Most of the Indian traditions place a moral obligation on sharing knowledge for free with the community at large. Following this knowledge sharing tradition, in the past Indians have created major scientific advancements in medicine (think Ayurveda), lifestyle (yoga), astronomy, navigation, mathematics, construction, etc., that are freely used by all.
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However, with globalisation, more and more Indians – companies as well as inventors – are required to embrace the intellectual property right protection systems, for example by filing patent applications for their innovations.
Fraction of total
While it is true that the Indian patent system is more than 150 years old, when we look at statistics relating to filing of patent applications, the total number filed in India is still a small fraction of the total number of applications being filed in the US. Even when we look at the applications filed in India for the year 2010-11, which amounted to about 39,400, the number of applications filed by Indian entities was about 8,062, a mere 20% or so of the overall filing in India.
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