This article is a follow up to my article: ‘Need Soft Patents for Software Inventions’; in fact, it is one in the series […]

The Indian pharmaceutical industry is a major manufacturer of cost-effective generic drugs and is set to become the leading exporter of generic pharmaceutical […]

The objective behind the establishment of patent offices around the world has been to implement a mechanism for incentivizing innovation. The quid pro […]

Most of the inventions relating to medical device or an implant face the litmus test –”method of treatment” objection during prosecution by Indian […]

At the outset, I would take this opportunity to congratulate the Indian Patent Office for coming up with the guidelines for ‘Computer Related […]

Patent prosecution plays an important role in determining the legitimacy of a patent, and there is a never-ending debate on what exactly comprises […]

Divisional patent applications refer to patent applications that are divided out of an initially filed application (also referred as the main or parent patent […]

After becoming a party to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of IP Rights (TRIPs), India significantly amended its IP laws to comply with […]

Section 48 of the Patents Act, 1970 prescribes the rights of patentees, which on conferment of patent, vest exclusively in the patentee.  In […]

As the patent infringement matters often involve complex technologies and huge amounts at stake, it not just requires exercise of sound judicial wisdom […]