In India, The Patents Act, 1970, prohibits a person to apply for patents outside India without first applying in India without a prior permission in the form of a foreign filing license.

In patent law, it is the "claims" that defines the metes and bounds of an invention. In other words, claims define the scope of patent right.

Among various requirements of patentability, novelty and non-obviousness/inventive step requirements are judged based on prior art.

Claims of a patent specification are interpreted to define the scope of protection granted to an invention, and hence immense care is exercised while drafting claims.

In July 2021, the South African Patent Office granted a patent for a patent application relating to "food container based on fractal geometry" with an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system named "DABUS"...

On February 09, 2021, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry notified the Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Patents Rules, 2003, for public opinion.

The USPTO while examining a patent application may issue an office action rejecting one or more claims. The rejection of the claims may be non-final or final.

No wonder, computer programs are a major part of innovations around us than ever before. As the advancement in technology continues to progress, it is quite difficult to find technological innovations that do not have a software component ...

The Court noted that while the tradenames may be similar and are a component of the respective trademarks, the matter to be considered was trademark infringement and not trade name infringement.

A prior art search is conducted for several reasons. Some of the reasons may include assessment of novelty, invalidation of patents, competitor and technology monitoring, and patent landscape study among others.

A divisional patent application is derived from a previously filed patent application which relates to more than one invention or inventive concept.

Software development is a field that witnesses various types of innovation.

Most often software in computer systems is located within a user device and a remote computing resource. The client can be at one location, connected over a network to the server.

Patent oppositions have been part of IPO, and are effectively utilized. Patent oppositions have helped to keep check on competitors and restrict them from wrongfully obtaining grant for frivolous patents.

Patents and trade secrets are two of the popular ways of protecting an invention. However, patents and trade secrets adopt different approaches in providing protection.

A provisional application entitled "A Process for Manufacturing Isostatic Punch and the Punch Manufactured therefrom" (application number: 1202/MUM/2005) was filed on 27th September 2005

One of the primary requirements of patentability is "novelty". A claim in a patent application is said to be novel if it is not anticipated by prior art.

The Patent Act, 1970 specifies what are not considered inventions under Section 3.

With the level of innovation in today's day and age reaching tumultuous peaks, intellectual property has always had to play catch-up to accommodate humankind's desire to be fairly compensated for the fruits of his/her creation.

For an invention to be patentable: it has to be novel; it has to involve an inventive step and it has to be industrially applicable.