Patents - Part 17

A Change in Year Brings Change in IP Laws and Policy

3rd January, 2014 - 12:26 pm Categories: IP Practice in India News & Updates Patents

The intellectual property (IP) concepts that are applied today to the national laws and international treaties and organizations date back to eighteenth century. The IP laws vary from one country to another. The changes in Intellectual property laws also depend on the changes in technology. Due to emerging new technologies and R&D activities, the intellectual … Continue reading A Change in Year Brings Change in IP Laws and Policy

IPAB: Nature of Jurisdiction, Power and Authority

2nd January, 2014 - 5:17 am Categories: IP Litigation IP Practice in India IPAB Decisions Patent Litigation Patents

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Akash Patel, an intern at Khurana and Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys, looks at the nature of jurisdiction at the IPAB, its power and authority. In a judgment dated July 08, 2013, a larger bench of Intellectual Property Appellate Board (hereinafter read as IPAB) had decided on two important issues, one relating to IPAB’s power … Continue reading IPAB: Nature of Jurisdiction, Power and Authority

Central Government’s power of Revocation of Patent in Public Interest

2nd January, 2014 - 3:10 am Categories: IP Litigation IP Practice in India Patent Litigation Patents

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Gopikrishnan M and Akash Patel, interns at Khurana and Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys, looks at Central Government’s power of Revocation of Patent in Public Interest. The Indian Patent Act,1970(hereinafter Act) empowers the Central Government to revoke any patent granted by the Indian Patent Office if it feels that the said patent is prejudicial to public … Continue reading Central Government’s power of Revocation of Patent in Public Interest

Rockstar Consortium US LP et. al.v. Google Inc

23rd December, 2013 - 11:35 am Categories: Patent Litigation Patents

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Gopikrishnan M, an intern at Khurana and Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys, looks at Google Inc. been accused of infringing technology related to its searching technology itself. Yet another high-tech and high-profile patent war is on, this one involving a combined attack on the search giant’s core technology. Google is being sued for direct patent infringement … Continue reading Rockstar Consortium US LP et. al.v. Google Inc

Sofosbuvir: The Next Pre-Grant Opposition Target by I-MAK

10th December, 2013 - 5:58 am Categories: IP Practice in India Patents

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After anti–influenza drug Tamiflu (Oseltamivir Phosphate) and antiretroviral drug Viread, Gilead Sciences is again back in news, this time with its hepatitis C (HCV) drug Sofosbuvir. Like Tamiflu and Viread pre-grant opposition, Sofosbuvir patent application is also facing pre-grant opposition. Non-profit group I-MAK (Initiative for medicines access and knowledge) has filed a pre-grant opposition against … Continue reading Sofosbuvir: The Next Pre-Grant Opposition Target by I-MAK

Divisional Application

11th January, 2013 - 1:57 pm Categories: IP Practice in India Patents

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Pankaj Mohanta, an intern at Khurana and Khurana Advocates and IP Attorneys gives us an overview and analysis of divisional application. BACKGROUND: A divisional patent application is generally a fair basic patent application which differs from the parent application comprising of data, analysis, results and insights about a particular invention from a previously filed application. … Continue reading Divisional Application

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A Change in Year Brings Change in IP Laws and Policy

IPAB: Nature of Jurisdiction, Power and Authority

Central Government’s power of Revocation of Patent in Public Interest

Rockstar Consortium US LP et. al.v. Google Inc

Sofosbuvir: The Next Pre-Grant Opposition Target by I-MAK

Divisional Application

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