Aaditya Bajpai
Aaditya Bajpai is an India-qualified lawyer and a Research Associate with the Indian Legal Research Foundation (ILRF). He holds an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law from the University of Edinburgh and a Bachelor’s in Law from National Law University, Nagpur, India, where he graduated as the University Gold Medallist for Overall Excellence. His research focuses on comparative patent law, transnational patent enforcement, artificial intelligence and copyright, and the intersection of intellectual property and competition law in digital markets.
He serves as Associate Editor of the STAR Journal of Law, Policy, and Society and Blog Editor of the Edinburgh Student Law Review, having previously served as Assistant Editor of SCRIPTed: A Journal of Law, Technology & Society at the University of Edinburgh. He is also Senior Consultant and Co-Host of In Conversation With: IPR & Competition Law, a podcast dedicated to exploring contemporary developments in intellectual property and competition law through research-driven discussions with practitioners and scholars.
Recent Articles by Aaditya Bajpai
The UPC Marks the Edge of Its Own Jurisdiction in Sandoz v. Novo Nordisk
In a procedural order dated October 22, 2026, the Milan Central Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) delivered a short ruling in Sandoz v. Novo Nordisk (UPC_CFI_2221/2026) that deserves more attention than its procedural posture suggests. The operative holding is a single sentence: the UPC has no jurisdiction to entertain a claim seeking a declaration that a composition, independently of a specific patent right, was obvious at a given priority date. Behind that line sits a question the court will keep meeting as it matures: what, exactly, is this court for, and where does its competence stop?