
Learn to identify patentable inventions, write patent specifications, and complete filing formalities, while balancing private interests with public access in the patenting process.
Identify patentable inventions by applying the NUNS test: novelty, utility, non-obviousness, and statutory subject matter, using prior art searches and evaluating inventive step in Indian patent law.
Explore infringement of patents, including patentee rights, primary and secondary infringement, de minimis exemptions, forum shopping, and remedies from filing to injunctions.
Examine patent infringement through landmark cases, including McGill v. Zink, safe harbour, and file-wrapper estoppel. Explore infringement by equivalence and contributory and inducement theories via Hughes Aircraft and Fonar.
Explain the licensing of patents, including voluntary and compulsory licenses, and the quid pro quo nature of patents, guiding how inventions are worked in markets.
Explore US software patent cases (Gottschalk v. Benson, Parker v. Flook, Diamond v. Diehr, Alapat, Signature Financial) and European-Indian practices, highlighting patentable subject matter and business method debates.
Explore the interplay between the Indian Patents Act and the Biodiversity Act, focusing on plant varieties protection, farmers' rights, and breeders' and researchers' rights in India's seed industry.
Prepare for the patent agent examination by mastering part i paper structure, including mcqs and true/false, and applying unity of invention, prior art, and clear specification drafting.
Learn about section 3(d) of the Indian Patent Act through The Delhi High Court Case: Ischemic LLC v The Controller of Patents.
Learn about Section 146 of the Indian Patent Act, r/w Rule 131 of the Indian Patent Rules
Analyze how competition law interfaces with patent licensing through the Ericsson case, examining voluntary and compulsory licensing, standard essential patents, and the role of the Competition Commission of India.
Today it is a very lucrative job to be a patent agent, the exams were conducted last in 2018 and are expected to be conducted this year at least twice. Most people do not seem to clear the patent agent exam in the first attempt.
We are hereby attempting to make the syllabus easier and more approachable through this course and to help the student to understand what to focus on and what to study and how the questions are framed and how to answer these questions.
The course is a 10-hour course, and is a compilation of every aspect of patent laws and are hence very vast and in detail.
We have also made sure to include the 2018 question paper and to make sure to solve it, analyze it and we have explained how to answer these questions.
Furthermore, we have tried to talk about conventions, infringement, how to acquire a patent, validity of the patent, licensing of patents, and much more.
Everything in this course has been made user friendly and more easily approachable to the students, to ease their work and to make their understanding less difficult.
Having knowledge is one thing, but scoring in an exam is a whole different ball game, we focus on both here, not just giving out knowledge but also making sure to show how to approach the question paper and answer it to excel in the exams.
We hope you have a wonderful time learning, as much as we did putting this course together for you.