In today’s day and age, scientific innovations are developing at a breakneck speed. A lion’s share of this development is facilitated by the biotechnology sector. In a broad sense, biotechnology can be defined as an area in biology that uses…
The launch of ‘Make in India’(hereinafter referred to as “MII”) Campaign on 25th of September 2014 was a national program launch by the Government of India, which intended to facilitate investment, foster innovation, enhance skill development and protect Intellectual Property…
In the past four months, Covid-19 is the primary reason for economic instability and uncertainty for business and companies globally, Indian companies are no exception. There is no legislation in India that is left unaffected. The government has taken measures…
We have earlier reported the release of Draft Guidelines for Examination of Pharma Patent Applications. The Patent Office has now released revised draft guidelines and in continuation of our earlier article here, we explain herein what those revisions are and…
The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has recently issued another set of guidelines, this time on examination of biotechnology applications. Our earlier write-up on a set of guidelines issued by IPO, for examination of applications relating to traditional knowledge, can be…
The Controller General of Patents has issued guidelines for processing of patent applications relating to Traditional Knowledge (TK) and biological materials on November 08, 2012. The guidelines have been issued in lieu of the fact that a number of the…