📌About the Event

The 3rd Vidhi Pragati: National IP Moot Court Competition 2027 is an intellectual property law moot organised at National Law University Delhi (NLU Delhi) in collaboration with the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC), DPIIT IPR Chair, Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM), and Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). The competition gives law students an opportunity to work on contemporary intellectual property disputes while developing legal research, memorial drafting and courtroom advocacy skills. The theme for the 2027 edition is “Copyright and Trademark,” focusing on emerging questions involving creativity, branding, innovation and intellectual property rights.

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ℹ️ Event Details

• Host Institution: National Law University Delhi
• Area of Law: Intellectual Property Law
• Theme: Copyright and Trademark
• Mode: Offline / physical competition at NLU Delhi, Sector 14, Dwarka, New Delhi. IP Moot Court Competition
• Nature of Competition: National-level moot court competition for law students.
• The moot is designed to develop legal research, written advocacy, oral pleading and argumentation skills while exposing participants to contemporary IP jurisprudence.

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📅 Important Dates

• Registration: Currently open as of October 10, 2026.
• Competition Dates: A university moot-society notice that directly links the 2027 proposition and rulebook lists the competition from February 5–7, 2027

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🎯 Eligibility & Rules

• Eligibilty:
• Participation is restricted to institutions invited by the organisers. IP Moot Court Competition
• Participating teams are required to have 3 members:- 2 Speakers
• 1 Researcher MCS Allotment
• The competition is aimed at law students representing their respective institutions.
• The central subject of the moot is Intellectual Property Law, with the 2027 problem focusing on Copyright and Trademark. LinkedIn
• Teams are expected to research the moot proposition, prepare legal arguments and participate in advocacy rounds according to the official rulebook.
• The competition evaluates participants’ ability to deal with complex IP disputes, legal reasoning, research and persuasive advocacy.

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🏆 Benefits for the Participants

• The competition traditionally recognises strong performance in categories such as:- Winning Team
• First Runner-Up
• Second Runner-Up
• Best Memorial
• Best Speaker
• Best Researcher
• For reference only, the previous edition offered a prize pool exceeding ₹3 lakh, including ₹1 lakh for the winning team, ₹75,000 for the first runner-up, ₹50,000 for the second runner-up and Best Memorial, and ₹25,000 each for Best Speaker and Best Researcher.