The Indian Patent Act, 1970 (act) is based on the 1959 Report on the Revision of the Patents Law of the Ayyangar Committee […]

With pendency rates ranging up to four years, India’s patent owners have a range of options to protect their innovations while they wait, […]

In recent years, India has attracted worldwide attention with the continuous evolution of its IPR ecosystem. The overall strategy of bringing in new […]

Rushing to get ex party injunction remained the first salvo in the hands of the patentee in India. Section 108(1) allows courts to […]

by Rajeev Kumar & Neetu Kumari The Government had proposed certain amendments in the Patents Rules, 2003, and had published the same on […]

A recent decision passed by the Delhi High Court on 20 August held that infringement actions cannot be maintained when the patent-in-suit is […]

The commercial exploitation of a patent is not mandatory in any patent law jurisdiction. But if you wait too long, someone else will […]

“Oh ye seekers after perpetual motion, how many vain chimeras have you pursued? Go and take your place with the alchemists.” — Leonardo da […]

In India, a patent application can be filed by either inventors or their assignee, e.g., a company or an institute. When a patent […]

For years, inventors have been filing and obtaining patents for technologies that have either exclusive applicability in outer space or dual-use applicability both […]