Provisions

Doctrine Atomic Energy Inventions

Case Huntington Alloys Corporation v Union of India (2026)

Case Ceres Intellectual Property Company Limited v Controller of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (2022)

Case Raytheon Company v Controller of Patents and Designs (1974)

Doctrine Atomic Energy Inventions

Case Huntington Alloys Corporation v Union of India (2026)

Case Raytheon Company v Controller of Patents and Designs (1974)

Doctrine Genetic Resources, Benefit Sharing and Disclosure of Source

Doctrine Assignment

Doctrine Assignment

Doctrine Deposit of Biological Material

Doctrine Trial and Evidence in Patent Suits

Case Incyte Holdings Corporation v Melody Healthcare Private Limited (2026)

Doctrine Reasoned Orders

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2007)

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Doctrine Writ Jurisdiction in Patent Matters

Case Panacea Biotec Limited v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (2026)

Case ITC Limited v Philip Morris Products S.A. (2026)

Case Gunjan Sinha @ Kanishk Sinha v Union of India (2025)

Case The Chinese University of Hong Kong v Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs (2023)

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Case UCB Farchim SA v Cipla Ltd (2010)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2007)

Doctrine Writ Jurisdiction in Patent Matters

Case Ferid Allani v Union of India (2019)

Case AIA Engineering Ltd v Controller of Patents (2006)

Case Novartis AG v Natco Pharma Limited (2020)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Arunachalaa Enterprises v R. Sukumar (2026)

Doctrine Trial and Evidence in Patent Suits

Doctrine The Credible Challenge to Validity

Case Incyte Holdings Corporation v Melody Healthcare Private Limited (2026)

Case Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited v Natco Pharma Limited (2024)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Ireland Unlimited Company v BDR Pharmaceuticals International Pvt Ltd (2020)

Case Inphase Power Technologies Private Limited v ABB India Limited (2016)

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case Mariappan v A.R. Safiullah (2008)

Case Bajaj Auto Ltd v TVS Motor Company Ltd (2008)

Case Standipack Pvt Ltd v Oswal Trading Co Ltd (1999)

Case Incyte Holdings Corporation v Melody Healthcare Private Limited (2026)

Case Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited v Natco Pharma Limited (2024)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Ireland Unlimited Company v BDR Pharmaceuticals International Pvt Ltd (2020)

Case Inphase Power Technologies Private Limited v ABB India Limited (2016)

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Case Mariappan v A.R. Safiullah (2008)

Case Bajaj Auto Ltd v TVS Motor Company Ltd (2008)

Case Incyte Holdings Corporation v Melody Healthcare Private Limited (2026)

Case Novartis AG v Natco Pharma Limited (2020)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Case Standipack Pvt Ltd v Oswal Trading Co Ltd (1999)

Case Dr Aloys Wobben v Yogesh Mehra (2014)

Case Sulzer Mixpac AG v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case Arunachalaa Enterprises v R. Sukumar (2026)

Case Geron Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case Dr Aloys Wobben v Yogesh Mehra (2014)

Case Mariappan v A.R. Safiullah (2008)

Case Kroll Information Assurance LLC v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (2025)

Case Kroll Information Assurance LLC v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (2025)

Case Kroll Information Assurance LLC v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (2025)

Doctrine Appeals from the Controller

Doctrine Trial and Evidence in Patent Suits

Doctrine Renewal Fees

Case Raytheon Company v Controller General of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case OpenTV Inc v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Doctrine The True and First Inventor

Doctrine The True and First Inventor

Case Panacea Biotec Limited v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (2026)

Doctrine Request for Examination

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Doctrine Genetic Resources, Benefit Sharing and Disclosure of Source

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case Bombay Agarwal Co v Ramchand Diwanchand (1952)

Doctrine The Patents Act 1970 and Its Amendments

Case Arunachalaa Enterprises v R. Sukumar (2026)

Doctrine The Patents Act 1970 and Its Amendments

Doctrine The Patents Act 1970 and Its Amendments

Case EMD Millipore Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Natera Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case The Chinese University of Hong Kong v Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs (2023)

