Intellectual property in the form of patents is protected in India when a person registers a patent under the Indian Patent Act, 1970
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Intellectual property in the form of patents is protected in India when a person registers a patent under the Indian Patent Act, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Act'). Obtaining a patent prevents other individuals or concerns from infringing into your invention.
A patent may be obtained on a design or a process. Under the Act, there are two types of patent specifications.
Under Section 9 of the Act, patents are specified under two categories:
- Provisional patent specification
- Complete patent specification
A provisional patent is a preliminary step and is obtained to get protection before being able to file a complete patent. To get a complete patent, a lot of details of the design and its specifications are required.
Compared to a complete patent a provisional patent has shortcomings, especially upon the period of protection given to the intellectual property that has been provisionally patented.