‘Exhausting’ Patent Rights in India: Parallel Imports and TRIPS

August 1, 2019

‘Exhausting’ Patent Rights in India: Parallel Imports and TRIPS India’s amendment to her patent regime in 20051 to introduce pharmaceutical product patents attracted unprecedented attention, both domestically and globally. While multinational pharmaceutical companies were concerned that the Act withered away their exclusive rights, civil society activists decried the new product patent regime, fearing that it […]


The Different Stages of Patent Registration in India

July 25, 2019

The patent application goes through a number of different steps before obtaining patent protection example examination, publication and opposition. The entire patent registration process takes 4-5 years. Patent Registration Process Stage 1: Patentability Search Patentability for the invention should be checked during the conception of the invention. As per patent law, the invention must fulfil […]


Patent Registration Cost

July 24, 2019

Patent Registration Cost The government fee for a patent application in India accounts only for 5 to 25 % of the total cost the rest 75 to 95% is the cost the applicant has to pay to the professionals. The entire patent filling process costs approximately Rs.60,000 to 1 lakh depending on the type of […]


Patents

July 23, 2019

What is Patent? – Definition, Rights, Types and Examples A patent is a temporary Government grant of a monopoly to the inventor in return for complete disclosure about the invention to the Government. For an inventor, a patent is a ticket to use the invention exclusively and earn through licensing the patent. Defining Patent The […]


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