Patent Year Book 2023-2024 - Madras High Court

India has seen a staggering growth, not just in patent filings but also in patent litigations. As per the Annual Report for 2022-23 published by the CGPDTM, there was 25% growth in overall patent filings from 2021-22 to 2022-23. Domestic filings of patents increased to 52.29% of total filings as compared to 40.41% in 2021-22. With the abolishment of the IPAB and transfer of jurisdiction to the High Courts, many significant patent judgments are now being passed by various High Courts – in appeals, revocations as well as infringement proceedings. This seems to be the golden age for development of patent jurisprudence in in India. This Patent Yearbook 2023-24 is a collection of groundbreaking patent cases from India from January 2023 till February 2024, that have shaped patent law jurisprudence in the last one year.