[Opinion] India – Employment Agreement Sufficient To Establish Right To Apply: Delhi High Court Directs Examination Of Application For Grant Of Patent.

India – Employment Agreement Sufficient To Establish Right To Apply: Delhi High Court Directs Examination Of Application For Grant Of Patent.

Resolving the conflicting opinions of different Controllers on the acceptance of Employer-Employee (EE) Agreement as a valid ‘proof of right’ to file a patent application, the Delhi High Court quipped that procedural laws are intended to subserve and not to subvert the cause of justice. The Court stated that procedural laws are instruments that facilitate rather than obstruct adjudication. Allowing the appeal in Nippon Steel Corporation vs The C…