Intellect Partners Consulting LLP proudly announces that our CEO, Rahul Thukral, has been named among the distinguished IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2025. This prestigious accolade acknowledges his extraordinary contributions to intellectual property (IP) strategy and innovation consulting, highlighting his expertise and influence within the global IP community.
Rahul Thukral: Transforming IP Consulting with Vision and Leadership
Rahul Thukral, CEO of Intellect Partners Consulting LLP, has consistently exemplified leadership, innovation, and excellence in intellectual property consulting. Through his visionary approach, he has redefined how businesses develop, manage, and monetize their IP assets. His strategic insights have enabled organizations across various industries to unlock significant value from their intellectual property, driving growth and creating sustainable competitive advantages.
Under Rahul’s leadership, Intellect Partners has become a trusted advisor to enterprises worldwide. The firm specializes in delivering expert solutions across IP strategy, litigation support, portfolio management, and monetization. Rahul’s ability to address complex IP challenges with tailored, forward-thinking strategies has not only fueled the company’s growth but also positioned it as an industry leader. His client-centric approach and dedication to driving impactful results continue to shape the firm’s reputation as a preferred partner for businesses navigating the intricate IP landscape.
Celebrating Excellence in Global IP Leadership
Rahul Thukral’s inclusion in the IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders 2025 represents a significant milestone, underscoring his profound impact on the global IP ecosystem. This recognition reflects his steadfast commitment to empowering businesses with innovative IP strategies, fostering value creation, and supporting long-term success through thoughtful and strategic decision-making.
At Intellect Partners Consulting LLP, we take immense pride in this achievement. Rahul’s recognition inspires us to continue delivering cutting-edge IP solutions that empower our clients to thrive in an increasingly competitive and innovation-driven world. We remain dedicated to helping organizations maximize the potential of their intellectual property, ensuring they achieve meaningful and lasting business outcomes.
As cutting-edge artificial intelligence chatbots become progressively modern, they are bringing up significant questions about IPR law and its application to these new advances. Specifically, there are worries about the ownership of content produced by artificial intelligence chatbots, and how to protect and manage the content made by AI.
One main point of interest is the degree to which artificial intelligence chatbots can be thought of as “creators” of original content for reasons of copyright regulation. As these frameworks become further developed, they can produce even better pictures, texts, and different types of content that are indistinguishable from content made by humans. This brings up issues about who should be thought of as the “creator” of the substance for copyright, and whether such content ought to be qualified to be given similar IP rights.
As a rule, copyrighted materials are made by human creators and are considered original content that is fixed in a substantial form. This implies that the work should be communicated in a physical or computerized form, like a book, a PC file, or a painting, to be safeguarded by intellectual property law. With regards to artificial intelligence chatbots, it is not clear whether the substance produced by these frameworks would be viewed as original and fixed in a substantial form, and consequently qualified for copyright protection law.
Some might contend that artificial intelligence is simply a tool or instrument that is utilized by human creators for work, and subsequently, the human creator ought to be viewed as the original maker and proprietor of the work. Others might contend that computer-based intelligence itself ought to be viewed as the maker and proprietor of the work, provided its capacity to produce unique substance without any intervention by a human.
It is challenging to say for certain whether the substance produced by computer-based intelligence would be qualified for copyright law under existing regulations. Nonetheless, the rise of these advancements brings up significant questions and difficulties that should be addressed to guarantee that IP rights are safeguarded.
Another issue is the potential for IP infringement by artificial intelligence chatbots. As these frameworks become all the more broadly utilized, there is a gamble that they may coincidentally or purposefully produce content that encroaches on the Intellectual Property rights of others or that is duplicative of other artificial intelligence-created content. For instance, an AI chatbot that produces text or pictures in light of previous work without consent could be considered encroaching.
The development of cutting-edge artificial intelligence devices raises significant concerns related to IP that should be addressed to guarantee that these innovations are utilized ethically and that respect the rights of human creators. Technologists, attorneys, and policymakers should cautiously consider these issues and work together to foster fitting legal structures for the utilization of artificial intelligence in the production of original content.
A standard is a set of technological advances, norms, or protocols utilized in like manner by different manufacturers or service providers while designing specified methods or products. Standards are fundamental for the worldwide reception of innovations and processes. For instance, different telecom advances, for example, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities comparatively on phones made by various organizations. The organizations, groups, or bodies that define and set standards are known as Standard Setting Associations (SSOs). The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) in the US, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) in Europe and The Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) in Japan are some examples of SSOs working in the telecom sector.
