Compulsory Licensing in India: A Legal Framework for Balancing Patent Rights and Public Needs
The patent law domain features compulsory licenses at their core to bridge invention promotion with essential public access to vital products through technology. Under certain public welfare situations the exclusive rights granted through patents become subject to being overridden. The solution becomes available through compulsory licensing at this stage. The Indian government maintains a comprehensive […]
Analysing Amazon’s Strategic Approach to Tackle Patent Infringement
Introduction The term ‘Amazon’ in our age means global dominance in terms of electronic commerce. Amazon was originally construed as an internet retailer or manufacturer of goods ranging from books, houseware, utility products, clothing to many varied ranges of products. Amazon emerged as a giant in commercial practices with its effective USP. It aimed to […]
Artificial intelligence and Intellectual Property : How to Protect AI-Generated Creations and inventions
Preface Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a part of our daily lives, with self-driving cars, autonomous weapons, and various services relying on AI systems to varying extents. Artificial intelligence has fundamentally changed how we live and work, developments in machine learning and processing of natural language have given rise to ever-more complex AI systems. […]
IP Waiver and Covid-19 Vaccines
Since 2019, coronavirus hit the whole world and it is now for 2 years, we are facing this unfortunate pandemic. As of 27 October 2021, there is a total of 24.43cr cases and 49.61lakh deaths worldwide with the USA on top followed by India and Brazil. The figures are alarming but the ground situation is […]
Zooming Out On Compulsory Licensing Of Covid-19 Vaccines
The unnerving bio- catastrophe, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought an array of challenges for mankind. The COVID-19 scare at the global level is posing threat to human life and the governments are deeply divided over an effort to endorse a temporary patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines and grant of compulsory licenses. What is Compulsory Licensing? […]
Patent Inventorship under Indian Patent Act
The legal standard for inventorship is used to decide who can be identified as an inventor in a patent application. Inventorship is defined differently in different jurisdictions; in this blog, we’ll look at how it’s defined in Indian law. Who qualifies as an inventor? Under Indian law, an inventor is someone who has contributed to […]