Expert Analysis

Prietika Siingh and Dheeraj Seth of Inttl Advocare present an overview of the progress that has been made in protecting traditional knowledge and geographical indications in India

Welcome to the eighth edition of Managing IP's India Focus. We have a diverse selection of articles this year that shows the wide range of issues facing India's IP system. These vary from questions over software patents and the patentability of pharmaceutical products to missing files at the trade mark office and accession to the Madrid Protocol. As this supplement goes to press, a key case dealing with the patentability of Novartis's anti-cancer drug Glivec is being argued at the Supreme Court. Patent practitioners are hoping the judgment may finally shed some light on the notorious Section 3(d) of the country's Patent Act. And in the Monsoon session of Parliament India's politicians may pass far-reaching amendments to the country's Copyright Act.

The only way to handle online copyright infringement is for countries such as India to become harmonised with international frameworks, argue Jatin Trivedi and Nakul Sharedalal of YJ Trivedi & Co

Himanshu Kane and Ashutosh Kane of WS Kane & Co address the issue of inventor and employee rights to an invention, and the right to seek patent protection for it

Ignacio S Sapalo and Anne Mariae Celeste V Jumadla of Sapalo Velez Bundang and Bulilan run through the actions being taken to improve IP protections

Emre Kerim Yardimci and Okan Çan of Deris discuss the legal tools and environment needed for patent owners to enforce their rights in Turkey