INTRODUCTION
The availability of appropriate reliefs in cases of patent
infringement is the key for ensuring the global patent
protectionist regime. Patent act 1970 (hereinafter referred to as
'act') provides a legal framework for the functioning of
patent system in India. Section 108 of the act provides for reliefs
that a court may grant in the suits of patent infringement.
Basically it provides two kinds of remedies: one is the grant of
injunction against the patent infringer and second is the
appropriate damages that the patentee has suffered from the
infringement of his patent. Both of these remedies are granted
after the actual determination of infringement. This kind of