Doctrine The Patents Act 1970 and Its Amendments

Doctrine The Paris Convention and Priority

Doctrine The Paris Convention and Priority

Doctrine The Paris Convention and Priority

Case Syngenta Ltd v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Syngenta Ltd v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Doctrine Foreign Vessels, Aircraft and Vehicles

Case Sequenom Inc v Controller of Patents (2025)

Case EMD Millipore Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Bishwanath Prasad Radhey Shyam v Hindustan Metal Industries (1978)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Case Shining Industries v Shri Krishna Industries (1974)

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case Bombay Agarwal Co v Ramchand Diwanchand (1952)

Case Lallubhai Chakubhai Jariwala v Chimanlal Chunilal & Co (1935)

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case Bombay Agarwal Co v Ramchand Diwanchand (1952)

Case Lallubhai Chakubhai Jariwala v Chimanlal Chunilal & Co (1935)

Case Bishwanath Prasad Radhey Shyam v Hindustan Metal Industries (1978)

Case Shining Industries v Shri Krishna Industries (1974)

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case Lallubhai Chakubhai Jariwala v Chimanlal Chunilal & Co (1935)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Case Indian Hume Pipe Co Ltd v Vendra Venkanna (1961)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case V. Manicka Thevar v Star Plough Works (1964)

Case Indian Vacuum Brake Co Ltd v E S Luard (1925)

Case Shining Industries v Shri Krishna Industries (1974)

Case Shining Industries v Shri Krishna Industries (1974)

Case Bishwanath Prasad Radhey Shyam v Hindustan Metal Industries (1978)

Case Bombay Agarwal Co v Ramchand Diwanchand (1952)

Case Bishwanath Prasad Radhey Shyam v Hindustan Metal Industries (1978)

Case Indian Hume Pipe Co Ltd v Vendra Venkanna (1961)

Case Bombay Agarwal Co v Ramchand Diwanchand (1952)

Case Bishwanath Prasad Radhey Shyam v Hindustan Metal Industries (1978)

Case Bombay Agarwal Co v Ramchand Diwanchand (1952)

Case Shining Industries v Shri Krishna Industries (1974)

Case V. Manicka Thevar v Star Plough Works (1964)

Case Indian Hume Pipe Co Ltd v Vendra Venkanna (1961)

Case Lallubhai Chakubhai Jariwala v Chimanlal Chunilal & Co (1935)

Case Bishwanath Prasad Radhey Shyam v Hindustan Metal Industries (1978)

Case Bombay Agarwal Co v Ramchand Diwanchand (1952)

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case Bishwanath Prasad Radhey Shyam v Hindustan Metal Industries (1978)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Case Shining Industries v Shri Krishna Industries (1974)

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case Indian Hume Pipe Co Ltd v Vendra Venkanna (1961)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Case Indian Hume Pipe Co Ltd v Vendra Venkanna (1961)

Case Indian Vacuum Brake Co Ltd v E S Luard (1925)

Case Lallubhai Chakubhai Jariwala v Chimanlal Chunilal & Co (1935)

Case Farbwerke Hoechst AG v Unichem Laboratories (1968)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Doctrine Plants, Animals and Seeds

Doctrine The Purpose of the Patent Grant

Case AIA Engineering Ltd v Controller of Patents (2006)

Doctrine Provisional and Complete Specifications

Doctrine Divisional Applications

Doctrine Deposit of Biological Material

Doctrine The Patent Cooperation Treaty in Indian Practice

Doctrine The Patent Cooperation Treaty in Indian Practice

Doctrine Examination and the First Examination Report

Doctrine Request for Examination

Doctrine Putting the Application in Order

Doctrine Putting the Application in Order

Doctrine Exhibitions and Learned Societies

Case ITC Limited v Philip Morris Products S.A. (2026)

Case ITC Limited v Philip Morris Products S.A. (2026)

Doctrine Renewal Fees

Case Gunjan Sinha @ Kanishk Sinha v Union of India (2025)

Doctrine Renewal Fees

Doctrine The Register of Patents

Case AIA Engineering Ltd v Controller of Patents (2006)

Case Selfdot Technologies (OPC) Pvt Ltd v Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (2023)

Doctrine Industrial Application and 'Manner of Manufacture'

