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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...

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...

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...

What is the effect of surrender proceedings on the ongoing opposition/ revocation proceedings? Can they be linked to each other when...

Well, I am sure, this is what is crossing through the minds of the IP enthusiasts who have been waiting since long (2013-being specific)...

In order to analyse Patent infringement or to conclude Freedom to Operate (FTO) search, one must know how to calculate expiry of...