GIPC 2027 · 20th Edition · Programme

Registration and Arrival Networking

Check-in and delegate kits, with the Twenty Editions of GIPC retrospective wall on display.

GIPC Connect Speed Networking   pre-registered

Five-minute rotations pairing practitioners with companies, in the GIPC Connect meeting area. Pre-registered participants receive express check-in.

Inaugural Session

The lamp lighting, a short film marking twenty editions, and a keynote from the chief guest.

Opening Plenary: Five Shifts, Five Voices: Redefining Global IP in 2027    rapid-fire plenary

Five voices on the shifts redefining global IP: the AI training-data licensing market, technology sovereignty and export controls, India's reforms, the rise of the Indian applicant abroad, and the global race for know-how.

The Molecule, the Patent Cliff and the Deal   panel · life sciences

The CRISPR and gene-editing licensing thicket, patenting AI-discovered molecules, and IP diligence in the patent-cliff acquisition wave, and the Indian applicant's route into regulated markets: Paragraph IV, post-grant challenges and the biosimilar pathway in the United States and Europe.

The Great Debate: This House Believes Section 3(k) Now Hinders Indian Innovation    debate · live vote

Two teams, one motion, and an audience vote before and after.

Four Signals from the Edge of IP   The Marvel · plenary

Four rapid signals: greenwashing and sustainability claims; brand identity in AI-generated and immersive environments; design protection for GUIs, AR and VR; and a fourth signal held open for the most consequential development of late 2026.

15:15 - 16:05

parallel

SEP Wars 2027   panel

Rate-setting, anti-suit injunctions and global licensing: standards battles and cross-border portfolio strategy, with practitioners from the UPC, United States and Asian theatres.

Workshop: The Brand, Digital Asset and Content Enforcement War Room    pre-registration required · 40 places

Platform and marketplace enforcement, domains and deepfakes, customs intervention, and evidence preservation for coordinated action.

16:20 - 17:10

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What Global Counsel Need from Indian IP Enforcement   panel

Dynamic, dynamic-plus and superlative injunctions, administrative adjudication, monetary penalties and the evolving enforcement framework, and working effectively with local counsel. The session closes with the reverse brief: what Indian companies instructing counsel abroad expect in return.

Workshop: Inside the 2027 IP Department: What We Automate, What We Never Delegate    pre-registration required · 40 places

Automating clearance and infringement detection, managing vendor risk, and drafting AI-safe disclosures without losing trade secrets.

The GIPC Cross-Examination: One Dispute, Four Perspectives   The Marvel · signature session

No slides, no speeches. A distinguished judicial figure questions a patent counsel, a trademark counsel, a general counsel and a founder on one fictional dispute, followed by an audience vote on the outcome.

Arrival Networking

The Partner Zone and GIPC Connect meeting area are open.

Keynote: Owning the Output   keynote

A focused examination of authorship, contracts and trade-secret risk in generative AI.

The Intangibles Agenda: Deals, Finance and Boardroom Value   panel

Intangible-asset diligence in M&A, valuation and accounting treatment, IP-backed finance, and board oversight and investor confidence. For lawyers, CAs, CSs, investors and boards.

A Founder's First 100 Days of IP   masterclass

Choosing the right protection, building strategy from day one, protecting a brand on a budget, and keeping trade secrets intact in an AI-driven workflow. Open to registered GIPC delegates and members of the T-Hub community, subject to separate registration and seating availability.

Innovation Spotlight: Three Problems, Three Working Solutions

Three innovators, one demonstrable problem and solution each.

Closing Plenary: India 2030: Scaling Innovation, Trade and IP Value    panel

Market access and customs under evolving international trade frameworks, technology transfer and cross-border joint ventures, corporate readiness, and making the public case for IP.

Valedictory and GIPC 20th Edition Honours

Legacy recognition, the competitive honours, the GIPC Lifetime Achievement in IP, and the announcement of the next host city.

Closing High Tea and Networking Reception

The celebration marking twenty editions of GIPC.