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Madras High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘Opposition Board is creation of statute which mandates how it should do its job’: Madras HC directs Patent Controller to forward papers to new OB for recommendations

“When the statute mandates what an authority shall consider, then it is obligatory for the statutory authority to consider those materials which the statute mandates”

Published on March 26, 2024April 3, 2024By Apoorva
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Madras High Court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

“Occurring in nature” in S. 3(c) only qualifies the nearest reasonable referent “non-living substance”: Madras HC directs patent protection for antibody invention

“The real challenge with a patent application in respect of a synthesized non-living substance is establishing novelty, technical advance and not patent eligibility”

Published on March 21, 2024April 6, 2024By Apoorva
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Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Legislation UpdatesRules & Regulations

Chapter relating to Adjudication of Penalties and Appeals introduced vide Patents (Second Amendment) Rules, 2024

Communications done under this Chapter should be in electronic form only.

Published on March 20, 2024March 20, 2024By Kriti
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Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Legislation UpdatesRules & Regulations

Provision for Grace Period and Certificate of Inventorship introduced vide Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2024

Duplicate certificate of inventorship can be issued by Controller on conditions.

Published on March 16, 2024March 21, 2024By Kriti
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madras high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Madras HC directs Patent Controller to reconstitute Opposition Board as evidence is filed after issuance of Board Recommendations

Madras High Court said that natural justice clearly requires that the additional evidence placed on record by both parties should be considered by the Opposition Board.

Published on January 8, 2024January 12, 2024By Apoorva
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madras high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Invention applicable in business but primarily related to technical process is not a business method; Madras HC remanded patent application for reconsideration

“The monopoly claim is not in respect of a business method but in respect of a claimed invention deploying hardware, software and firmware for purposes of data privacy and protection”

Published on December 27, 2023January 5, 2024By Apoorva
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madras high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Madras High Court distinguishes between date of assignment and date of declaration in patent applications

Madras High Court directed the Controller of Patents and Designs to decide the patent application on merits and in accordance with law.

Published on December 25, 2023January 3, 2024By Apoorva
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madras high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Madras HC remands patent application on ‘Aluminum Trihydrate Particles’ for reconsideration; finds Controller’s order unreasoned

While drawing the conclusion that the application does not fulfil the requirements of Section 16, the respondent has merely referred to the objections raised in the hearing notice.

Published on December 21, 2023December 21, 2023By Apoorva
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madras high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Controller failed to identify basis for concluding non-disclosure: Madras HC directs to proceed application for grant of patent

Madras High Court said that the appellants have given complete specifications which also capture the results of the evaluation of the claimed invention against the parameters of penetration, nutrient permeability and root penetration test.

Published on December 17, 2023December 20, 2023By Apoorva
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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Revocation Petition under Section 64 of Patents Act is not a suit within the meaning of Section 10 of CPC: Delhi High Court

“The Court cannot create a deeming fiction on its own, where the statute does not do so. In the absence of any provision which deems a revocation petition under Section 64 of the Patents Act to be a suit, a Court cannot, even in the interests of expediency, so hold.”

Published on August 11, 2023August 14, 2023By Editor
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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Power to transfer proceedings between High Courts u/s 25 of CPC is exclusively vested in Supreme Court: Delhi High Court

“The Delhi High Court cannot exercise power to transfer proceedings between two separate High Courts as the said power of transfer between two High Courts, can be exercised in terms of Section 25 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908, by only the Supreme Court.”

Published on August 10, 2023August 10, 2023By Editor
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delhi high court
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court requests Chief Justice to formulate Division Bench for deciding issues relating to plurality of inventions u/s 16 of Patents Act, 1970

“The application could not have been rejected solely on the ground that the plurality of inventions was not specifically contained in the claim, and only in the disclosure contained in the complete specifications.”

Published on July 31, 2023August 2, 2023By Editor
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Raj HC | Court dismisses PIL seeking ascertainment regarding vaccine being covered by any patent or issuance of compulsory license under S. 92 Patents Act

Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sabina and Manoj Kumar Vyas, JJ., dismissed the petition being devoid of merits. The present

Published on July 2, 2021July 2, 2021By Editor
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