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The Gillette Defence: A “Close Shave” with Infringement

Corporate Law : The article explains how courts use the Gillette Defence to reject patent infringement claims when the accused product or process ...

May 20, 2026 732 Views 0 comment Print

Patent Registration Process: Steps and Requirements

Corporate Law : Understand the process of patent registration, from application to approval. Learn about requirements, documents, and common chall...

January 26, 2025 2370 Views 0 comment Print

FAQs On Form 27 – Patents Act, 1970

Corporate Law : Learn about Form 27 requirements, deadlines, and penalties. Get key FAQs on filing statements for patented inventions in India und...

September 1, 2024 1605 Views 0 comment Print

Association of Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics and D’Arcy v. Myriad Genetics Inc.

Corporate Law : Explore the landmark cases of Association of Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics and D'Arcy v. Myriad Genetics Inc., and their ...

July 12, 2024 432 Views 0 comment Print

What are the Patent Laws in India?

Corporate Law : Learn why patent registration is crucial in India. Explore patent law, filing process, rights, and types of applications. Maximize...

March 14, 2024 1032 Views 0 comment Print


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One Lakh Patents Granted: Patent Rules 2024 Simplifies Process

Corporate Law : Ministry of Commerce & Industry announces the grant of one lakh patents in a year alongside a three-fold jump in GI registrations ...

March 19, 2024 810 Views 0 comment Print

Filing of patents increases by more than 50% in the last 7 years

Corporate Law : For the first time in 11 years, the number of domestic patent filing surpasses the number of international patent filing in India ...

April 12, 2022 813 Views 0 comment Print

Patent Fees For Educational Institutions Reduced by 80%

Corporate Law : Benefits related to 80% reduced fee for patent filing & prosecution have been extended to Educational institutions as well. Centre...

September 23, 2021 597 Views 0 comment Print

Patent Fees for Start-ups, MSMEs, Women Entrepreneurs reduced by 80%

Corporate Law : Ministry of Commerce & Industry Simplified Patent and Copyright Registration helping India become an innovation hub : Shri Piy...

August 19, 2021 3192 Views 0 comment Print

For filing Form-27, patentees would get 6 months, instead of current 3 months

Corporate Law : Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2020- streamlining of the requirements related to filing of Form 27 and submission of verified English ...

October 30, 2020 627 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


CCI Has No Jurisdiction in Patent Disputes: NCLAT Delhi

Corporate Law : NCLAT Delhi held that patent-related issues fall under the Patents Act, not the Competition Act, dismissing an appeal alleging ant...

November 9, 2025 798 Views 0 comment Print

CCI Lacks Jurisdiction Over Patent Holder’s Actions Under Patents Act: Delhi HC

Corporate Law : Delhi High Court addresses Ericsson's challenge to CCI jurisdiction over Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and royalty claims unde...

September 21, 2024 1113 Views 0 comment Print

Initiation of Patent Rights Legal Proceedings by Dominant Player is Abuse?

Corporate Law : CCI delves into whether patent litigation by dominant firms can be viewed as anti-competitive conduct, based on case of Macleods P...

August 26, 2023 747 Views 0 comment Print

Rejection of patent application on sole base of non-patentability u/s 3(k) is unjustified

Corporate Law : Delhi High Court held that rejection of Microsoft patent application for invention relating to ‘Methods and Systems for authenti...

June 5, 2023 2328 Views 0 comment Print

Evergreening or layering of patent protect is impermissible under Indian Patent Law

Corporate Law : Delhi High Court held that filing of multiple patent claims in respect of the same invention amounts to evergreening or layering o...

April 18, 2023 1791 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2025

Corporate Law : The 2025 amendment introduces electronic complaint filing, inquiry procedures, and penalties under the Patents Act, ensuring trans...

November 25, 2025 2616 Views 0 comment Print

Draft Patent second amendment Rules 2025

Corporate Law : Govt proposes amendments to Patent Rules 2003 introducing Code of Conduct, disciplinary procedures, and complaint mechanisms for p...

