A right to claim priority from an as-filed application is not just restricted to an applicant of the Priority application, but may be […]

The filing of an annual working statement by the patentee and licensees thereof of a granted patent in India is a unique, but […]

Statutory Evolution At the time of Independence, India’s patent regime was governed by the Patents and Designs Act, 1911. Shortly after Independence, in […]

Section 47(3) of the Indian Patent law i.e. Patents Act, 1970 (as amended) (“Act”) provides for experimentation / research exemption to patent infringement. […]

Bio-printing refers to the 3D printing technology for printing living tissues, growing new organs, and specially growing a human kidney instead of harvesting […]

Often, after filing a patent application, improvements, additional uses and refinements surface. To ensure patent protection, the applicant can file for either a new application or a […]

The patentability of computer-related inventions (CRIs) has long been a fervently discussed issue worldwide. The Delhi High Court, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board […]

The grant of a patent in India usually takes a time period of 3-4 years or more. Normally, the process of grant for […]

Adjudications by Federal Circuit (United States) last year in respect of software related patents clarifies the test as had propounded in wake of […]

Ambiguous and inconsistent standards regarding interpretation of Section 3(d) of the Patents Act, 1970, as amended by the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005, a […]