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Patentability Search of Software in India

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A patent is an intellectual property right granted by a government to the inventor, to protect their invention and allow the fullest commercial exploitation of the patented invention. Importantly, only those who have developed new technologies and created a product can file for a patent on the new technology.

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Traditional Knowledge and Trade Secrets

IP and Legal Filings

A part of TK is exposed for patent review whereas the rest is kept undisclosed. Perpetual ownership: Patent and copyright both have a limited period of protection, after which the traditional knowledge falls into the public domain. With protecting their TK as trade secrets, the community at aim as perpetual ownership.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 8-November 15)

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SpicyIP Tidbits: Clarification on Jurisdiction of High Courts after the Tribunals Reform Act 2021, and Need for Reasoned Orders for Rejecting Patent Applications. Then we discussed the Bombay High Court’s decision to rebuke the Patent Office for dismissing a patent application without providing sufficient reasons for the same.

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Examining Oppositions: Time for a Deeper Look

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The monograph does not cite a single document or study that shows that pre-grant oppositions have benefits or the actual benefits that Indians have had because of timely filing of oppositions against ‘evergreening type’ pharmaceutical patent applications. of the total published applications. ’. of patent applications)?