US raises concerns at India’s duties on IP-intensive goods, source code, AI working paper

The US has raised concerns at India’s high customs duties on IP-intensive products such as information and communications technology products, solar equipment, medical pharmaceuticals, and capital goods. In its Annual Special 301 Report, the US said that India’s Working Paper on Generative Al and Copyright, which proposes to give a mandatory blanket licence to AI developers for using all legally accessed copyright-protected works, has “raised deep concerns among stakeholders”.