Publications

Section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act: Unveiling the Mysterious “Known Substance”!

Section 3(d) is unique to India and the Patents Act, 1970 as amended in 2005, aimed to restrict patent protection for new forms...

Reasoned order, obviousness and citing new prior art during patent prosecution

In Guangdong Oppo Mobile Vs The Controller Of Patents And Others (June 2023), an electronics manufacturer, Guangdong Oppo Mobile filed a patent application...

Patent Puzzles and Claim Amendments: Delhi High Court Turns ‘Amend-Mentos’ in the Allergan Affair!

DELHI HIGH COURT: The Delhi High Court has become a prominent centre for intellectual property litigation in India. Recently, the Court addressed the...

Audi Alteram Partem : Dolby International v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs

In one of the earliest and landmark decision of Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India (1978), the Supreme Court of India held that...

Patenting Business Method : Open TV Inc. Vs Controller of Patents

Thirteen (13) years back, in Yahoo v. Controller of Patents (2010) case, Yahoo sought to patent a computer network search apparatus method that...

Swarup Kumar, Managing Partner of Kumar & Sardana Associates (KSA) appointed as the Deputy Secretary General of FICPI

Swarup Kumar, Managing Partner of Kumar & Sardana Associates (KSA) was recently elected as the Deputy Secretary General (DSG) of FICPI, the International...

FICPI India’s Representation on IPO Notification and Issuance of Revised Notices

The Indian Patent Office (IPO) issued three notifications on December 26, 2022. The members of FICPI-India considered the content and the implications of such...

Patentability of Biological Material(s) – Essentially, Therapeutic Antibodies – In India

Indian patent practice and jurisprudence with respect to biological materials (including antibodies) is relatively new and thus not well-settled and/or uniform, unlike in...

Information Paper on Scope and Implication of Examination Guidelines or Patent Manuals Issued by National IP Offices

In pursuance of the detailed discussion held in a workshop during the ExCo meeting in Zurich, it was realised that the examination guidelines...
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