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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...

The Biological Diversity Act of 2002 (BDA) is a piece of Indian legislation which came into being in response to compliance with the...

Technically YES . The Patents Act, 1970 (hereinafter referred to as the “Act”) is a piece of legislation, penalties under which are...

Xtandi, the wonder drug for prostate cancer, was developed at UCLA, Los Angeles, by the innovation of NIH and Department of Defense...

It has been a long time since M. Prabhakara Rao, the chairman of Nuziveedu Seeds, was trying to knock down the world’s largest seed...

Shireen Shukla, legal intern at Kkurana & Khurana , probes the recent International IP Index report, released by U.S. Chamber of...

The once-powerful mobile phone companies BlackBerry and Nokia are in the headlines again, not for their new technological developments...

Everyday, a number of products are being invented all over the world, some cascading over the improvement of existing inventions, and the others, portraying a unique set of methods and products unknown to man at large. Simultaneously, there is an eruption of infringements that remain unnoticed or noticed following an incredulous load of proceedings and exorbitant costs. It is essential to protect the rightful rights of these owners against such infringements and unlawful inte

With effect from May 16, 2016 (effective date for Patent (amendment) rules, 2016) , provision of expedited examination was introduced in...

In Teva Parenteral Medicines, Inc.; APP Pharmaceuticals LLC; Pliva Hrvatska D.O.O.; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.; and Barr Laboratories, Inc. (hereinafter referred to be as Defendants/Appellants/Teva) Vs. Eli Lilly & Co. (hereinafter referred to as Plaintiff/Appelle/Eli Lilly) decided by United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on January 12, 2017, Plaintiff had filed Hatch Waxman suit against defendant to prevent them from launching generic version of

India, though in a phase of rapid economic development, still has the bane of poverty. In this country, around 22% of the population is...

We have been receiving requests from our Pharma clients/readers of the blog for the analysis of the decision/ facts that led to rejection...

An enforceable Patent being the key to effective Commercialization/Out-Licensing of any technology needs to be drafted well. No matter...

Anjana Mohan, an intern at Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys deals with the updates in the Patent Litigation between Dolby International and two Smartphone companies Oppo and Vivo over the patented technology by Dolby. Dolby filed suits vide Suit no CS(COMM) 1425/2016 and CS(COMM) 1426/2016 against various parties including the two major Chinese companies Oppo and Vivo, and their number of affiliated local entity, at the Delhi High Court alleging patent infringeme

In Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. (hereinafter referred to be as “Merck”) v. Teva Pharms. United States, Inc. (hereinafter referred to be as...

In Roxane Laboratories, Inc. (hereinafter referred to be as “Roxane”) v. Camber Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al. (hereinafter referred to as...

Access to robust data and effective analytics are the must for today's business world. But sometimes it can be difficult to acquire good data. That's where near-field communication (hereinafter referred as “NFC”) technology comes in. NFC is a short-range high-frequency wireless communication technology which enables the exchange of data between devices when they're touched together or brought within a few centimetres of each other by using magnetic field induction. Reportedly

Renova Therapeutics(hereinafter referred as “Renova”) founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Diego, California, a biopharmaceutical...