{"id":40984,"date":"2017-11-08T12:34:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T07:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/one\/?p=40984"},"modified":"2025-06-16T14:32:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:02:42","slug":"revocation-of-patents-in-india-patent-law-upes-kalyan-kankanala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/revocation-of-patents-in-india-patent-law-upes-kalyan-kankanala\/","title":{"rendered":"Revocation of Patents in India – Lecture by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at UPES School of Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala recently delivered a lecture to the B.Tech – LLB students of UPES School of Law as part of the\u00a0‘Patent Law and Practice Program’ being taught by BananaIP Team at the School.<\/p>\n

This lecture was aimed at helping the students understand the process of patent revocation in India and compare the grounds of revocation with those listed under pre-grant and post-grant oppositions. This table below is a summary of the grounds available under Pre-grant\u00a0opposition, Post-grant\u00a0opposition and Revocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

Sl. No.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Grounds<\/strong><\/td>\nPre grant Representation <\/strong><\/td>\nPost Grant Opposition <\/strong><\/td>\nRevocation<\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Relevant Sections<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Prior Claiming<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n25(1)(c), 25(2)(c), 64(1)(a)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nNot entitled to apply<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n\n

64(1)(b)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Wrongful obtainment (Petitioner)<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n25(1)(a),
\n25(2)(b),
\n64(1)(c)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nNot an Invention<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n\u00a0Yes<\/td>\n\n

25(1)(f),<\/p>\n

25(2)(f),<\/p>\n

64(1)(d)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Not Novel
\na.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prior Patents
\nb.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prior Publication
\nc.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public Knowledge (India)
\nd.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Public Use (India)<\/td>\n		Yes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n25(1)(b),
\n25(1)(d),
\n25(2)(b),
\n25(2)(d),
\n64(1)(e)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nLacks inventive step.\/ Obvious \u2013 Person Skilled in the art<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n\n

25(1)e),<\/p>\n

25(2)(e),<\/p>\n

64(1)(f)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Not useful<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n64(1)(g)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nInsufficient description –
\nNot enabling
\n– Average Skill
\n– Average Knowledge
\nNo best\u00a0 method<\/td>\n		Yes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n\n

25(1)(g),<\/p>\n

25(2)(g),<\/p>\n

64(1)(h)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Indefinite & Unsupported Claim<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n64(1)(i)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nInequitable Conduct<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n\n

64(1)(j)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

11<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Ineligible subject matter<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n25(1)(f),
\n25(2)(f),
\n64(1)(k)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nSecret use (India)<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n\n

64(1)(l)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

13<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Non submission of IUFA
\n(Information and Undertaking regarding Foreign Applications)<\/td>\n		Yes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n25(1)(h),
\n25(2)(h),
\n64(1)(m)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n

14<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Non compliance with FFP (Foreign Filing Permit)<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n64(1)(n)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nContravention of secrecy direction<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n\n

64(1)(n)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Fraudulent Amendment<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n64(1)(o)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nNon-disclosure \/ wrong disclosure of biological material source<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n\n

25(1)(j),<\/p>\n

25(2)(j),<\/p>\n

64(1)(p)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

18<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Traditional Knowledge<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\n25(1)(k),
\n25(2)(k),
\n64(1)(q)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nConvention filing after twelve months<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n\n

25(1)(i),<\/p>\n

25(2)(i)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

About Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala<\/strong>
\nDr. Kalyan C. Kankanala manages the largest new age Intellectual Property Firm, BananaIP Counsels, headquartered at Bangalore, India. In addition to helping clients maximize business value from intellectual assets, Dr. Kalyan also consults for United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and teaches at premier institutions such as National Law School of India University, Bangalore, and Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B).
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Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala\u2019s lecture at UPES School of Law covered the grounds and process for patent revocation in India, with a structured comparison to pre-grant and post-grant oppositions. The session offered objective insights into Indian patent law, supporting students in understanding critical legal concepts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[183,5566,6672,8830,753,70,8829,2845],"class_list":["post-40984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-patents","tag-bananaip-counsels","tag-indian-intellectual-property","tag-kalyan-kankanala","tag-patent-grounds","tag-patent-law-india","tag-patent-opposition","tag-revocation-of-patents","tag-upes-school-of-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40984","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=40984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136378,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40984\/revisions\/136378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}