Legal Aspects of Generative AI and Intellectual Property in India: Challenges and Emerging Solutions

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming how content - ranging from text and images to music, code, and legal writing - is created. As these AI-generated outputs begin to rival human work, they pose new and complex legal questions. India’s existing IP laws, particularly the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Patents Act, 1970, lack provisions to address issues of ownership, authorship, and accountability for non-human creators. This article explores the legal challenges surrounding AI-generated content within the Indian context. It examines gaps in current legislation, draws on international regulatory practices, and considers ethical concerns such as privacy, bias, and liability. Finally, it outlines possible reforms to help Indian law evolve in step with emerging technologies.