Plaintiffs conduct entitles it to damages and all other remedies at law.
Plaintiffs conduct entitles it to damages and all other remedies at law.
The remedies include temporary injunction, permanent injunction, damages or account of profits.
No. Patent protection is a territorial right and therefore it is effective only within the territory of India. There is no concept of global/world patent.
If the accused manufactured, sold, attempted to sell, or imported the invention without permission, a direct infringement occurs. If the accused actively induces a third party to manufacture, sell, attempt to sell, or import the invention without permission, indirect infringement (contributory infringement) occurs.
The remedies to patent owners are based on certain rights granted under Section 48 of the Patents Act subject to certain exceptions. The Act also offers remedies on the infringement of these rights. The remedies include temporary injunction, permanent injunction, damages or account of profits.
Getting Started in Litigation Your attorney will file a formal complaint in federal court, explaining how the defendant has infringed on your patent. Together with your attorney, you will need to compile evidence of your ownership of the patent and the infringement.
A patent holder can file a suit for infringement in the District Court or High Court. However where counter-claims for revocation of the patent is made by the defendant, the suit along with the counter-claims are transferred to the High Court for a decision on the validity of the patent.
Action must be taken within three years of the patent infringement, as per the Patents Act, 1970. Pre-trial proceedings, including notices and replies, aim to resolve the dispute. If unresolved, a formal trial occurs, and the court may issue injunctions and damages based on the case's merits.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions contained in sub-section (1) a patent may be revoked by the High Court on the petition of the Central Government, if the High Court is satisfied that the patentee has without reasonable cause failed to comply with the request of the Central Government to make, use or exercise the ...
Patent infringement consists of “unauthorized making, using, offering for sale, or selling any patented invention within the United States, or importing into the United States any patented invention during its term.” You the patent owner may sue in federal court to stop the infringement and ask for financial damages.
Patent Infringement: Punishment ing to Patents Act (Section 120), if an individual falsely declares that any object sold by them is patented in India or is the subject of a patent application in India, they are penalised with a fine of up to ₹1 lakh.