The Indian Economic Times newspaper has reported that at least 10 Asian countries may add a provision along the lines of India’s section 3(d).
The article quotes an official in the Indian ministry of commerce & industries as saying -“We get a lot of enquiries from a host of countries
about the provision. The Philippines has already amended its law on similar
lines,â€
Chapter II of Part II of the Philippines Intellectual Property Code deals with Patentability. I haven’t seen an amendment to this Chapter which resembles section 3(d), but would be delighted to be pointed in the right direction.
Other countries named in the article included: the Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indonesia,
Malaysia and Bangladesh.
See my earlier posts, discussion and article on section 3(d) which conclude that it won’t be surprising if the PhRMA or a similar group gets involved in the near future…
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