The IPAB in its order dated October 27, 2020 in the matter of Dow AgroSciences LLC vs IPO provided clarity regarding the proof of right requirements for PCT national phase applications.

The Plaintiffs briefly are three large publication houses, specifically in the realm of scientific or technical journals.

The Indian Patents Act, 1970 requires an Applicant for a patent to keep the Indian Patent Office informed about corresponding applications that are filed outside India.

A patent application has to meet various requirements of patentability for it to be granted. One such requirement of patentability is the enablement requirement.

In the recent notification issued by the Government of India, the government has updated the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates levied on temporary or permanent transfer or permitting...

The Intellectual Property Appellate Board was recently abolished with the President of India's promulgation of the "Tribunal Reforms Ordinance, 2021".

In the recent years, biotechnology has emerged as a major contributor to the growth of Indian economy.

InvnTree had previous published an article discussing Government of India's proposal on patents in its "Start-up Action Plan".

Post-dating of a patent application deals with shifting of the priority date of a patent application to a later date. The need for such provision arises when one needs ample amount of time to work on the invention.

A complete patent application may include one or more claims, and each and every claim of the patent application is assigned a priority date.

A patent accords monopoly to the owner to produce and distribute a patented product as they see fit and to keep other parties from doing the same.

The gaming industry is among the fastest growing industries.

On 19 October 2020, the Government of India notified the Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2020, which, among other things, brought the first modern change to the Statement of Working...

The Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Council has proposed a temporary Intellectual Property waiver for vaccines and other drugs essential for treatment of COVID.

Do patent pools facilitate innovation or strangle it? One must evaluate pros and cons before creating or entering patent pools so that one can minimize risks and obtain benefits.

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce, on July 23, 2021, submitted a review report on the Intellectual Property Rights Regime in India. One of the key takeaways from the report...

On several occasions, multiple inventions are covered by a single patent application. Inclusion of multiple inventions, which may be related to each other, in a single patent application, may be done for strategic reasons.

In a first, the Indian Patent Office has objected to recognizing AI as an inventor in a recent application numbered 202017019068 citing the provisions laid in Section 2 and Section 6 of The Indian Patents Act, 1970.

Patent invalidation/validation searches are performed to assess the validity of a granted patent. In general, an invalidation search is sought by companies sued for infringing a granted patent claim(s), and a validation search is sought by an entity/individual before suing an infringer to assess the patent's validity.

The Delhi High court in its recent Judgment dated 20 July, 2021 denied injunctions to AstraZeneca AB and AstraZeneca Pharma India Limited (Appellants) against nine generic drugmakers...