Doctrine What Constitutes an Invention

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Case Ajay Industrial Corporation v Shiro Kanao (1983)

Doctrine Improvements as Inventions

Doctrine What Constitutes an Invention

Case Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc v Controller of Patents (2026)

Case Sulzer Mixpac AG v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case Ab Initio Technology LLC v Controller of Patents (2025)

Case EMD Millipore Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Natera Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Sequenom Inc v Controller of Patents (2025)

Case Kroll Information Assurance LLC v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (2025)

Case Syngenta Crop Protection AG v Assistant Controller of Patents (2024)

Case Genmab A/S v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2024)

Case Immunas Pharma Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2024)

Case Allergan Inc v Controller of Patents (2023)

Case Ferid Allani v Union of India (2019)

Case Cipla v F Hoffmann-La Roche (2015)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2013)

Case Yahoo Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2011)

Case Garware Wall Ropes Ltd v A.I. Chopra (2008)

Case Mariappan v A.R. Safiullah (2008)

Case Ravi Kamal Bali v Kala Tech (2008)

Case Dimminaco AG v Controller of Patents and Designs (2002)

Case Standipack Pvt Ltd v Oswal Trading Co Ltd (1999)

Case Monsanto Company v Coromandal Indag Products (1986)

Doctrine Novelty and Obviousness Compared

Doctrine The Five-Step Indian Formulation

Doctrine The Workshop Improvement Standard

Doctrine What Constitutes an Invention

Case ITC Limited v Philip Morris Products S.A. (2026)

Case Deepak Nitrite Limited v Assistant Controller General of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case Sulzer Mixpac AG v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case Ab Initio Technology LLC v Controller of Patents (2025)

Case EMD Millipore Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Natera Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Sequenom Inc v Controller of Patents (2025)

Case Kroll Information Assurance LLC v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (2025)

Case Ab Initio Technology LLC v Assistant Controller of Patents (2024)

Case Genmab A/S v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2024)

Case Decco Worldwide Post Harvest Holdings B.V. v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Allergan Inc v Controller of Patents (2023)

Case Agriboard International LLC v Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs (2022)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Cipla v F Hoffmann-La Roche (2015)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2013)

Case Yahoo Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2011)

Case Garware Wall Ropes Ltd v A.I. Chopra (2008)

Case Mariappan v A.R. Safiullah (2008)

Case Ravi Kamal Bali v Kala Tech (2008)

Case Bajaj Auto Ltd v TVS Motor Company Ltd (2008)

Doctrine Enabling Disclosure

Doctrine New Invention and Absolute Novelty

Doctrine Novelty and Obviousness Compared

Doctrine The State of the Art

Doctrine What Constitutes an Invention

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Doctrine What a Patent Is, and What It Is Not

Case Ravi Kamal Bali v Kala Tech (2008)

Case Dr Aloys Wobben v Yogesh Mehra (2014)

Case Ajay Industrial Corporation v Shiro Kanao (1983)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Doctrine The True and First Inventor

Doctrine Subject of the Claim Not an Invention

Case Dimminaco AG v Controller of Patents and Designs (2002)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Doctrine Frivolous Inventions and Claims Contrary to Natural Laws

Doctrine Public Order and Morality

Case Sequenom Inc v Controller of Patents (2025)

Doctrine Discovery Is Not Invention

Case Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc v Controller of Patents (2026)

Case Genmab A/S v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2024)

Case Immunas Pharma Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2024)

Doctrine Known Substance and Known Efficacy

Doctrine New Use of a Known Substance

Doctrine Section 3(d) and the Bar on Evergreening

Doctrine Swiss-Form and Purpose-Limited Claims

Case Genmab A/S v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2024)

Case Immunas Pharma Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2024)

Case Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited v Natco Pharma Limited (2024)

Case Decco Worldwide Post Harvest Holdings B.V. v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Ireland Unlimited Company v BDR Pharmaceuticals International Pvt Ltd (2020)

Case Cipla v F Hoffmann-La Roche (2015)

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2013)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2007)

Case Standipack Pvt Ltd v Oswal Trading Co Ltd (1999)

Doctrine Bioavailability and Efficacy

Doctrine Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy

Doctrine New Forms of a Known Substance

Doctrine Section 3(d) and the Bar on Evergreening

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2013)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2007)

