The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade-Intellectual Property Rights (DPIIT-IPR) Chair & Centre for Innovation, Research and Facilitation (CIRF) of Chanakya National Law University, Patna (CNLU) has announced the CNLU-DPIIT-IPR National Moot Court Competition, 2026 in collaboration with SS Rana & Co.
The moot is centred on copyright and artificial intelligence and will be held online. Being the inaugural edition of the moot, participants will deal with complex legal and policy challenges involving AI-generated works, authorship debates, technological creativity, and emerging copyright liabilities.
The competition is open for students currently pursuing 3-year or 5-year LLB course from a recognized college/ university in India. Each team shall comprise of three members where two will be speakers, one researcher. Multiple teams from a law school will be permitted.
The participating teams will have to register via Google forms. After succesful registration, the team shall be allotted a team code for further references.
Registration fee: ₹4000
Release of moot proposition and commencement of registration: December 5, 2025
Last date to register: December 26, 2025
Last date to seek clarifications: December 31, 2025
Last date for submission of the moot memorial: January 15, 2026
Researcher's test: January 31, 2025 (online)
Inauguration & preliminary rounds: February 1, 2026 (online)
Quarter-final & semi-final rounds: February 2, 2026
Final rounds: February 15, 2026
Winning team: ₹50,000 cash prize; Internship opportunity at S.S. Rana & Co.
Runner-up team: ₹40,000 cash prize.
Best Memorial: ₹10,000 cash prize.
Best Researcher: ₹10,000 cash prize.
Best Speaker: ₹10,000 cash prize.
Access brochure, moot proposition, and rulebook here.
For further details contact iprmoot@cnlu.ac.in or
Saurabh Kumar +91 9117195176
Jayanti Ranjan +91 9234171082
Aditya Shivam +91 8809222261
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