Criticisms Against Section-3 (D) of Patents Act, 1970
Criticisms Against Section-3 (D) of Patents Act, 1970
Having deliberated over the provisions contained under section-3 (d), the other face of the coin is that the
incorporation of section 3 (d) was widely criticized also in the terms that:
1. It does not comply with the TRIPS Agreement
2. The “enhanced efficacy” was not envisaged under Art. 27.1 of the TRIPS
3. It falls beyond the flexibilities in TRIPS since it limits patentability to only “new chemical entities and
excludes “new forms of known substances lacking enhanced efficacy”.