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FACTS OF THE CASE The current case involves a challenge to the order issued by the Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs on October...

The Indian Government is working to improve the ease of doing business with the objective of converting India into a global innovation...

Introduction The dispute over software patents focuses on two issues: first, whether computer software is patentable, and if so, what...

Introduction: Application costs for patents are a necessary evil. However, by reducing those fee in comparison to major organizations,...

Introduction Section 25 of the Patent Act, 1970 deals with objections raised against a patent. In two ways an objection can be raised,...

The main laws relating to patents in Malaysia are the Patents Act 1983 (PA 1983) and the Patents Regulations 1986, which both came into...

The equitable doctrine of assignor estoppel originated early in the history of patent law. It was developed to prevent a party who sells...

Commercial stage manufacturer and distributor of innovative lockdown device, Defcon patent is granted For Products LLC announced that the...

Sri Lanka has been on the lines of becoming a major hub of business in the South Asia market. Sri Lanka does provide a suitable...

The purpose of the Invention Secrecy Act, 1951 The Invention Secrecy Act was created to restrict the exportation of classified...

Congratulations if you have secured a patent in India – truly well-deserved going through all that you’ve gone through. It could now be...

Once a patent application has been refused by the Controller of Patents, the applicant still has an opportunity to get a grant. This can...

The granting of secondary use patentsin the pharmaceutical industry has become more prominent after the negotiations of the TRIPS...

A Bilateral Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program has commenced between the Indian Patent Office (IPO) and the Japan Patent...

This article discusses challenges faced by patent applicants for inventions in the field of Immunology, especially those relating to gene...

Intellectual Property Rights are jurisdictional in nature. Hence, instances wherein different patent applications for the same subject...

A Patent infringement lawsuit was filed by Communication Components Antenna INC against alleged infringer Ace Technologies Corp and its...

INTRODUCTION With as many as 47854 patents filed and 13035 granted in the single financial year of 2017-2018 , it is obvious that keeping...

It is a general rule that once pronounced by a Court a judgment becomes functus officio and it cannot be altered or changed. However, an...

The nature of Intellectual Property Rights is such that, like any other law, it has loopholes as well as overlaps. These overlaps arise...