October 31, 2025 1581 Views 0 comment Print

Draft Amendments to India’s Patents Rules, 2003

Corporate Law :  India proposes changes to Patents Rules, 2003, updating definitions, complaint procedures, inquiry processes, and appeal mechani...

July 16, 2025 885 Views 0 comment Print

Patents (Second Amendment) Rules, 2024

Corporate Law : Explore the Ministry of Commerce & Industry new rules amending the Patents Rules 2003. Learn about adjudication, appeals, penaltie...

March 16, 2024 1029 Views 0 comment Print

Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2024

Corporate Law : Delve into the significant changes introduced by the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2024, and their implications on patent filing, exa...

March 15, 2024 1806 Views 0 comment Print


Patent Fees For Educational Institutions Reduced by 80%

September 23, 2021 597 Views 0 comment Print

Benefits related to 80% reduced fee for patent filing & prosecution have been extended to Educational institutions as well. Centre has notified the amendments to the Patents Rules in this regard.

Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021

September 21, 2021 3795 Views 0 comment Print

1. (1) These rules may be called the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Patent Fees for Start-ups, MSMEs, Women Entrepreneurs reduced by 80%

August 19, 2021 3192 Views 0 comment Print

Ministry of Commerce & Industry Simplified Patent and Copyright Registration helping India become an innovation hub : Shri Piyush Goyal Fees for Start-ups, MSMEs, Women Entrepreneurs reduced by 80% India sees four fold increase in Patent and Trade Mark registrations during the last 5 years India’s ranking in Global Innovation Index up from 81st to […]

Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021

February 9, 2021 1686 Views 0 comment Print

These rules may be called the draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Patents (2nd Amendment) Rules, 2020

November 4, 2020 1455 Views 0 comment Print

In case an application processed by a natural person or startup or small entity is fully or partly transferred to a person other than a natural person, startup or small entity, the difference, if any, in the scale of fees between the fees charged from the natural person, startup or small entity and the fees chargeable from the person other than a natural person, startup or small entity in the same matter, shall be paid by the new applicant with the request for transfer.

For filing Form-27, patentees would get 6 months, instead of current 3 months

October 30, 2020 627 Views 0 comment Print

Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2020- streamlining of the requirements related to filing of Form 27 and submission of verified English translation of priority documents. Patentee would get flexibility to file a single Form-27 in respect of a single or multiple related patents. This will ease compliance burden & boost innovation

Compulsory Licensing – Diluting the Rights of a Patentee

July 15, 2020 4725 Views 0 comment Print

Grant of a patent implies a statutorily granted monopoly on the use of invention. Setting aside the concern that this invention should not be exploited at the cost of public interest. Once a patent is granted, the patentee is vested with the exclusive rights over his inventions for the period of 20 years.

Green IP – The way forward to sustainability

June 3, 2020 2310 Views 0 comment Print

Going green is not an option but necessary for continuous survival of human existence. Building a way forward to a green future is a 21st century imperative. The impact of climate change and need to act to preserve the environment is felt across the globe. Companies, Bureaucrats and Governments have unitedly begin to take action […]

Intellectual Property Rights vis-à-vis COVID-19

April 16, 2020 4056 Views 0 comment Print

What does the economy need? For an economy to grow and its consumer society to prosper, intellectual property serves as an underpinning factor for the country. To fight the present Pandemic, it is even more quintessential as it is a fundamental instrument to help nations fight together. Globally, the pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies are striving […]

Interplay between Patents and Tradesecrets

March 17, 2020 909 Views 0 comment Print

Claudio De Simone & Ors. Vs. Acital Farmaceutica SRL. & Ors. (Delhi High Court);  CS(OS) 576/2019, IA No.15741/2019, 17.03.2020 FACTS In the present case, Plaintiff No. 1 was an inventor of a US patent formulation namely; De Simone Formulation. The said formulation is highly concentrated bacterial formulation beneficial for pharmaceutical and dietary indications. In the year […]

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