Patenting Biotechnological Inventions In India Growing up as an Indian, many of us start our mornings either with tea, coffee, or milk. But what we might not have wondered is that the ability to enjoy these beverages, through its key ingredient milk, arrives from a victory within a complicated field of Intellectual Property Law: Biotechnology… Continue reading Patenting Biotechnological Inventions In India
Patent Filing in India: An Invention’s way to Secure Rights! INTRODUCTION (Why Patents?) The Indian law governing and safeguarding inventions is enshrined in the Patents Act, 1970. A patent provides a right to an inventor(s) to exclude others from exploiting the patented invention. Therefore, anyone other than the inventor cannot use, make or sell the… Continue reading Patent Filing in India: An Invention’s way to Secure Rights!
Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021 The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) on September 21, 2021 issued the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Patents Rules, 2003. Accordingly following amendments are proposed: Rule 2 (ca), which specifies the definitions, a new definition has been inserted, namely: “eligible educational institution’ means an institution… Continue reading Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021
PATENT PROTECTION BEYOND NATIONAL BOUNDARIES : THROUGH WIPO-PCT [The International Patent System] The world has become one big place now, and one no longer experiences the earlier hindrances that were restricted by physical boundaries with easy access to almost everything. People all over have changed their perception over the years, and now we see this… Continue reading Patent Protection Beyond National Boundaries: Through WIPO-PCT [The International Patent System]
Compulsory License: A tool to help supplies cope up with demands in the crisis In April, 2021 India got hit by the second wave of Corona Virus spread leaving lacs of people in its wake. For the past few days India has been reporting about 4 lac new cases every single day according to the… Continue reading Compulsory License: A tool to help supplies cope up with demands in the crisis
PATENT LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS : A RUN-THROUGH As a common belief, around 80% of the technological and scientific information contained in patents is not published anywhere else. There are literally millions of published patents and patent applications that are available for review to the public. This overwhelming treasure of information would only useful be when critical… Continue reading Patent Landscape Analysis: A Run-Through
Pre-Grant Patent Opposition Litigation for invalidating patents can be very lengthy and costly and therefore one way out of such long and expensive remedy is “Patent-opposition”. The Patents Act 1970, provides with two types of patent opposition i.e. “pre-grant” and “post-grant” under section 25 of the Act. The reason as to why these oppositions are… Continue reading Pre-Grant Patent Opposition
INDIA : Fast emerging Hub for Patents Innovations continue to grow worldwide with the ongoing sparks of technology giving rise to more and better uses of creativity and human intellect resulting in developments in almost every known field of work. Be it science, medicine, machinery, agriculture or even a tool of luxury, mankind has seen… Continue reading INDIA : Fast emerging Hub for Patents
CHANGING TRENDS OF PATENT FILING DURING AND POST PANDEMIC Talking about the trends of patent filings in India, in the past decade or so, there has been a drastic raise in patent filings. Marking its impact in the competitive era, India has witnessed increased innovations in turn driving the growth in patent filings. Recent patent… Continue reading Changing Trends Of Patent Filing During And Post Pandemic
Amended Patent Rules, 2020 The Patent Amendment Rules 2020 have come into effect from 19 October 2020 published by DPIIT in the Official Gazette of India. The Draft Rules namely Patents Amendments Rules 2019 were published dated 31st May 2019 for inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected. These amendments… Continue reading Amended Patent Rules, 2020
