Indian Patents Act, 1970, forbids Indian residents from filing patent applications outside India without first filing in India. However, a Foreign Filing Licence (FFL), under Section 39 may be obtained in exceptional cases.
Securing a patent can be complicated by anticipation. Any invention anticipated in the prior art is most likely to be invalidated. Read more.
The Thaler v. Commissioner of Patents judgement has prompted jurisdictions across the world to re-think the inventive capacity of an AI.
Recently, the Delhi High Court published Rules governing Patent suits, 2021 following the abolition of IPAB. Read more.
Recently, the Delhi High Court published Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2021. to govern the newly established IPD. Read more.
Read the advantages of filing a provisional patent application in this innovation based entrepreneurial eco system, where innovation is happening at the drop of a hat.
