Patent Amendments in India in the Wake of TRIPS

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2001

Journal Title

Journal of Intellectual Property Rights

ISSN

0975-1076

Abstract

Paper describes in detail the changes that will be effected in the Indian Patent Act on account of TRIPS. It critically analyzes the first and second patent amendment bills. Appreciating these amendments, the paper suggests improvements in many areas, including training the judges for patents, improving the Patent Rules and improvising the Sections and Rules relating to claims, and the Patent Office and centralizing its functions.

First Page

459

Last Page

471

Num Pages

13

Volume Number

6

Publisher

NISCAIR-CSIR

Place

India

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