The AIPPI members are advised that the membership will be from 1st January to 31st December every year. The Membership is conferred on individual basis and should be renewed every year. Please further note that in case the member does not renew the membership, the membership would be deactivated. However, if the member wishes to re-join on a later date, the member will have to pay the arrears before activation of his/her AIPPI Membership Account.
Membership Fee for Junior Member / Young Member / Corporate Member (In-House Counsel, etc.) (member who is 36 years of age or below): Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fiften Thousand only)
Membership Fee for Regular Member: Rs. 30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand only)
Members to pay membership fee latest by March 30 of each year, failing which the member’s name would be removed from the rolls of the AIPPI membership and additional 100% of the amount of the membership fee would be applicable for reinstatement of the same.
Any Member who wishes to reinstate the membership for attending the Annual AIPPI Congress should make the application along with complete fee payment latest by July 31. If this deadline is not met, consideration of reinstatement would be made only after conclusion of the Congress for that particular year.
Any New Member should make an application for membership at least 1 month in advance of the AIPPI Congress scheduled for that particular year, if the person wants to attend the Congress for that year. Else, the membership application will be processed only after conclusion of the Congress.
If there is any change in the contact/communication details of a member, the member is requested to inform such change to the President and the Treasurer at the earliest.
Neel Mason is a Counsel based in New Delhi and has been practicing Intellectual Property law for close to 3 decades. He is a Of Counsel in Obhan Mason which is the merged entity of Obhan & Associates and Mason & Associates, the latter of which Neel was the Managing Partner.
Neel has been involved with several key litigations in the media and entertainment sphere with a significant focus on music. Neel has been involved with cases defining the Power of Copyright Board and Statutory and Compulsory licensing within the framework of Indian Copyright Law. He has also been involved with litigations between intermediaries and rights holders. Neel has also been involved with litigations in relation to Authors and Performers rights. Neel also regularly represents intermediaries in defamation/content take down matters and has been involved with significant keyword litigations in India.
Neel has authored the India Chapter of the AIPPI Lecture Series for “Law of Raw Data” as well as “AI and Copyright”.
Neel is a member of the Copyright Standing Committee of AIPPI as well as the Secretary of AIPPI India Group.