Patent Office Directed to Examine Demonstration of Rejected Application, Court Says Invention Must Not Go Waste: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has delivered an important decision emphasizing encouragement of innovation and fair opportunity to inventors. The Court held that an invention should not be allowed to go waste without being practically tested and directed the Patent Office to permit an inventor to demonstrate a working prototype of his invention, even though the patent application had earlier been rejected as being against established natural laws. Parties and Court…