50 Legal Research Topics For The Month Of January 2023

In this article, Team YLCC brings you the top 50 legal research topics for law students in January 2023. Happy researching!

• IPR

1. Copyright protection in the digital era
2. Biodiversity and protection of biotechnological innovations under the new patent regime
3. Access to medicine and pharma patent
4. Counterfeiting of trademarks and the need for more vital protection
5. Bio piracy, traditional knowledge, and rights of indigenous people
6. Protection of trade Secrets in the information age
7. Geographical indication and community rights protection
8. Protection of IPR in cyberspace

• Cyber Law

9. Jurisprudential dimensions of Cyberspace
10. Cyber security and laws of India and other countries
11. Legal regime of Online Transactions
12. Legal protections to Consumers in Online Business Transactions
13. Information Technology Act, 2000 and Online Transactions
14. Investigation of cybercrimes – issues and concerns
15. Evidentiary issues in the area of cyber security
16. E-Governance and cyber security concerns
17. Human Rights and cyberspace use and misuse
18. Judicial Response to cyber security

• Environment law

19. Paris Agreement on climate change in terms of the management of carbon emissions?
20. Environmental crime and the law: Write an expository essay by taking into account landmark judgments in India
21. How did India’s environmental laws miserably fail to stop illegal sand mining in the country?
22. Environmental laws vs development goals of the state: Are they mutually beneficial or bulwarks to overall economic growth?

• AI laws

23. Areas of the realm of law standout as potential use of AI     
24. AI-related startups in the legal industry
25. The emergence of AI and its implication towards data privacy: From Indian legal perspective
26. The future of the application of AI in court and legal fraternity. 

• Data protection/ Privacy

27. Is data privacy a fundamental right in India? An analysis and recommendations from policy and legal perspective
28.  Data Protection and Privacy Legal-Policy Framework in India: A Comparative Study vis-à-vis China and Australia
29. Protecting patient information in India: Data privacy law and its challenges
30. The jurisprudence of the Right to Privacy in India

• Blockchain law

31. Law on decentralized currency: An imperative need 
32. The legal status of online currencies–are Bitcoins the future?
33.  NFTs and copyright: challenges and opportunities
34. Critically analyze laws on NFT and crypto from all over the world.

• Employment/Labour laws

35. Civil rights law at work: Sex discrimination and the rise of maternity leave policies
36. Is dual employment/ moonlighting in regard to employment laws in India
37. Compilation of best employment laws around the globe 
38.  Labor and employment law at the millennium: A historical review and critical assessment
39. Labor laws in developing v/s developed countries
40. Are employment laws in India really effective? 

• Competition law

41. How the competition act prohibits exploitation or dominance of one party on another. 
42. Provisions pertaining to the Indian merger control regime in the competition act
43. Critically analyze UPSE v. National Stock Exchange of India
44. Key triggers of dominance abuse prevention in India under competition law
45. New age economy, platform markets, and challenges for anti-trust enforcement. 

• Fashion law

46.  Analysis of Fashion law and its advancement
47.  Why securing IP is crucial in the fashion industry 
48. Influence of fashion on politics
49. Case comment on bata vs crocs
50. Gender-based pricing discrimination in the fashion industry

YLCC would like to thank Ms Sanaa Virani for her inputs in this article.