Doctrine Mere Admixture

Doctrine Mere Arrangement or Re-arrangement

Case Standipack Pvt Ltd v Oswal Trading Co Ltd (1999)

Doctrine Methods of Agriculture and Horticulture

Case Syngenta Crop Protection AG v Assistant Controller of Patents (2024)

Case Decco Worldwide Post Harvest Holdings B.V. v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Doctrine Methods of Medical Treatment

Doctrine Swiss-Form and Purpose-Limited Claims

Case Geron Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case Hirotsu Bio Science Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case EMD Millipore Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Natera Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Sequenom Inc v Controller of Patents (2025)

Case Syngenta Crop Protection AG v Assistant Controller of Patents (2024)

Case The Chinese University of Hong Kong v Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs (2023)

Case Decco Worldwide Post Harvest Holdings B.V. v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Allergan Inc v Controller of Patents (2023)

Doctrine Plants, Animals and Seeds

Case EMD Millipore Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Natera Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Sequenom Inc v Controller of Patents (2025)

Case Ab Initio Technology LLC v Controller of Patents (2025)

Case EMD Millipore Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Natera Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Sequenom Inc v Controller of Patents (2025)

Case Kroll Information Assurance LLC v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (2025)

Case Ab Initio Technology LLC v Assistant Controller of Patents (2024)

Case Raytheon Company v Controller General of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case OpenTV Inc v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Ferid Allani v Union of India (2019)

Case Yahoo Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2011)

Doctrine Literary, Dramatic, Musical and Artistic Works

Case OpenTV Inc v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Doctrine Traditional Knowledge as a Bar to Patenting

Doctrine Atomic Energy Inventions

Doctrine Subject of the Claim Not an Invention

Case Huntington Alloys Corporation v Union of India (2026)

Case Ceres Intellectual Property Company Limited v Controller of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (2022)

Doctrine Process Patents and Product Patents

Case EMD Millipore Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Natera Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2013)

Case Dimminaco AG v Controller of Patents and Designs (2002)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Doctrine The Mailbox and Exclusive Marketing Rights

Doctrine The True and First Inventor

Doctrine The Patent Cooperation Treaty in Indian Practice

Doctrine The True and First Inventor

Case Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited v Natco Pharma Limited (2024)

Case Cipla v F Hoffmann-La Roche (2015)

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Doctrine Provisional and Complete Specifications

Case Standipack Pvt Ltd v Oswal Trading Co Ltd (1999)

Doctrine Provisional and Complete Specifications

Doctrine Sufficiency of Disclosure

Doctrine The Patent Bargain: Disclosure as Consideration

Case Syngenta Ltd v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Syngenta Ltd v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Decco Worldwide Post Harvest Holdings B.V. v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2013)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Doctrine The Best Method

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Doctrine Principles of Claim Construction

Doctrine Swiss-Form and Purpose-Limited Claims

Case Genmab A/S v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2024)

Case OpenTV Inc v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Allergan Inc v Controller of Patents (2023)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Cipla v F Hoffmann-La Roche (2015)

Doctrine Deposit of Biological Material

Doctrine Genetic Resources, Benefit Sharing and Disclosure of Source

Doctrine The Patent Cooperation Treaty in Indian Practice

Case OpenTV Inc v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2013)

Doctrine The True and First Inventor

Doctrine Fair Basis

Case Bajaj Auto Ltd v TVS Motor Company Ltd (2008)

Doctrine Multiple Priorities and Partial Priority

Case Bajaj Auto Ltd v TVS Motor Company Ltd (2008)

Doctrine Rights Between Publication and Grant

Doctrine The Mailbox and Exclusive Marketing Rights

Case Gunjan Sinha @ Kanishk Sinha v Union of India (2025)

Case Ferring BV v Precise Bio Pharma Pvt Ltd (2022)

Case Novartis AG v Natco Pharma Limited (2020)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Doctrine Request for Examination

Case Ceres Intellectual Property Company Limited v Controller of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (2022)

Doctrine Examination and the First Examination Report

Doctrine Reasoned Orders

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case Dimminaco AG v Controller of Patents and Designs (2002)

