Summary
This post features presentations by Dr. Kalyan Kankanala delivered at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, as part of his Patent Law course. The first presentation introduces the philosophy of patent law, exploring its social, economic, and utilitarian rationales, the tragedy of commons, and public interest considerations. It also describes the patent life cycle and is an updated version of an earlier presentation. The second presentation examines the five patentability requirements, using straightforward examples and analyses of the Chemtura and Allergin v. Sandoz cases to clarify key legal concepts. The materials reflect updated case studies and examples relevant to Indian patent law.
The presentations embedded in this post have been delivered by Dr. Kalyan Kankanala in his Patent Law course at National Law School of India University, Bangalore. The presentation on Intro to Patent Law gives an overview of patent philosophy. It covers social, economic and utilitarian rationales and gives an introduction to the tragedy of commons dimension. It also covers the patent life cycle, and public interest aspects of patent law. This presentation is an updated version of the 2013 presentation.
The second presentation takes a look into the five patentability requirements. It discusses each requirement with simple examples. Dr. Kankanala discusses the Chemtura case decided by the IPAB, and the Allergin v. Sandoz case, decided by the federal circuit, to explain concepts of motivation, reasonable likelihood of success and unexpected result concepts.
This presentation modifies the examples in last year’s presentation on the same topic. Here is the Intro to Patent Law post from last year and here is 2013’s Patentability Requirements post.