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中国最高人民法院は9月7日、「AI関連紛争事件の法に基づく審理に関する最高人民法院の意見」を公表した。国の最高司法機関が人工知能関連の司法判断ルールを示す初の文書となる。

When an artificial intelligence system is trained on copyrighted news content, and later answers a user’s question using what it learned, has the law been broken? On 24th July 2026, the Delhi High Court answered that question, at least for now. In ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. Open AI OpCo LLC, Justice Amit Bansal declined to grant an interim injunction against OpenAI, holding, on a prima facie, interim stage view, that the company’s use of ANI’s news content to train its large language models (“LLMs”) falls within the fair dealing exception under Section 52(1)(a) of the Copyright Act, 1957

Indian courts have, in recent times, increasingly been confronted with novel legal questions arising from the intersection of AI-generated outputs and the rights that may subsist in, or be affected by, such outputs.

The Full Federal Court of Australia has handed down its appeal decision in Aldi Foods Pty Limited v Hampden Holdings I.P. Pty Limited [2026] FCAFC 103 which provides guidance regarding the application of copyright infringement principles to the packaging of look-alike products.

China's State Council has released its 15th Five-Year Plan for Intellectual Property Protection and Utilisation, setting ambitious targets for IP development through 2030. The Supreme People's Court has published comprehensive judicial data for the first half of 2026, revealing significant trends in IP litigation and dispute resolution. Major court decisions include the SPC's dismissal of Pinduoduo's retrial petition in the miHoYo unfair competition case and a landmark RMB 10.3 million damages award against

The Delhi High Court has identified critical inconsistencies in how territorial jurisdiction is determined in intellectual property disputes, particularly those involving online transactions and e-commerce. A Single Judge has referred three fundamental questions to a Larger Bench to resolve the conflicting interpretations of the Civil Procedure Code, Trade Marks Act, and Copyright Act provisions that govern where IP suits can be filed.

In ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. Open AI OpCo LLC, CS(COMM) 1028/2024, the Delhi High Court delivered a significant judgment on the intersection of copyright law and Generative Artificial Intelligence. Deciding an application for interim injunction, the Court examined questions concerning the use of copyrighted works for training Large Language Models (LLMs), the scope of copyright infringement arising from AI-generated outputs, the applicability of the fair dealing exception under Section 52 of the Copyright Act, 1957, and the territorial jurisdiction of Indian courts over AI developers operating through servers located overseas.

In Aroha Labs Pte Ltd. v. Prem Dharmani1, the Karnataka High Court considered whether an Indian court could grant interim reliefs under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (the "Arbitration Act") in respect of an arbitration governed by Singapore law and seated in Singapore.

South Korea’s largest music copyright collective, the Korea Music Copyright Association (“KOMCA”), has reversed its prior ban on registering AI-assisted musical works.