Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT and Third World Network are jointly organising a workshop 'Patent Opposition in the Pharmaceutical Field'. The workshop is between 4-8 December 2022. The workshop is offline and is being held at Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT, Kochi.  

 

The workshop starts with an idea of the patent system and its impact on accessing medicines for HIV, TB, Hep C and COVID-19, patentability criteria and how oppositions play a role in disallowing patents to frivolous and marginal improvements to existing drugs. After an introduction, the workshop will provide a detailed review of the patent opposition system in India, laws relating to patentability criteria- inventive step, novelty and industrial capability, prior art search and strategies in drafting an opposition. The workshop will also have multiple group works and aims to develop participant’s skills to review patent applications, prior art, chose the grounds of opposition and also draft the opposition. 

The objective of this workshop is to create an understanding and provide hands on training to work on opposition systems that can help in reducing patent monopoly and ensure access to medicines.

Language: Course will be conducted in English

Venue: Kochi, Kerala

Date: 4th to 8th December, 2022