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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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Garware Wall Ropes Ltd. v. A.I. Chopra & Anr.

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Bombay High Court | Decided: 19 December 2007 Bench: Justice A.H. Joshi Citation: (2008) 3 MLJ 599 Background Garware-Wall Ropes Ltd., the plaintiff-appellant, was the registered holder of two patents – “GSWR” and “Spiral Lock Systems” bearing Patent Nos. 196240 and 201177 respectively – relating to rope and wire systems used in infrastructure projects. The

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Patentability of AI and Software Inventions in India

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Artificial intelligence and software are transforming every sector of the economy – from drug discovery and autonomous vehicles to financial modeling and legal research. As these technologies generate increasingly sophisticated outputs, the question of whether they can be protected by patents has become one of the most contested and consequential debates in intellectual property law.

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Patent Infringement in India: Law, Remedies and Litigation Practice

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Patent infringement litigation in India is no longer rare or exceptional. Over the last decade, particularly in pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, mechanical engineering and emerging technology sectors, Indian courts have increasingly engaged with complex patent disputes. The Patents Act, 1970 provides the statutory foundation, but the real texture of infringement law emerges in how courts interpret claims,

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