Akshat Agrawal

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Akshat Agrawal

@PhilIPnPolicy

PhD Candidate (Law), Cambridge || LLM @ UC Berkeley || Culture & Knowl policy || LPE || https://t.co/MPC6K7fnWt

New Delhi, India Katılım Ağustos 2015

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Akshat Agrawal@PhilIPnPolicy·31 Tem

I was awarded @Google’s global Inclusive Copyright Thesis Award’23 for my paper “Resolving Copyright’s Distortionary effects”!! Super stoked. Not possible w/o Talha Syed, Oren Bracha & @mollysvh. Also my Copyright prof. @PamelaSamuelson. Very grateful! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

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Akshat Agrawal@PhilIPnPolicy·14 Oca

@ijltnls My new piece published: A Human Enablement Theory of Copyright: repository.nls.ac.in/ijlt/vol20/iss…

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SpicyIP (spicyip.bsky.social)@SpicyIP·7 Oca

Continuing the discussion on why copyright is ill-equipped to address labour displacement caused by GenAI, Part II of @PhilIPnPolicy 's post moves beyond copyright to explore alternative frameworks for engaging with the underlying concerns. spicyip.com/2026/01/part-i…

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...and risk harming the very creators they claim to safeguard. (2/2) spicyip.com/2026/01/part-1…

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Against the backdrop of DPIIT’s Working Paper on AI and Copyright, @PhilIPnPolicy argues that both the paper’s proposed framework and a broader turn to copyright are ill-suited to address labour displacement caused by GenAI... (1/2)

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Akshat Agrawal@PhilIPnPolicy·22 Ara

“Expanding copyright beyond its purpose is not the answer. It never has been.” …vernment.economictimes.indiatimes.com/blog/indias-dp…

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SpicyIP (spicyip.bsky.social)@SpicyIP·3 Kas

that everyone in the IP world has surely taken note of -- the surge in “Personality Rights” cases. Check out the episode and read Swaraj Barooah’s post on the series below! (4/4) youtu.be/mutN1Wan1DI?si… Link for the post- spicyip.com/2025/11/lets-i…

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SpicyIP (spicyip.bsky.social)@SpicyIP·3 Kas

we often have behind the scenes, now out in front of an audience. Kicking things off, Tanishka Goswami hosts the first episode in our Let’s IPsa Loquitur series, joined by @AdyashaSamal9 and @PhilIPnPolicy , to discuss some ongoing developments (3/4)

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The name, of course, is a play on the Latin maxim Res Ipsa Loquitur — “the thing that speaks for itself.” Let’s “IP”sa (IP-itself) loquitur (speak about it)! As the name suggests, we plan to use this as an online space to bring forward many of the conversations (2/4)

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Regular readers (and now, viewers!) would’ve seen the launch of our SpicyIP TV series with the Summer School edition. Building on that, we're delighted to announce the launch of what we hope will become our main SpicyIP TV channel — “Let’s IPsa Loquitur”! (1/4)

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SpicyIP (spicyip.bsky.social)@SpicyIP·23 Eki

MeitY's proposed IT Rules amendments aim to regulate AI, but blur legal lines, treating AI developers as “intermediaries” and requiring watermarks on all synthetic content, from deepfakes to filters. On these proposed amendments, @PhilIPnPolicy writes that (1/2)

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SpicyIP (spicyip.bsky.social)@SpicyIP·23 Eki

...while the intent is right, without clear definitions or compliance standards, the framework risks being unworkable. (2/2) spicyip.com/2025/10/unpack…

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Akshat Agrawal@PhilIPnPolicy·10 Tem

F1 the movie was like Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal

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My 2 part on the recent US GenAI x Copyright decisions

SpicyIP (spicyip.bsky.social)@SpicyIP

[Part I] Obiter > Ratio: The Good and Bad in the First Two American Decisions on Generative AI and Copyright On the recent decisions by the Court in the Northern District of California on the Copyright vs. Gen AI debate, Akshat Agrawal highlights the conflicting .. (1/3)

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Akshat Agrawal@PhilIPnPolicy·22 Haz

@grumpeoldman @GenericIPguy delivering the life and law talk at our very own @SpicyIP first Summer Academy!

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Akshat Agrawal@PhilIPnPolicy·26 Nis

World IP Day Ruminations! philipandpolicy.wordpress.com/2025/04/26/bey…

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Live Law@LiveLawIndia·17 Nis

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal mentions Wikimedia's plea challenging Delhi High Court order to remove defamatory content about ANI from ANI's Wikipedia page. Justice Abhay Oka: Whosoever has filed this, what is the tendency now? In synopsis case law is cited, grounds are there in synopsis. #SupremeCourt

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Live Law@LiveLawIndia·17 Nis

Recently, the #SupremeCourt reserved judgement in Wikimedia's plea against Delhi High Court directing removal of the Wikipedia page on the defamation case titled "Asian News International v. Wikimedia Foundation", finding it prima facie contemptuous. livelaw.in/top-stories/su…

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Akshat Agrawal@PhilIPnPolicy·27 Mar

Anyone who could help with Cambridge external funding avenues for a few part time doctoral course in law?

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@sneha24x7 and my post on the Thomson Reuters case. spicyip.com/2025/02/from-h…

SpicyIP (spicyip.bsky.social)@SpicyIP

The recent US District Court opinion in Thomson Reuters (TR) v Ross Intelligence, which allowed TR's motion of copyright infringement against Ross for its usage of TR's headnotes, has caught the attention of genAI and copyright enthusiasts around the world. (1/2)

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