Niti Aayog, released a discussion paper on the Guiding Principles for the Uniform National-Level regulation of online fantasy sports platforms in India, December, 2020.

Source – https://niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2020-12/FantasySports_DraftForComments.pdf

The Screenwriters Rights Association of India has applied to the Registrar of Copyrights, for registration as a Copyright Society under section 33 of the Copyright Act, 1957, in literary and dramatic works, such as the story, script, screenplay, dialogues or any other literary works (excluding lyrics). 

Source: https://copyright.gov.in/Documents/PublicNotice46.pdf

A new version of the 11th edition of the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (“Nice Classification”) is now available. The latest version will come into force on January 1, 2021.

Source: https://www.wipo.int/edocs/madrdocs/en/2020/madrid_2020_72.pdf

The Indian Patent Office (IPO) by its public notice (on November 23, 2020) informed that it will start accepting Form 5-1 under Chapter 5 of the PPH Guidelines from 7th December 2020 as part of the Bilateral Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program that is in effect between the Indian Patent Office (IPO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) since 2019.

Source: http://www.ipindia.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/News/716_1_PPH_notice_for_2nd_year_-7th_December_2020.pdf

The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), released its guidelines for advertisements pertaining to “Online gaming for real money winnings”. The guidelines will be effective from December 15, 2020.

Source : https://www.ascionline.org/images/pdf/asci-guidelines-for-online-gaming-for-real-money-winnings-new.pdf