PATENTABILITY of LEGAL RESEARCH FINDINGS in India is:

Question

Accepted Answer

B. NOT patentable — RAW LEGAL RESEARCH (analysis, doctrinal commentary, case interpretation) is NOT 'invention' under Patents Act 1970 Section 3 — falls under exclusions for 'literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work' and 'mental act' (Section 3(m)/(o))

1. LEGAL RESEARCH FINDINGS are NOT patentable under the Patents Act 1970:
2. (i) Section 3(k) excludes 'a mathematical or business method or a computer programme per se or algorithms';
3. (ii) Section 3(m) excludes 'a mere scheme or rule or method of performing mental act';
4. (iii) Section 3(l) excludes 'a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or any other aesthetic creation';
5. (iv) Legal research is intellectual analysis — not an INVENTION in the patent sense.
6. INTELLECTUAL PROTECTION:
7. (i) COPYRIGHT — Copyright Act 1957 protects legal commentaries, books, articles, judgments as literary works; protects EXPRESSION not IDEAS;
8. (ii) Section 13 Copyright Act 1957 specifies works in which copyright subsists.
9. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957_

Answer

fully patentable (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957) (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957) (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957) (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957)

Answer

only commercial use (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957) (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957) (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957) (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957)

Answer

only foreign use (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957) (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957) (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957) (cf. Patents Act 1970, Section 3; Copyright Act 1957)