Section 3 of the Indian Patents Act, 1970 (the Patents Act) bars patentability for certain inventions. Section 3(i) of the act prohibits the patenting of […]

It is common to find competitive inventors to work on the uncovered aspect of a patent claim and design around it to escape […]

A couple of months back, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry published the Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules,2023, with various changes to the rules, […]

Sections 3 and 4 of the Indian Patents Act 1970 provide a list of subject matter considered non-patentable in India. For example, for […]

Time and tide wait for no man – a saying that impresses one upon the inexorable flow of time. Einstein formulated the concept […]

Section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act, 1970 was never so controversial till the insertion of an amendment in 2005, which states that […]

On 21 September 2023, the Plaintiff- Kubota Corporation, a Japanese company, filed a suit for patent infringement, seeking enforcement of its patents before […]

Prosecution of pharmaceutical patents in India without attracting an objection under Section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act, 1970 (hereinafter “the Act”) is […]

A patent can be enforced against an infringer only in Civil Courts and not below the Court of a District Judge. For Chennai, […]

Much-Needed Clarity on Software Patentability Boosts Protection and Enforcement in India. Read the article >>