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DHC Holds Non-filing of Written Submissions by Applicant Cannot be Used to Delay Patent Application Processing

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Image with text reading “Keep Calm and Expect Delays” Last week, the Delhi High Court pronounced a decision rebuking a patent applicant for causing unnecessary delays in the patent application process by seeking repeated adjournments and not filing written submissions on time. In the case of FMC Corporation v.

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Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR: Tipping the Scales of Patent Law? Part II

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In the first part of this post, I had covered the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s Report recommendations on amendments to Section 3 of the Patents Act. Flexibility in Procedure or Bending Over Backwards for Higher Patent Filing? The recommendations on making procedural norms of patent filing less stringent are noteworthy.

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The Times They Are a-Changin’? A Look at the Revised Patent Prosecution Timelines in the Draft Patent Amendment Rules

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Image from here On August 23, the Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023 , were published in the Gazette of India, inviting public comments by September 22. Since then, the Rules have been extensively discussed within the IP community, especially the potential impact they may have on the patent opposition mechanism.

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Universal Health Network v.  Adiuvo Diagnostics Private Limited: Clarity on Writ Jurisdiction against Orders from the IPO 

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On January 3, the Madras High Court passed an important decision clarifying the position on the jurisdiction of a court in hearing writ petitions against the Indian Patent Office’s order. The Controller of Patents , we are pleased to bring to you this post by Vishno Sudheendra.

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

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Vandana Parvez vs The Controller of Patents , dealt with a withdrawn patent application that had been wrongfully published and then later cited as prior art for the same applicant’s subsequent patent application!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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Can an Abandoned Patent Application be Revived?

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An application for a patent is said to have been abandoned if it is no longer pending, which means that the application has hit a point where it can no longer be matured into a successfully registered patent. If the applicant fails to file a reply to the objections, the application is deemed to be abandoned.

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Understanding Freedom to Operate (FTO) Concerning IP & Patents

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Three pharmaceutical companies, including Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Micromet AG, and Cambridge Antibody Technology (now acquired by AstraZeneca), in September 2003 announced signing a non-exclusive cross-license agreement. Without any doubt, stepping into patent litigation can be uncertain, full of risks, and expensive.

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