Counsel for technology-led businesses, from AI governance and technology contracts to data protection and the protection and commercialisation of intellectual property.
One connected practice for the technology stack: govern the AI, contract the technology, protect the data and defend the intellectual property.
AMLEGALS runs a single, connected practice for the law of technology and intellectual property. The work spans the artificial intelligence stack, the contracts that move technology between businesses, the data protection regime under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, and the creation, protection and commercialisation of intellectual property.
Model risk classification, accountability, disclosure and audit trails aligned to the DPDPA and sectoral regulation.
Ownership of models and weights, training data rights, evaluation, indemnity and liability for automated output.
Inbound and outbound licences, field-of-use, source code, escrow, royalties and transfer of technology.
Subscription licensing, service levels, security commitments, data location and structured exit.
Processor obligations, breach terms and cross-border transfer architecture under the DPDPA.
Consent, notice, data principal rights, data protection officer function and DPIAs.
Trademark, patent, copyright and trade secret protection, portfolio strategy and enforcement.
Long-term service, transition, continuity and step-in frameworks for critical technology delivery.
Platform regulation, intermediary obligations, content and licensing across the digital sector.
Technology and intellectual property matters fail when they are handled from one direction only. A contract that is legally clean but technically wrong will not survive contact with the product. A position that is commercially attractive but legally unenforceable collapses in a dispute.
Every matter is therefore read through three lenses at once. The technical lens tests whether the description of the technology, the data flows, the security commitments and the interfaces are accurate. The commercial lens tests ownership, pricing, exclusivity, dependencies and exit. The legal lens tests enforceability, regulatory allocation, remedies and evidence. The advice is only complete when all three hold together.
The practice serves technology-led businesses across sectors, including the regulated and dual-use edges where technology, export control and national interest meet.
Software, cloud, data and AI-first businesses where IP and data are the core asset.
Offset structuring, export control and technology transfer in the defence supply chain.
Authorisations, launch and satellite contracts, spectrum and liability for space activity.
The following official sources support the legal positions summarised on this page and should be consulted for the current statutory text, procedure and notifications.
Content reviewed by the AMLEGALS Technology, Data and Intellectual Property team. Law reviewed as of: 21 July 2026. This page is general information about legal processes in India and is not legal advice. A formal opinion requires review of the specific facts and documents.
Short, direct, on the record.
It requires the document and the advice to track the technology itself. Ownership of code, models, training data and improvements, security and data obligations, interoperability and open-source use all have to be read against the way the product is actually built. Generic corporate drafting does not capture these risks.
Yes. The same practice protects intellectual property through registration, contract and trade-secret discipline, and enforces or defends it through takedown, injunction and litigation when it is challenged. Advice is written so that a position taken while building can be sustained if it is later disputed.
AI matters are handled on the settled law that already applies, contract, intellectual property, data protection, consumer protection and sectoral regulation, while staying alert to the frameworks that are emerging. Advice states clearly what is settled, what is guidance and what is proposed, so that a client is not exposed by treating a draft framework as if it were law.
It is the discipline of reading every technology and IP matter through a technical, a commercial and a legal lens at once. The technical position has to be accurate, the commercial allocation has to make sense, and the legal structure has to be enforceable. A matter fails if any one of the three is left out.
Yes. The practice supports the full life of a technology asset, from structuring and contracting during the build, to compliance and data governance at launch, to enforcement and defence if the asset is disputed. Continuity across these stages avoids positions taken early that cannot be defended later.
Share the product, the contract or the position under challenge for a confidential preliminary scope discussion.