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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...

As a result to the PIL filed by Prof. Shamnad Basheer, complaining against IPO for noncompliance of section 146 (working statement of...

The 2017 fad of fidget spinners hasn’t yet faded, but in fact is intensively growing globally. For those who are not aware of this toy,...

This article focuses on the involvement of Section 3(k) in the process of patent application of Apple titled ‘a method for browsing data...

Section 3k is often criticized for its ambiguity of the words “computer programme per se ”. Though the Indian Patent Act doesn’t...

Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has amended Patent Rules 2003 with effect from 1 st December 2017 called as...

The process of applying for patents in Singapore will become much easier and more efficient after Intellectual Property Office of...

Myanmar, also known as Burma, a least developed country in mainland South-East Asia, is still in its embryonic phase of Intellectual...

With growing importance and widespread adoption of Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Ripple among many others,...

In a bid to continue the growth of Intellectual Property regime in Singapore, the Intellectual Property of Singapore (IPOS) has launched...

Introduction Infringement proceedings involve high costs of litigation in defending the same with the possibility that any temporary...

The Biological Diversity Act (the BD Act) was enacted with the goal to provide for conservation of Biological Diversity, sustainable use...

Compulsory licenses are sovereign state authorizations which enable a third party to make, use, or sell a patented product without the consent of the patent holder. Provisions pertaining to compulsory licensing are provided for under both the Indian Patent Act, 1970, as well as the international legal agreement between all the member nations of WTO - the TRIPS. In India, Chapter XVI of the Indian Patent Act, 1970 deals with compulsory licensing while the conditions which need

Malaysia’s Patent Act similar to other countries jurisdictions excludes certain subject matter from protection under patent. Such subject...

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has received unanimous international endorsement to be designated as an...