analysis.
* Prepare and finalize a working paper based on the analysis, for publication by the Department.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholders:** Creators, Innovators, Rights Holders, Assignees (Copyright)
* **Impact:** These stakeholders are affected by the evolving legal and policy landscape surrounding AI-generated content and the use of copyrighted material in AI training.
* **Action Required:** These stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on the working paper.
**Stakeholders:** DPIIT Committee
* **Impact:** The committee is tasked with studying and analyzing the legal and policy issues arising from the use of Artificial Intelligence in the context of copyright.
* **Action Required:** The committee needs to work on the Terms of Reference given to them, so as to identify and analyse the legal and policy issues arising from the use of Artificial Intelligence in the context of copyright.
**Stakeholders:** Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)
* **Impact:** DPIIT is responsible for forming the committee, overseeing the review of AI's impact on copyright, and publishing the working paper.
* **Action Required:** DPIIT needs to publish the final working paper prepared by the committee.
Key Entities Referenced
Intellectual Property Rights: The main subject of the question, regarding the impact of AI on IPR in India.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry: The Ministry to which the question is addressed.
Copyright Act, 1957: The existing copyright law whose provisions are being examined in relation to AI.
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT): Department that constituted the committee to analyze AI related copyright issues.
AI (Artificial Intelligence): The technology whose impact on intellectual property rights is being assessed.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1645.
TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 10TH FEBRUARY, 2026.
IMPACT OF AI ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN INDIA
1645. SHRI G M HARISH BALAYOGI:
SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY VEMIREDDY:
Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:
वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री
(a) whether the Government has conducted or commissioned any studies, expert
committee reviews, or stakeholder consultations to assess the impact of
artificial intelligence on intellectual property rights in India over the last five
years;
(b) If so, details regarding the assessment, if any, of potential economic, legal, or
commercial losses suffered by creators, innovators, rights holders, and
assignees in India on account of AI-generated or AI-assisted content and
technologies;
(c) whether the Government is considering or has proposed any amendments,
policy reforms, or regulatory guidelines to India’s intellectual property rights
framework in light of the evolving impact of artificial intelligence; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and if not reasons therefore?
ANSWER
वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (श्री णिणिन प्रसाद)
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
(SHRI JITIN PRASADA)
(a) & (b): Nil
(c) & (d): An eight-member committee has been constituted by DPIIT on April 28, 2025
to study and analyze the emerging issues related to generative AI and its
implications on Copyright law. The Committee has finalized a working paper
on the issue of use of copyrighted content in AI training. It has been
published for stakeholders' feedback. The Terms of Reference (ToR) of the
Committee was:
i. To identify and analyse the legal and policy issues arising from the use of
Artificial Intelligence in the context of copyright.
ii. To examine the adequacy of existing provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957
in addressing these issues
iii. To make recommendations, if any, basis the above
iv. To prepare and finalize a working paper based on the above analysis,
which will be published by the Department.
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