Preamble: We live in a scientific and technological world that is so different from the world of a hundred years ago that if […]
Seminal Patents 4 – Plastics
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No limitation on access to documents in a confidentiality club
In intellectual property (IP) disputes, there is risk of disclosure of confidential material during the course of legal proceedings in an infringement suit. […]
Decoding the New Regime for Biodiversity Access Benefit Sharing
With the approval of the Central Government, the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has notified new Regulations on April 29, 2025, to regulate various […]
Patenting Opportunities for Synthetic Biology Products in India
While some are still fishing to find a suitable definition for the term “synthetic biology”, we may be content to look for the […]
Seminal Patents 3 – Jet Engines
Preamble: We live in a scientific and technological world that is vastly different from the world of a hundred years ago. If someone […]
Maintainability and sustainability of patent revocation actions in India
IP litigations often pose nuances of patent law. Whether a revocation petition is maintainable if the petitioner has taken a defence of invalidity […]
Bioinformatics: Exploiting Biological Data for Patenting in India
In an era of growing dependence on digital data, the availability of large biological data opens a new arena of innovative activity through […]
Seminal Patents 2 – Integrated Circuits
Preamble: We live in a scientific and technological world that is so different from the world of a hundred years ago that if […]
Patenting Inventions Based On Unexpected Results!
The legal concepts of obviousness versus unexpected results, particularly in chemistry and pharmaceuticals, are shaping the patenting strategies of certain chemical and pharmaceutical […]
A Patent Lost in Procedure: Arcturus and the Struggle for Substantive Justice
The case revolved around an international patent application filed by Arcturus Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company specialising in RNA therapeutics, concerning an invention […]