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ARTICLE · 26 MARCH 2014

(Indian) Patent Act & Nuclear Technology

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Subsequent to signing of the U.S. – India Nuclear 123 Agreement, India no longer remains an "untouchable" in the nuclear world commerce group.

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Vijay Pal Dalmia
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Article by Vijay Pal Dalmia, Advocate, Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court, Partner & Head of Intellectual Property Laws Division, Vaish Associates Advocates, India

Subsequent to signing of the U.S. – India Nuclear 123 Agreement, India no longer remains an "untouchable" in the nuclear world commerce group. Having obtained a nod from the NSG, India is expecting to usher in billions of dollar worth civilian nuclear technology.

However, provisions in the Indian Patents Act, 1970 make the road ahead rocky. The said Act is a result of Justice Ayyangar Committee's "Report on the Revision of the Patent Law" in 1959 and the same put in motion a participatory and transparent well-debated statute.

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