Technologies are already woven into every aspect of our life. They are transforming the way we work, we socialize, and we live. Many more of such transformational technologies are on the way. And every new technology and its applications will bring unique legal challenges.

At Nishith Desai Associates, we believe in helping shape the future of law through deep research and thought leadership. Towards fulfilling this mission, we have created this, Sprinting to the Future of Law series.

In each issue of this series, we will analyze an emerging, just-over-the-horizon technology and offer our insights on its possible applications and important legal and other considerations.

Digital twins are virtual representations of real-world objects, processes, or systems. They help us recognize and preemptively address future problems to avoid damage or failures. They can also help us redesign products and processes to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and appeal.

In this second issue of our Sprinting to the Future of Law series, we look at what digital twins are, what are key challenges in developing and deploying digital twins, underlying technologies enabling digital twins, some interesting use cases of digital twins, which industries would be interested in them, what is happening in India, and some strategic, legal, and socio-ethical issues with digital twins.

March 2024