The Challenging Pursuit of Patent Claim Amendments in India
The provisions in patent laws which provide for claim amendments, play a critical role in maintaining the patent ecosystem. In India, Section 57, read with Section 59(1) of the Act governs amendment of claims.
Amendments to patent applications are a regular feature of patent prosecution worldwide. From requiring the title...
Untapped potential of CRISPR in India: IP perspective
While patent filings on the gene-editing applications of CRISPR seem to have gained real momentum from 2012 onwards, 2017 saw a peak in worldwide filings.
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), one of the most talked-about technologies of the decade whose developers were awarded the Nobel...