While explaining a standard, a few innovations or processes
might exist that some innovator has proactively patented, and without utilizing
these patents, executing the standard is incomprehensible. Those patents crucial
for executing a standard and have been acknowledged by the concerned SSO are
known as Standard Essential Patents (SEPs). The role of SEPs is most critical
in the field of telecommunications because with each new age, for example, 3G,
4G, and 5G, there are various standards defined by SSOs like ETSI. It is
inordinately impossible to manufacture a telecommunication framework connected
with the concerned standard without utilizing the advancements defined by SEPs.
Presently, organizations that make products that are per a standard need to have a permit of the relevant SEPs from the proprietors of the SEPs. The proprietors of the SEPs invest money, time, and different resources while inventing and defining their patented advances, and they ought to get reasonable royalties for their endeavors. Consequently, the SEPs are for the most part licensed on FRAND (Fair Reasonable, and Non-Discriminatory) terms. FRAND terms are an agreement between the SEPs holders and SSOs to give a SEP license to the standard implementers based on fair and reasonable conditions for both of the parties. FRAND is a voluntary agreement, and there is no implementing body to uphold the FRAND terms. If there is any conflict between the two parties on FRAND, the dispute can be put under the watchful eye of the concerned court, where the jury or judge will determine the issue.
Patent Designation as
SEP
A patent is pronounced crucial for implementing a standard,
ordinarily by the SSOs. While creating and defining a standard, the individuals
from the SSO check for the potential patents which might be expected for the implementation
of the standard as well as the patent proprietors pronounce to the concerned
SSO that their protected innovation is fundamental to implementing the standard.
After getting the rundown of such patents, the concerned SSO individuals check
whether the unveiled patented innovation is utilized in the standard and
further, assuming asked by the SSO’s higher authorities, an effort is made by
the SSO members to track down alternative innovation solutions to find whether
executing the standard without utilizing the corresponding patent. On the off
chance that there is no other alternative, the patent is announced as essential
for the specific standard, and the higher authorities of the SSO are informed about
it.
License Granting According
to the FRAND Terms
For the most part, in the wake of perceiving a patent to be
fundamental for the standard implementation, the patent proprietor is requested
by the concerned SSO, for example, ETSI to give an irreversible undertaking in
a particular timeframe regarding its agreement to grant the license based on
FRAND terms, however, the patent proprietor will undoubtedly give the license
based on FRAND terms. If the patent proprietor doesn’t show interest in granting
a license based on FRAND conditions, subsequent requests are made by the higher
authorities of the SSO, for example, the Director-General on account of ETSI to
get the license.
In any case, if the patent proprietor refuses to provide the license based on FRAND terms, the SSO decides whether the development of the concerned part of the standard ought to proceed or not. Notwithstanding, much of the time, the patent proprietors are the organizations that are members of the concerned SSO and play a part in developing the standard. These organizations ordinarily consent to give the license to their patented innovation based on FRAND terms. In many cases, the member organizations purposefully embed their patented innovations into various parts of the standard to profit from the FRAND terms’ royalties, which is an unethical activity.
Declaration of SEP
The SSOs by and large provide platforms on which the patent
proprietors can declare assuming that they observe that a specific standard is
utilizing their patented innovation. The patent holders need to give all the information
concerning their patents utilized in the standard and the part of the standard
that utilizes the concerning innovation. For instance, ETSI gives an “IPR
Information and Licensing Declaration” platform. The declarants can open a
submitter account on this platform and proclaim that their patented innovation
is fundamental for executing a specific standard. The declarants can choose the
specific part of the standard that is utilizing their innovation.
How to Find Declared
SEPs
The proclaimed SEPs are generally revealed publicly by the
concerned SSO. The information in regards to SEPs related to a specific standard/innovation
and/or the SEPs connected with a specific assignee can be tracked down on the
site of the concerned SSO.
For instance, ETSI gives an “ETSI IPR Online Database”
as displayed in Fig. 3. The SEPs connected with a specific project, standard,
as well as a declaring organization can be found by filling in the suitable details
in the web-based data set of ETSI.
Conclusion
Standards play a significant part, particularly in telecom,
to keep up with consistency in the work process of different advancements. With
the approach of the new-gen, different new standards should be characterized.
Frequently, these standards involve patented advances, without which implementing
the standard is unthinkable. These patents are pronounced as SEPs by the SSOs.
The proprietors of these patented innovations had invested a lot of effort
while inventing these advances; consequently, they ought to be compensated
reasonably. The most common way of setting standards, proclaiming SEPs, getting
SEP licenses based on FRAND terms, and giving public info in regards to SEPs
connected with standards is by and large controlled and implemented by SSOs.