Case Ajay Industrial Corporation v Shiro Kanao (1983)

Doctrine Examination and the First Examination Report

Doctrine New Invention and Absolute Novelty

Doctrine The State of the Art

Case Dimminaco AG v Controller of Patents and Designs (2002)

Case Ajay Industrial Corporation v Shiro Kanao (1983)

Case Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited v Natco Pharma Limited (2024)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited v Natco Pharma Limited (2024)

Doctrine The Credible Challenge to Validity

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case Mariappan v A.R. Safiullah (2008)

Case Bajaj Auto Ltd v TVS Motor Company Ltd (2008)

Case Standipack Pvt Ltd v Oswal Trading Co Ltd (1999)

Case Bishwanath Prasad Radhey Shyam v Hindustan Metal Industries (1978)

Doctrine Examination and the First Examination Report

Doctrine Reasoned Orders

Doctrine Amending the Specification Before Grant

Doctrine Reasoned Orders

Doctrine The Five-Step Indian Formulation

Case Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc v Controller of Patents (2026)

Case Deepak Nitrite Limited v Assistant Controller General of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case Hirotsu Bio Science Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case EMD Millipore Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Natera Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Selfdot Technologies (OPC) Pvt Ltd v Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (2023)

Case Syngenta Ltd v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case The Chinese University of Hong Kong v Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs (2023)

Case Raytheon Company v Controller General of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Syngenta Ltd v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case OpenTV Inc v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Allergan Inc v Controller of Patents (2023)

Case Agriboard International LLC v Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs (2022)

Case Yahoo Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2011)

Case UCB Farchim SA v Cipla Ltd (2010)

Case Dimminaco AG v Controller of Patents and Designs (2002)

Doctrine Divisional Applications

Case Ab Initio Technology LLC v Assistant Controller of Patents (2024)

Case Syngenta Ltd v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Syngenta Ltd v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Standipack Pvt Ltd v Oswal Trading Co Ltd (1999)

Doctrine Putting the Application in Order

Doctrine Putting the Application in Order

Doctrine Putting the Application in Order

Doctrine The Mailbox and Exclusive Marketing Rights

Doctrine The Mailbox and Exclusive Marketing Rights

Doctrine The Mailbox and Exclusive Marketing Rights

Doctrine The Mailbox and Exclusive Marketing Rights

Doctrine The Mailbox and Exclusive Marketing Rights

Doctrine The Mailbox and Exclusive Marketing Rights

Case Dr Aloys Wobben v Yogesh Mehra (2014)

Case Yahoo Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2011)

Case UCB Farchim SA v Cipla Ltd (2010)

Doctrine Convention Applications

Doctrine Deposit of Biological Material

Doctrine Genetic Resources, Benefit Sharing and Disclosure of Source

Doctrine Traditional Knowledge as a Bar to Patenting

Case Panacea Biotec Limited v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (2026)

Case ITC Limited v Philip Morris Products S.A. (2026)

Case Dr Aloys Wobben v Yogesh Mehra (2014)

Case UCB Farchim SA v Cipla Ltd (2010)

Case ITC Limited v Philip Morris Products S.A. (2026)

Case ITC Limited v Philip Morris Products S.A. (2026)

Doctrine Convention Applications

Doctrine Deposit of Biological Material

Doctrine Genetic Resources, Benefit Sharing and Disclosure of Source

Doctrine Traditional Knowledge as a Bar to Patenting

Case ITC Limited v Philip Morris Products S.A. (2026)

Case UCB Farchim SA v Cipla Ltd (2010)

Doctrine The True and First Inventor

Doctrine The Anticipation Savings: Sections 29 to 34

Doctrine The State of the Art

Doctrine The Anticipation Savings: Sections 29 to 34

Doctrine Exhibitions and Learned Societies

Doctrine The Anticipation Savings: Sections 29 to 34

Doctrine Public Working for Reasonable Trial

Doctrine The Anticipation Savings: Sections 29 to 34

Case Yahoo Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2011)

Doctrine The Anticipation Savings: Sections 29 to 34

Doctrine The Anticipation Savings: Sections 29 to 34

Case Selfdot Technologies (OPC) Pvt Ltd v Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (2023)

Case Selfdot Technologies (OPC) Pvt Ltd v Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (2023)

