Asia IP

Amendments to India’s copyright laws provide new opportunities for the Indian creative community to protect their work. Tanvi Misra reports from New Delhi.

Before India amended its Copyright Act in 2012, software was the only technology governed by the law. The expanded law extends the copyright regime to internet service providers, consumer electronics ...

Recent decisions in patent cases in India have resulted in new trends and strategies in telecommunications, biological processes and divisional applications.

Companies large and small are adopting measures and inventing technologies that help solve environment-related problems, including global climate change. Dhruv Anand explores the concept, and what it ...

From reforms of its infrastructure to appointing a retired High Court judge, India’s Intellectual Property Appellate Board is working towards a more efficient IP rights system.

Recent cases have given a hint of how India will allow rights-holders to amend their patent claims. Pravin Anand and Abhilasha Nautiyal say interpretation of the statute is headed in the right directi...

India has long pursued an independent IP rights agenda – from encouraging generic pharmaceutical producers to blocking genetically modified crops. Recently, the country has also passed a slew of legis...