Prakash Yedhula (Lawyer) 03 March 2008

International Patents

Is a patent applied and granted in India recognised internationally?

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Guest (n/a) 04 March 2008

plz send me details regarding to the patent

Prakash Yedhula (Lawyer) 05 March 2008

I just need to know whether patents granted by Patent office in India is recognized internationally.

David 11 April 2008

well, I think the rules strictly divide two types of patents: 1. Normal Indian patents only enforced in India. 2. patents registered under the PCT system, which gives you only the "registration" of an international patent, not the patent itself. To have an enforced patent, you subsequently need to apply for a national patent ("enter national phase") separately for each of the countries you are interested in. The benefit is that you claim the priority date of the international registration, which is earlier and thus more secure. By the way, these two types of registration do not exclude eachother.