It would be interesting to note the outcome of the meetings. However, it would be interesting to note whether the US pharma lobby will be able to influence the way India's patent offices and judiciary interpret India's patent law. meeting with the patent officials will provide the Intellectual Property Owners' Association (IPOA) members better overview on how to draft the pharmaceutical patent applications to be filed in India. The pharma and medicine based innovations should include data related to therapeutic efficacy to obviate section 3d of the Indian Patent Act. However, it is surprising to note that the Intellectual Property Owners' Association (IPOA) members are being allowed to meet the judiciary. In a recent case the Supreme Court seriously viewed the allegation of 2G scam accused and coal scam accused meeting the CBI director Ranjit Sinha.