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Before the Breakthrough: Does Prior Art Include Wrongfully Published Applications?

SpicyIP

Vandana Parvez vs The Controller of Patents , dealt with a withdrawn patent application that had been wrongfully published and then later cited as prior art for the same applicant’s subsequent patent application! Despite the withdrawal of the appellant’s patent application, it was wrongfully published.

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Some Concerns about the Amendment Process to Key Patent Levers: A “Captured” Patent Office?

SpicyIP

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under which the Patent Office functions, has published for consultation a set of proposed amendments to the Patent Rules, 2003. Two of the provisions slated to be amended have a direct impact on the quality of patents granted by the Patent Office.

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Schrodinger’s Claims of Mitsui Chemicals: Claims That Are There and Also Not There

SpicyIP

Third, patentability of a method of agriculture- the issue of Section 3(h). The Factual Matrix Mitsui Chemicals (Appellant) filed a patent application in India through the PCT route in 2009. The application claimed priority from a Japanese application and the PCT claims was directed towards- “1. Let’s dive in.

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Patent Translation: Good and Bad?

IP and Legal Filings

Therefore, translations should always be done by professionals who understand the technology and can translate a document in a manner that is accurate and representative of the invention and claimed subject matter in context. With the Patent Translation, it’s more than just a Google Translation. Also in 35 U.S.C.

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IP infringement in Metaverse

IIPRD

As recently in 2022 Hermès, a fashion house sued Manson an NFT (non-fungible token) creator for trademark infringement who marketed a digital asset called “Metabirkins”, which was a digital copy of a bag created by Hermès, which sold at many high prices. With the growing number of patent applications, the risk is also increasing.

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Draft Patent Amendment Rules – Increasing Efficiency of Granting Patent Monopolies While Forgetting the Reason for Allowing Them in the First Place

SpicyIP

Almost two years after the 2021 amendments to the Patent Rules 2003, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has proposed a fresh set of amendments which, if accepted, can change the Indian Patent landscape substantially. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Varsha is a 5th year law student pursuing B.

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Full Scope Written Description

Patently-O

On appeal though, the Federal Circuit flipped the verdict — holding that “ no reasonable jury could find the ’190 patent’s written description sufficiently demonstrates that the inventors possessed the full scope of the claimed invention.” 35 U.S.C. § Provisional App: 52334_60383872 ].

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