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Paris-based Jones Day partner Thomas Bouvet talks about the
challenges involved in gathering evidence and the most difficult
aspects of trade secret litigation in France. He also discusses the
remedies available to wronged parties in trade secrets
disputes.
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The Patents Act 1970, along with the Patents Rules 1972, came into force on 20th April 1972, replacing the Indian Patents and Designs Act 1911. The Patents Act was largely based on the recommendations of the Ayyangar Committee Report headed by Justice N. Rajagopala Ayyangar. One of the recommendations was the allowance of only process patents with regard to inventions relating to drugs, medicines, food and chemicals.
WIPO defines patent as an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem
