Indian Patent Law

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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K.K. Bansal & Rajesh Bansal v. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, Division Bench | Decided: 18 May 2026 RFA(OS)(COMM) No. 17 of 2018 & RFA(OS)(COMM) No. 18 of 2018 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice C. Hari Shankar & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Om Prakash Shukla Background A. Standard Essential Patents – Prefatory Note The Division Bench commenced its judgment with an

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Philip Morris Products S.A. v. Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs & Anr.

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High Court of Delhi | 17 April 2026 Case Numbers: C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 6/2024, 40/2024, 49/2024, 61/2024, 79/2024, 28/2024, 32/2024 and 27/2025 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh BACKGROUND This common order disposes of eight connected appeals, all filed by the same appellant, Philip Morris Products S.A., under Section 117A of the Patents Act, 1970, against orders

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Biosimilar Patents in India – Patentability, Exclusivity and the Patent-Regulatory Interface

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Biologics occupy a peculiar and increasingly central place in modern medicine   large, complex molecules manufactured through living cell systems rather than chemical synthesis, used to treat cancer, autoimmune disease and a growing list of conditions for which no small-molecule alternative exists. As the patents covering the first generation of blockbuster biologics   Herceptin, Avastin, Rituxan, Humira

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Vishal Prafulsingh Solanke & Anr. v. Controller of Patent and Designs & ors.

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay | Commercial Appellate Division | 9 March 2026 Case Number: Commercial Appeal (L) No. 13430 of 2025 in Commercial Miscellaneous Petition No. 110 of 2025 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Bharati Dangre and Hon’ble Ms. Justice Manjusha Deshpande, JJ. Citation: 2026:BHC-OS:7027-DB BACKGROUND The appellants, Vishal Prafulsingh Solanke and another, filed

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Indigenous Energy Storage Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. Deputy Controller of Patent and Designs & Anr.

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High Court of Delhi | 12 March 2026, Case Number: C.A. (COMM.IPD-PAT) 3/2025 & I.A. 3472/2025 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh BACKGROUND The appellant, Indigenous Energy Storage Technologies Pvt. Ltd., is a company specialising in sustainable energy storage solutions, particularly sodium-ion battery technology, with a focus on transforming agricultural and bio-waste such as cattle

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Novartis Ag & Anr. v. Natco Pharma Limited

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Case Number: CS(COMM) 229/2019 & I.A. 10756/2024 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Mini Pushkarna BACKGROUND The plaintiffs in the present matter are Novartis AG and another. The defendant is Natco Pharma Limited. The underlying suit, CS(COMM) 229/2019, was filed by the plaintiffs seeking a permanent injunction restraining infringement of Indian Patent No. 276026 (referred to as

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AIC246 AG & Co. KG v. The Patent Office of India & Others

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Commercial Division) | Decided: 27 February 2026 Commercial Miscellaneous Petition No. 72 of 2025 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arif S. Doctor Citation: 2026:BHC-OS:5637 Background AIC246 AG & Co. KG, the petitioner, is a company that filed Patent Application No. 201627001750 on 21 March 2016 for an invention titled “Combinations

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Anton Piller Orders and Mareva Injunctions in Indian Patent Litigation

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Patent litigation is as much a battle of speed and strategy as it is one of legal argument. An infringer who receives advance notice of impending legal action has every incentive and often every means to destroy evidence, conceal infringing goods or dissipate assets before the plaintiff can secure relief. The law, recognising this vulnerability,

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