Patent in India: Past to Present

From a long time, people have the art of creating things on their own. They have this talent of making a new creation or a new innovation. But their work used to get stolen by others. They were unable to do anything regarding this matter. But then they felt this need of protecting their own work and that was the point when they realized they need a new law to protect their creation or innovation. Then the laws came in force which is now pertaining to Patent in India is governed by the patent's act, 1970 and this act was amended twice by the patent's (Amendment) Act, 1999 and the Patent's (Amendment) Act, 2002. Only limited sections of The new Patent Act, 2002 has been made applicable vide Gazette Notification from the Government of India, dated May 20, 2003. However, it is being implemented in phased manner because it is a matter of time before the new act is applicable entirely. In this article we will see how the patent has developed in India, we will talk about the history of the patent in India and along with the present scenario of India. We will also see how the people of India in most area are unaware about this law in present days.