India: Patent

In one of the longest patent infringement disputes, CS(OS) 635/2004, relating to Indian patent 175971 for ‘Digital Transmission System, held by Koninklijke Philips NV, Philips sought a permanent injunction against BCI Optical Disc Ltd.

Switzerland, Sweden, the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Singapore lead the rankings, followed by the United Kingdom, Finland, the Netherlands, Denmark, and China, which entered the Top 10 for the first time.

The debate over disclosure versus claim coverage in pharmaceutical patents has long been a challenging one especially where a broad generic disclosure attempts to cover potentially hundreds of millions of compounds on the strength of only a handful of working examples.

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), by its order dated 30 October 2025, dismissed an appeal challenging an order of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) closing a case...

The pharmaceutical sector in India is a high‑rewarding sector where protection and management of intellectual property rights ("IPR") is imperative to maintain novelty, profitability and competitiveness in the market...

India is rapidly emerging as the El Dorado of the global startup ecosystem. With over 532,000 registered Startups, it now stands as the world's second-largest Startup Hub and the number...

Aimed at establishing a more inclusive and sustainable global governance system, particularly in the Global South, The Rio de Janeiro Declaration, 2025, and the BRICS IP Cooperation seek to promote innovation and face the challenges of artificial intelligence from a range of dynamic area.

The Calcutta High Court's ruling in the Pharmacyclics case clarifies that a divisional patent application can be filed as long as the invention is disclosed in the full specification...

India is a highly diverse country - in languages, religions, traditions, cuisine, and demographics. The country is divided into 28 states and 8 union territories.