Case Mariappan v A.R. Safiullah (2008)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Case Mariappan v A.R. Safiullah (2008)

Doctrine The Patent as a Right to Exclude

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Case Garware Wall Ropes Ltd v A.I. Chopra (2008)

Doctrine Government Use of Inventions

Doctrine Section 47 Conditions

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Doctrine Government Use of Inventions

Doctrine Section 47 Conditions

Doctrine Section 47 Conditions

Doctrine Section 47 Conditions

Doctrine Use of Medicines and Drugs by Government

Doctrine Principles of Claim Construction

Doctrine The Patent as a Right to Exclude

Doctrine What a Patent Is, and What It Is Not

Doctrine Without Consent and Territoriality

Case Incyte Holdings Corporation v Melody Healthcare Private Limited (2026)

Case Ferring BV v Precise Bio Pharma Pvt Ltd (2022)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Cipla v F Hoffmann-La Roche (2015)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case Garware Wall Ropes Ltd v A.I. Chopra (2008)

Case Mariappan v A.R. Safiullah (2008)

Case Bajaj Auto Ltd v TVS Motor Company Ltd (2008)

Case Standipack Pvt Ltd v Oswal Trading Co Ltd (1999)

Case Ajay Industrial Corporation v Shiro Kanao (1983)

Doctrine Direct Infringement of a Product Claim

Doctrine Process Patents and Product Patents

Doctrine Rights Conferred by a Patent

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Doctrine Process Patents and Product Patents

Doctrine Rights Conferred by a Patent

Case Mariappan v A.R. Safiullah (2008)

Doctrine Foreign Vessels, Aircraft and Vehicles

Doctrine Co-ownership of a Patent

Case Cipla v F Hoffmann-La Roche (2015)

Doctrine Co-ownership of a Patent

Doctrine The Patent as Intangible, Time-Bound Property

Case Gunjan Sinha @ Kanishk Sinha v Union of India (2025)

Doctrine Term of a Patent

Doctrine Renewal Fees

Doctrine Improvements as Inventions

Doctrine Patents of Addition

Case Selfdot Technologies (OPC) Pvt Ltd v Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (2023)

Case Ravi Kamal Bali v Kala Tech (2008)

Doctrine Patents of Addition

Case Selfdot Technologies (OPC) Pvt Ltd v Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (2023)

Case Ravi Kamal Bali v Kala Tech (2008)

Doctrine Patents of Addition

Case Selfdot Technologies (OPC) Pvt Ltd v Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (2023)

Case Ravi Kamal Bali v Kala Tech (2008)

Doctrine Amending the Specification Before Grant

Doctrine The Scope of Permissible Amendment

Case Panacea Biotec Limited v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (2026)

Case Kroll Information Assurance LLC v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (2025)

Case AIA Engineering Ltd v Controller of Patents (2006)

Case ITC Limited v Philip Morris Products S.A. (2026)

Doctrine The Scope of Permissible Amendment

Case Syngenta Crop Protection AG v Assistant Controller of Patents (2024)

Doctrine Amending the Specification Before Grant

Case Syngenta Crop Protection AG v Assistant Controller of Patents (2024)

Case AIA Engineering Ltd v Controller of Patents (2006)

Doctrine The Scope of Permissible Amendment

Case EMD Millipore Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Natera Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Kroll Information Assurance LLC v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (2025)

Case OpenTV Inc v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Allergan Inc v Controller of Patents (2023)

Doctrine Rights Between Publication and Grant

Case Gunjan Sinha @ Kanishk Sinha v Union of India (2025)

Case Novartis AG v Natco Pharma Limited (2020)

Doctrine The Credible Challenge to Validity

Case Arunachalaa Enterprises v R. Sukumar (2026)

Case UCB Farchim SA v Cipla Ltd (2010)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case Garware Wall Ropes Ltd v A.I. Chopra (2008)

Case Bajaj Auto Ltd v TVS Motor Company Ltd (2008)

Case Dimminaco AG v Controller of Patents and Designs (2002)

Case Standipack Pvt Ltd v Oswal Trading Co Ltd (1999)

Case Fabcon Corporation v Industrial Engineering Corporation (1986)

