{"id":16400,"date":"2014-10-26T11:46:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-26T06:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/one\/sinapse-blog\/?p=16400"},"modified":"2026-06-09T09:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:07:33","slug":"patent-law-patentability-requirements-nlsiu-dr-kalyan-kankanala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/patent-law-patentability-requirements-nlsiu-dr-kalyan-kankanala\/","title":{"rendered":"Intro to Patent Law and Patentability Requirements &#8211; Presentations by Dr. Kalyan Kankanala at NLSIU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The two presentations embedded in this post were delivered by Dr. Kalyan Kankanala as part of his Patent Law course at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore.<\/p>\n<h2>Presentation 1: Introduction to Patent Law<\/h2>\n<p>The first presentation provides an overview of patent philosophy, covering the social, economic, and utilitarian rationales for patent protection. It introduces the tragedy of the commons dimension, the patent life cycle, and public interest aspects of patent law. This version is an updated edition of the 2013 presentation on the same subject.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/40727565\" width=\"840\" height=\"670\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br\/>\n<h2>Presentation 2: Patentability Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>The second presentation examines the five patentability requirements, discussing each with illustrative examples. Dr. Kankanala draws on the <em>Chemtura case<\/em>, decided by the IPAB, and the <em>Allergin v. Sandoz case<\/em>, decided by the federal circuit, to explain the concepts of motivation, reasonable likelihood of success, and unexpected result in the context of patentability analysis.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/40727611\" width=\"840\" height=\"670\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br\/>\n<h2>Disclaimer<\/h2>\n<p>This article is for general information and does not constitute legal advice. Readers should consult a qualified attorney before acting on any matter discussed here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Kalyan Kankanala\u2019s NLSIU presentations provide a structured overview of patent law in India and the core patentability requirements. The content includes case law analysis and practical examples, reflecting updated legal developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":31,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14],"tags":[6878,3575,443,6877,199,737,50,113],"class_list":["post-16400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intellectual-property","category-patents","tag-allergin-v-sandoz","tag-chemtura-case","tag-dr-kalyan-c-kankanala","tag-indian-patent-system","tag-ipab","tag-nlsiu","tag-patent-law","tag-patentability-requirements-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16400"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149762,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16400\/revisions\/149762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}