If It’s About Harm, Show the Harm to Refuse a Patent

If It’s About Harm, Show the Harm to Refuse a Patent

You spend years developing an invention, only to have its patent rejected on moral or health grounds. But what if those grounds lack supporting evidence? Another recent Calcutta High Court judgment set aside such a rejection, holding that public health and morality objections under Section 3(b) of the Patents Act must be backed by evidence […]