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Efforts of Medicines Patent Pool (hereinafter referred to as “MPP”); a United Nations backed public health organisation, founded in July...

This issue was handled by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the SCRIPTPRO LLC, SCRIPTPRO USA, INC.,...

This question was handled by United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the case of VAPOR POINT LLC, KEITH NATHAN, KENNETH...

Under Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), applicant gets varying period of 30-34 months to enter different states with National Phase...

It is long since October 15 th , 2013, that India started to work as International Search Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary...

In Amgen v. Apotex (No. 2016-1308), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on July 5, 2016 affirmed a district court’s ruling...

Section 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957, Section 134 of the Trademark Act, 1999, Section 104 of the Patents Act, 1970 and section 20 of...

Introduction This submission is with respect to the discussion paper published by DIPP on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and their...

The renewed focus on R&D especially under ‘Make in India’ to boost the manufacturing sector, needs the internationalization of...

There have been many developments recently that have streamlined the of registration of Intellectual Properties (IPs) of Start-Ups. This...

Patent (Amendment) rules, 2016 making amendments to the Patents Rules, 2003 (Principal Rules) of the Patents Act, 1970 have taken effect...

Indian Patent Office (IPO) has come up with another set of revised guidelines indicating how CRIs would be examined in India. This piece...

As India’s participation in global trade, including with countries with strict patent regimes, increases, the need of aligning patent...

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) also known as Doctors Without Borders, an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization,...

The Indian Patent office (IPO) after considering inputs/suggestions/comments from different stakeholders on previously issued Guidelines...

You might find this article useful if you have questions like what is Budapest treaty, is India also a member of the treaty, if my...

This article discusses at length the importance of each dynamic patent utility from IPO so that each reader can make most out of it....

In an order dated 19 th January 2016, the Controller of Patents rejected the compulsory license application of Hyderabad based drug...

With a growing buzz around how IP and Competition law interface with each other, instances when they can be coupled by Defendants to raise concerns/defense arguments, as to how and when investigations can be initiated through the Competition Commission of India (CCI), are becoming critical and hence need clarity at all ends. This piece is a small step towards the same. Introduction Covered under the Competition Act, 2002, a key objective of the CCI is to prevent practices hav

The Indian Patent Office has repudiated Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim patent on its key HIV drug- Nevirapine, Patent Application...