In the ever-evolving landscape of technological advancements, the question of artificial intelligence (AI) as a potential inventor has emerged as a pivotal issue in patent law globally. It is evident that the number of patent filings in the AI domain of India has shown continuous growth year on year. The recent decision by the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) regarding Dr. Stephen Thaler’s AI creation, Device for the Autonomous Bootstrapping of Unified Sentience (DABUS), has added a s

In India patent applicants are required to submit information regarding foreign patent applications in respect of the same or substantially the same invention at the time of filling of a patent application in India and thereafter under Section 8 of the Patents Act, 1970. Section 8(1) imposes a duty on patent applicants to submit .......

Mr. Yogesh Pai, co-director, CIIPC, delivered a lecture titled “Bilateral ties, agreements and opportunities amongst ASEAN” as a resource person for a five day workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights &amp; Technology Transfer” under ASEAN-India Innovation Programme (AIIP) for ASEAN Member States (MS from 1st – 5th April, 2019 at New Delhi, organized by National Research &hellip; <a href="https://ciipc.wordpress.com/2019/04/22/bilateral-ties-agreements-and-opportunities-amon

Mr. Yogesh Pai, Co-Director, CIIPC, was part of a panel discussion titled ‘Alternatives to Copyright- Open Access, Creative Commons, Open Sources’ at the Brainstorming Session on the Future of Copyright, organised by the Inter-University Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (IUCIPRS), Cochin University of Science and Technology, on February 27, 2019. This panel was chaired by &hellip; <a href="https://ciipc.wordpress.com/2019/03/08/panel-discussion-alternatives-copyright-o

<p>Mr. Yogesh Pai, the Co-Director of CIIPC, delivered a talk on ‘Patents and Competition Law in India’ at Sixth Annual National Workshop Rethinking Intellectual Property Rights – 2019 at Inter University Centre for IPR Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology on 19th January, 2019. He started by narrating the Great Patent Debate and the relationship &hellip; <a href="https://ciipc.wordpress.com/2019/02/07/ciipc-co-director-makes-a-presentation-on-patents-and-comp

<p>Shrinkhala Jaiswal, Research Fellow, CIIPC, presented the paper titled “‘Working’ Through NPEs Debate: Injunctive Relief in India”, co-authored with Mr. Yogesh Pai, at the 4th Asian IP Works-in-Progress Conference organized by Applied Research Centre for Intellectual Assets and the Law in Asia (ARCIALA) School of Law, Singapore Management University, Singapore on 30th and 31st January &hellip; <a href="https://ciipc.wordpress.com/2019/02/07/ciipc-research-fellow-presents-a

The objective of this article is to examine the CCI's reasoning and approach in patent—related cases, in light of (i) the legislative framework governing competition and patent law in India, (ii) the economic theories that govern the intersection between competition law and patent law, and (iii) the manner in which competition agencies in comparative jurisdictions have dealt ...

The objective of this article is to examine the CCI’s reasoning and approach in patent—related cases, in light of (i) the legislative framework governing competition and patent law in India, (ii) the economic theories that govern the intersection between competition law and patent law, and (iii) the manner in which competition agencies in comparative jurisdictions have dealt with similar agreements and conduct by patent holders. Section 1 of this article deals with an analysi

Part I: Turf War: Intellectual Property Vs Competition Law and Part II: Elusive FRAND

<p>This note was submitted by Yogesh Pai, Assistant Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC) in response to the &#8220;Discussion Paper on Standard-Essential Patents and their Availability on FRAND terms&#8221; floated by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.</p>