NEW ERA, NEW LAW
Abstract Every morning, everyone wakes up with new dreams, ideas and passion. In this growing world, what we need is innovative ideas, and laws which support and protect such ideas. The blog explores the ideas of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000. When some inventions cannot be registered under patent or copyrights act, they can be registered under the Semiconductor Integrated […]
The ₹1,000 Crore Gambit
Decoding India Semiconductor Mission 2.0 The term “Sovereignty” has a price tag The term “supply chain resilience” is no longer a platitude in boardrooms, but a part of the national security doctrine for 2026. The chip shortage that crippled automotive manufacturing cells in Chennai to Stuttgart was just a teaser. The more basic facts that approximately 92% of the production […]
The Chip Wars Behind the Curtain
Semiconductor Patents and the Battle for Technological Supremacy Abstract We have seen how semiconductors have gone from a component of electronics to a tool for international political dispute, an economic keystone and the ground on which some of the biggest modern intellectual property disputes are fought. The licensing might of QUALCOMM in its earlier days, […]
The Forgotten IP Law
Abstract This blog traces the curious silence surrounding India’s semiconductor-specific IP regime at a time when chips sit at the centre of geopolitics, AI, and digital sovereignty. It explores how the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design (SICLD) Act, 2000 emerged from global concerns around “chip piracy” and TRIPS compliance, yet gradually slipped into obscurity despite India’s […]
INDIA’S SLEEPING GIANT: UNLOCKING POTENTIAL OF SEMICONDUCTOR LAYOUT UNDER DESIGN ACT, 2000
Reviving India’s semiconductor innovation through stronger layout-design IP protection framework specially Designs Act 2000.