Case Ajay Industrial Corporation v Shiro Kanao (1983)

Doctrine The Grounds of Revocation: A Map of Section 64

Case Dr Aloys Wobben v Yogesh Mehra (2014)

Case Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited v Natco Pharma Limited (2024)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Doctrine Subject of the Claim Not an Invention

Case Monsanto Company v Coromandal Indag Products (1986)

Doctrine Adaptations, Improvements and Analogous Use

Doctrine Enabling Disclosure

Doctrine New Invention and Absolute Novelty

Case Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited v Natco Pharma Limited (2024)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2013)

Case Monsanto Company v Coromandal Indag Products (1986)

Doctrine Determining Obviousness

Doctrine Expert Evidence on Obviousness

Doctrine Hindsight and Ex Post Facto Analysis

Doctrine The Five-Step Indian Formulation

Doctrine The Workshop Improvement Standard

Case Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited v Natco Pharma Limited (2024)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Ireland Unlimited Company v BDR Pharmaceuticals International Pvt Ltd (2020)

Case Cipla v F Hoffmann-La Roche (2015)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2013)

Case Monsanto Company v Coromandal Indag Products (1986)

Doctrine Lack of Utility

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Doctrine Sufficiency of Disclosure

Doctrine The Best Method

Doctrine The Patent Bargain: Disclosure as Consideration

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Doctrine Fair Basis

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Doctrine Subject of the Claim Not an Invention

Case Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited v Natco Pharma Limited (2024)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Cipla v F Hoffmann-La Roche (2015)

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Doctrine Deposit of Biological Material

Doctrine Genetic Resources, Benefit Sharing and Disclosure of Source

Doctrine Traditional Knowledge as a Bar to Patenting

Doctrine The Anticipation Savings: Sections 29 to 34

Doctrine Atomic Energy Inventions

Case Huntington Alloys Corporation v Union of India (2026)

Case Raytheon Company v Controller of Patents and Designs (1974)

Doctrine The Register of Patents

Doctrine Assignment

Doctrine The Patent as Intangible, Time-Bound Property

Doctrine The Register of Patents

Doctrine Assignment

Doctrine The Register of Patents

Doctrine The Register of Patents

Doctrine The Register of Patents

Doctrine The Register of Patents

Case AIA Engineering Ltd v Controller of Patents (2006)

Case AIA Engineering Ltd v Controller of Patents (2006)

Case Raytheon Company v Controller of Patents and Designs (1974)

Doctrine The Purpose of the Patent Grant

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Doctrine Reasonably Affordable Price

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Doctrine Government Use of Inventions

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Case Garware Wall Ropes Ltd v A.I. Chopra (2008)

Doctrine Government Use of Inventions

Doctrine Use of Medicines and Drugs by Government

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Case Garware Wall Ropes Ltd v A.I. Chopra (2008)

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Case Arunachalaa Enterprises v R. Sukumar (2026)

Case Dr Aloys Wobben v Yogesh Mehra (2014)

Case Fabcon Corporation v Industrial Engineering Corporation (1986)

Case Ajay Industrial Corporation v Shiro Kanao (1983)

Case Fabcon Corporation v Industrial Engineering Corporation (1986)

Case Bajaj Auto Ltd v TVS Motor Company Ltd (2008)

Case Bajaj Auto Ltd v TVS Motor Company Ltd (2008)

Case Fabcon Corporation v Industrial Engineering Corporation (1986)

Doctrine The Grounds of Revocation: A Map of Section 64

Case Kudos Pharmaceuticals Limited v Natco Pharma Limited (2024)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case Garware Wall Ropes Ltd v A.I. Chopra (2008)

Case Monsanto Company v Coromandal Indag Products (1986)

Case Ajay Industrial Corporation v Shiro Kanao (1983)

Case Fabcon Corporation v Industrial Engineering Corporation (1986)

Doctrine Parallel Imports and Exhaustion

Case Ferring BV v Precise Bio Pharma Pvt Ltd (2022)

Case Cipla v F Hoffmann-La Roche (2015)

Case Mariappan v A.R. Safiullah (2008)

Case Bajaj Auto Ltd v TVS Motor Company Ltd (2008)

