NOV 98
The Indian Government has yet again deferred the consideration of the Patents Amendment
Bill. A deadline of 19/04/1999 has been set by the W T O.
The following are the " Convention Countries"
as per a Notification effective 28/09/1998 for the
"claim of priority" under the Patents Act, 1970
list of convention countries
The BIO DIVERSITY BILL appears to be still at the Draft stage and the final bill is
expected to incorporate relating to seeking of permission from a Biodiversity authority
before seeking a Patent in India or elsewhere so far as it relates invention based on
information /research relating to a biological resource in India. The Bill is also
expected to create a wide base of people, companies or corporation to be covered under its
ambit.
India has acceded to the Paris Convention & PCT effective 7/12/1998.
It is expected that with reforms in the pipeline the I P position in India will be more
secure.
