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The Delhi High Court in Medilabo RFP Inc. v. Controller of Patents[1] set aside a refusal under Section 3(i) of the Patents Act, 1970 concerning a pharmaceutical invention for neurodegenerative diseases, The Court’s intervention turned on a more fundamental principle of patent adjudication: the Controller must decide an application on the basis of the claims as they stand on the date of the order and must deal with every objection raised in the hearing notice through reasoned findings.

In a landmark 150-page judgment delivered on 18 May 2026, the Division Bench of the Hon’ble Delhi High Court set aside the 2018 royalty decree granted in favour of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., significantly restating the evidentiary and legal standards governing Standard Essential Patent (“SEP”) litigation in India.

The recent notified version of the Scheme for Facilitating Startups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) came to an end on 31 March 2026. As of May 2026, there has been no official announcement indicating an extension, renewal, or replacement of the scheme.