Changes in law will just make medicines more expensive, not better
The amended rules will prolong the life of drugs on account of frivolous patenting, increase their prices, and make lives difficult for patients.
Source: indianexpress.com
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The amended rules will prolong the life of drugs on account of frivolous patenting, increase their prices, and make lives difficult for patients.
The petitioner, Blackberry Limited, had filed a patent application for the invention “Text Selection Using a Touch Sensitive Screen of a Handheld Mobile Communication Device” in September 2008. The assistant controller of patents in a June 2020 order refused the plea.
Justice Sanjeev Narula said that the controller should have provided reasons to support their conclusion in order to adhere to the principles of natural justice.