India: United Kingdom and India signed the Free Trade Agreement including provisions on intellectual property

On 24 July 2025, the United Kingdom and India signed a Free Trade Agreement, including provisions to enhance intellectual property (IP) protection by streamlining procedures, reducing administrative burdens, and speeding up processes to ensure transparency and legal certainty. The IP rights protections that apply to all IP-intensive sectors including technology, pharmaceuticals, creative industries, manufacturing, and agriculture. The Agreement implements obligations across copyright with minimum 60-year protection for works, patents with regulatory review exceptions, trademarks with a 10-year minimum terms with electronic systems and geographical indications with sui generis protection. It also focuses on robust enforcement mechanisms including civil remedies, criminal procedures for commercial-scale infringement, border measures, and digital enforcement provisions. The Agreement also establishes a Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights to oversee implementation and facilitate ongoing cooperation between the parties.