S.3(k) Patents Act | Delhi High Court Declines Patent To US-Entity For System To Locate Users Sharing ‘Sensitive Content’ On P2P Networks
The Delhi High Court has declined a plea moved by US-based Kroll Information Assurance, seeking to patent ‘System to locate users via a Peer to Peer Network’. Justice Amit Bansal cited Section 3(k) of the Patents Act 1970 which declares inventions related to ‘algorithm’ and ‘computer program per se’ as non-patentable. The bench observed, “For