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Archana Shanker discusses the changing patent litigation landscape in India, and why the telecommunications industry has started to favour litigation as a remedial measure.

What with so many influential patent cases coming to a close, common law surrounding patents is, perhaps, most aptly described as ‘progressing’. Though pharmaceutical patent litigation has been at its forefront, patent holders in the telecom sector too have become more active in pursuing claims. Archana Shanker looks at what’s changed.

Archana Shanker speaking at the Global Intellectual Property Convention (GIPC) 2015.

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