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The Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005 (Act No. 15 of 2005), India
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Year of Version
2005
Dates
Enacted:
April 4, 2005
Type of Text
Main IP Laws
Subject Matter
Patents (Inventions),
Genetic Resources,
Traditional Knowledge (TK)
Notes
The Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005 is the third of three amendments to the Patents Act of 1970, to bring India’s patent regime into compliance with the WTO TRIPS Agreement. It extends the product patent protection to the areas of pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals.
This Act contains provisions relating to patent and traditional knowledge (see Art. 23(1)(k) & Art. 23(2)(k)), and genetic resources (see Art. 10 & 25).
After receiving Presidential assent and being published in the Official Gazette on April 5, 2005, the Act entered into force with retrospective effect from January 1, 2005 (see its section 1(2)) .
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