International Nonproprietary Names ( INN) list has been released by the Trademark Registry of India. The list includes Non-Proprietary names of the Pharmaceutical substances along with the WHO publication reference. For our readers information, INNs are the generic names assigned to pharmaceutical substances by World Health Organization. INNs have worldwide acceptability and it is far easier to identify the pharmaceutical substances or ingredients based on such names. Since, these names are in public domain, and are non- proprietary, trademarks cannot be derived from them nor do they contain common stems used in INNs.The complete list could be accessed here .
