A casual friends get together at your house and your friends go
crazy after tasting your mom's Dhal Makhani or when they try
the tiny brownish piece of Mysurpa (A sweet made of jaggery) that
melts in their mouth; their face brightens up and they say
"wow, these are just out of world, aunty please share
us the recipes"?
Yes, why wouldn't they die to have the recipe in their hand?
But, if cooking is an art, isn't the chef called an
artist? How do they protect their unique recipe and exclude
others from using it?
How much ever tasty your recipe could be, it is important for
your recipe to see if it fits under certain criteria for getting a
patent.
Can recipes be patented?
Before delving into this, let's understand what entitles for
a patent: According to Patent Amendment Act 2005 of Indian Patent
Act of 1970, as we all know, requires any invention to fulfil these
3 criteria
