Founded in the year 2014 by Sujata Chaudhri and located in the National Capital Region (NCR) in India, our firm provides advisory, litigation and enforcement, and prosecution services in all areas of intellectual property law.
The Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2024 introduced a notable development in the Indian patent regime through the insertion of Rule 70A and the corresponding Form 8A, enabling inventors to obtain a Certificate of Inventorship from the Indian Patent Office. While the amendment may appear procedural at first glance, it represents a significant policy shift towards formally recognizing inventors as the creators of patented technology, independent of questions relating to patent owner
As patent attorneys, we frequently meet inventors who are deeply involved in developing new technologies but are unfamiliar with one important aspect of Indian patent law; their right to be formally recognised as inventors. Many inventors assume that once a patent application is filed by their employer, institution, or investor, their contribution automatically receives legal acknowledgment. However, the Indian Patents Act, 1970 provides a specific mechanism to safeguard this
In the lifecycle of a patent application, ownership may change for several reasons. First encounter with Form 6 may arise mid-prosecution, when an acquisition closes, an startups attract investors, companies undergo mergers and acquisitions, inventors assign rights to employers, and businesses restructure their intellectual property portfolios. Whenever such a change occurs during the pendency of a patent application or after grant, the Indian Patent Office requires the chang
