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

We at IIPRD are glad to associate with a team of IP Enthusiasts who have developed an android-based mobile application called “VPATAPP”,...

Indian Patent Office (IPO) has recently published Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules 2015 and has invited comments (objections or...

The research or experimental use exemption permits researchers and product manufacturers to make certain use of a patented invention. The...

The much debated and iterated ' Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions' formally released by the Office of Controller...

In a major update for the patent circle (and of course Pharma industry), reportedly, Lee Pharma, a Hyderabad based Indian pharma company,...

In worrying statistics, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, as reported in a news article dated 31 st July 2015, informed...

We are happy to inform you all that IIPRD and Khurana & Khurana, in association with Sughrue Mion, PLLC, USA, TEE & HOWE IPATTORNEYS,...

The High Court of Delhi has passed an interim order wherein the Justices have made it clear that the appellant (Glenmark) may use any...

Lee Pharma, a Hyderabad-based Indian pharma company, has filed a Compulsory Licensing (CL) Application (in accordance with Section 84(1)...

India revoked yet another drug patent granted to a German MNC, Boehringer Ingelheim, for its respiratory drug, Spiriva ( crystalline...

A company sets different price for its products for different countries as per the requirements. Parallel Imports come about when there is a Currency and Tax Difference between two countries as stated above, encouraging people to import products from one country and sell it off in the other country to earn profit (For example: a person importing iphones from USA at lower price and selling those iphones in India after breaking the codes or selling magazine editions of one coun

Patents are a major area of business proficiency nowadays and recently in India too, it has become as important as marketing, finance,...

This is third and last part of the three part series dedicated to the discussion on the comparison of the Patent Term Extension laws of...

This is second part of the three part series dedicated to the discussion on the comparison of the Patent Term Extension laws of Europe...

Many people love comparing and contrasting and I am one of those (at least for study purposes). This time, I am comparing Patent Term...

Domestic and International laws prohibit patenting of traditional knowledge of any local community. However, the traditional knowledge,...

A new act passed in the U.S. house of representative: What will it protect? Patent exclusivity, non-patent exclusivity, or both? Anything...

Reportedly, Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on Special Leave Petition filed by Glenmark stayed the Delhi High Court order which passed...

Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks issued public notice dated 11 March 2015 launching electronic filing of application...