Doctrine Account of Profits

Doctrine Expert Evidence on Obviousness

Case Merck Sharp and Dohme Corporation v Glenmark Pharmaceuticals (2015)

Case UCB Farchim SA v Cipla Ltd (2010)

Case Dimminaco AG v Controller of Patents and Designs (2002)

Case Raytheon Company v Controller of Patents and Designs (1974)

Doctrine Appeals from the Controller

Doctrine Writ Jurisdiction in Patent Matters

Case Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc v Controller of Patents (2026)

Case Deepak Nitrite Limited v Assistant Controller General of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case Geron Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case Hirotsu Bio Science Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case EMD Millipore Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Natera Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Kroll Information Assurance LLC v Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (2025)

Case Syngenta Crop Protection AG v Assistant Controller of Patents (2024)

Case Ab Initio Technology LLC v Assistant Controller of Patents (2024)

Case Genmab A/S v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2024)

Case Immunas Pharma Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2024)

Case Selfdot Technologies (OPC) Pvt Ltd v Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (2023)

Case The Chinese University of Hong Kong v Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs (2023)

Case Raytheon Company v Controller General of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Syngenta Ltd v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Decco Worldwide Post Harvest Holdings B.V. v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case OpenTV Inc v Controller of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Yahoo Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2011)

Case UCB Farchim SA v Cipla Ltd (2010)

Case ITC Limited v Philip Morris Products S.A. (2026)

Case Sulzer Mixpac AG v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2026)

Case Ab Initio Technology LLC v Controller of Patents (2025)

Case Sequenom Inc v Controller of Patents (2025)

Case Agriboard International LLC v Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs (2022)

Doctrine Appeals from the Controller

Case UCB Farchim SA v Cipla Ltd (2010)

Doctrine Convention Applications

Doctrine The Paris Convention and Priority

Doctrine Convention Applications

Doctrine The Paris Convention and Priority

Doctrine Multiple Priorities and Partial Priority

Doctrine Convention Applications

Doctrine Convention Applications

Doctrine Convention Applications

Case Allergan Inc v Controller of Patents (2023)

Case AstraZeneca AB v Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited (2020)

Case Raj Parkash v Mangat Ram Chowdhry (1977)

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Case Chemtura Corporation v Union of India (2009)

Case Garware Wall Ropes Ltd v A.I. Chopra (2008)

Doctrine Atomic Energy Inventions

Doctrine Atomic Energy Inventions

Doctrine Atomic Energy Inventions

Doctrine Atomic Energy Inventions

Doctrine Industrial Application and 'Manner of Manufacture'

Doctrine The Origin of Patent Law in the United Kingdom

Case Indian Hume Pipe Co Ltd v Vendra Venkanna (1961)

Case F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd v Cipla Ltd (2009)

Case Sulzer Mixpac AG v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2026)

Doctrine The Patent as Intangible, Time-Bound Property

Doctrine The Patents Act 1970 and Its Amendments

Case Raytheon Company v Controller General of Patents and Designs (2023)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2007)

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2007)

Case In re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines (2026)

Doctrine TRIPS and Indian Patent Law

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2007)

Doctrine Public Order and Morality

Case EMD Millipore Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Natera Inc v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (2025)

Case Sequenom Inc v Controller of Patents (2025)

Case The Chinese University of Hong Kong v Assistant Controller of Patents & Designs (2023)

Doctrine Plants, Animals and Seeds

Doctrine TRIPS and Indian Patent Law

Case Bajaj Auto Ltd v TVS Motor Company Ltd (2008)

Doctrine The Patent Bargain: Disclosure as Consideration

Doctrine TRIPS and Indian Patent Law

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Doctrine TRIPS and Indian Patent Law

Case Bayer Corporation v Union of India (2014)

Doctrine Government Use of Inventions

Doctrine TRIPS and Indian Patent Law

Doctrine Term of a Patent

Doctrine TRIPS and Indian Patent Law

Doctrine TRIPS and Indian Patent Law

Doctrine TRIPS and Indian Patent Law

Case Novartis AG v Union of India (2007)

Doctrine The Mailbox and Exclusive Marketing Rights

Doctrine The Mailbox and Exclusive Marketing Rights