Indian Patent Law

Patent Valuation and Due Diligence in M&A Transactions

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Mergers and acquisitions have always been exercises in identifying, pricing and managing risk. For much of corporate history, that risk was understood primarily in financial, operational and regulatory terms balance sheet liabilities, workforce integration, antitrust clearance and market concentration. In the contemporary deal landscape and most acutely in India’s rapidly maturing M&A market, this understanding

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Climate Technology Patents and Compulsory Licensing – The Emerging Debate

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The relationship between intellectual property protection and the global response to the climate crisis has emerged as one of the most consequential and contested debates in contemporary international law. At its centre lies a fundamental tension: the patent system, which incentivises innovation by granting inventors temporary exclusivity over their inventions, simultaneously creates barriers to the

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Biotyx Medical Shenzhen Co. Ltd. v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 19 May 2026 C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) No. 47 of 2024 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh Background Biotyx Medical Shenzhen Co., Ltd., the appellant, is a Chinese company providing minimally invasive medical devices for cardiovascular diseases and disorders. The appellant filed Indian Patent Application No. 201917030431 on 27

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Employee Inventions and Ownership of Patents in India

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The question of who owns a patent when the invention is made by an employee is one of the most practically significant and frequently misunderstood issues in Indian intellectual property law. As India’s research and development ecosystem expands spanning pharmaceutical companies, technology firms, government laboratories, academic institutions and the Indian operations of multinational corporations the

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Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. v. The Controller of Patents

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High Court of Delhi | Decided: 22 July 2026, C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) No. 35 of 2024, Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh Background Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., the appellant, filed Indian Patent Application No. 201617008869 on 14 March 2016 in respect of an invention titled “INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE.” The invention related to novel

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NEC Corporation v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, Single Judge | Date of Decision: 28 March, 2026 Case Number: C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 486/2022 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tejas Karia BACKGROUND In NEC Corporation v. Assistant Controller The Appellant, NEC Corporation, is the applicant for Patent Application No. 201717010986, filed on 28.03.2017 before the Patent Office, New Delhi as

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Sulzer Mixpac AG v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, Division Bench | Date of Decision: July 1, Case Number: LPA 545/2024 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice C. Hari Shankar and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Om Prakash Shukla BACKGROUND The Appellant, Sulzer Mixpac AG, filed Application No. 1329/DEL/2012 on 1 May 2012 before the Controller of Patents seeking registration of

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National IPR Policy 2016 India: Objectives, Reforms & Impact

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India’s adoption of a comprehensive National Intellectual Property Rights Policy on 12 May 2016 marked an inflection point in the country’s engagement with the knowledge economy. For the first time, the government brought all forms of intellectual property – patents, trademarks, copyrights, geographical indications, industrial designs, semiconductor integrated circuit layout designs, trade secrets and plant

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