Delhi High Court judge, Justice Prathiba M Singh’s book on the Patent law was launched on March 9 in a packed hall at Bharat Mandapam. .The two-volume book has been published by Thomson Reuters and is a guide for patent laws of Indian and foreign jurisdictions.The book was launched in the presence of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman; Lord Justice Colin Birss of the Court of Appeal in England and Wales, UK; Dr. Klaus Grabinski, President, Unified Patent Court, Luxembourg; and Dr. Annabelle Bennett, Former Judge, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney.A video message by Senior Advocate Harish N Salve, King’s Counsel, Blackstone Chambers was also played at the event. Late Senior Advocate Fali S Nariman's message was read out by his granddaughter, Nina Nariman. Several Supreme Court judges as well as judges of the Delhi High Court and various other courts were also present at the event. .Speaking at the occasion, Justice Singh said that the purpose of the book is to show the rich jurisprudence of India about patents. She said that the book has come about after reviewing more than 1,100 judgements and more than 500 of them have been cited in it.She revealed that seeds for writing the book were sown in the year 2015 and the motivation for it came from former Union Minister Arun Jaitley and Senior Advocate Harish Salve.In her address, the judge highlighted India’s growing dominance in the field of IP litigation.“A large quantum of Intellectual Property (IP) disputes are now coming to India. For patent litigation, India is one of the top five locations. Today, nearly 80 percent trademarks and 50 percent of the patents are owned by Indian companies. This used to be less than 20 and just a few years ago,” Justice Singh said.She further said that new technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are posing new questions for the IP litigators and judges.“Patent law is meant to reward human technologies; we need to figure out how we deal with these new technologies and can patents be granted to AI inventions. We need to figure out how we are going to give patents to environmentally safe technologies.”.Meanwhile, Sitharaman said that Justice Singh’s book is going to be the core reference material on patent law for several years.“She has contextualised India's IPR trajectory with what is happening around the world,” the Finance Minister said.“This book will certainly occupy its rightful place alongside other recognised important treatises on the subject of IP law,” said Salve. .Watch live-stream of the event.
Delhi High Court judge, Justice Prathiba M Singh’s book on the Patent law was launched on March 9 in a packed hall at Bharat Mandapam. .The two-volume book has been published by Thomson Reuters and is a guide for patent laws of Indian and foreign jurisdictions.The book was launched in the presence of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman; Lord Justice Colin Birss of the Court of Appeal in England and Wales, UK; Dr. Klaus Grabinski, President, Unified Patent Court, Luxembourg; and Dr. Annabelle Bennett, Former Judge, Federal Court of Australia, Sydney.A video message by Senior Advocate Harish N Salve, King’s Counsel, Blackstone Chambers was also played at the event. Late Senior Advocate Fali S Nariman's message was read out by his granddaughter, Nina Nariman. Several Supreme Court judges as well as judges of the Delhi High Court and various other courts were also present at the event. .Speaking at the occasion, Justice Singh said that the purpose of the book is to show the rich jurisprudence of India about patents. She said that the book has come about after reviewing more than 1,100 judgements and more than 500 of them have been cited in it.She revealed that seeds for writing the book were sown in the year 2015 and the motivation for it came from former Union Minister Arun Jaitley and Senior Advocate Harish Salve.In her address, the judge highlighted India’s growing dominance in the field of IP litigation.“A large quantum of Intellectual Property (IP) disputes are now coming to India. For patent litigation, India is one of the top five locations. Today, nearly 80 percent trademarks and 50 percent of the patents are owned by Indian companies. This used to be less than 20 and just a few years ago,” Justice Singh said.She further said that new technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are posing new questions for the IP litigators and judges.“Patent law is meant to reward human technologies; we need to figure out how we deal with these new technologies and can patents be granted to AI inventions. We need to figure out how we are going to give patents to environmentally safe technologies.”.Meanwhile, Sitharaman said that Justice Singh’s book is going to be the core reference material on patent law for several years.“She has contextualised India's IPR trajectory with what is happening around the world,” the Finance Minister said.“This book will certainly occupy its rightful place alongside other recognised important treatises on the subject of IP law,” said Salve. .Watch live-stream of the event.
