Advisable For Legislature To Clarify What Constitutes 'Infringement' Under Patents Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court, while adjudicating a patent dispute in the case of Mold Tek Packaging Limited v. Pronton Plast Pack Pvt. Ltd., has suggested that the legislature introduce a clear definition of 'infringement' under the Patents Act, 1970. A division bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Ajay Digpaul emphasized that unlike other intellectual property laws, the Patents Act is silent on what exactly constitutes infringement, creating ambiguity in…
