Utility models as alternate IP protection: A boon or a bane: An analysis in the global context with special reference to India
- Social Science in Perspective
- 14(2), Apr, 2022: p.127-144
The utility model patent was first developed by Germany in 1891. Many countries such as Japan, Brazil, China, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Russia and Korea have incorporated utility patent law. – Reproduced