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Delhi High Court grants interim injunction to Novartis against Natco’s use of Revolade patent 

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The debate at the crux of the dispute is, or rather was, the dichotomy between deference to the validity of a granted patent vis-a-vis the challenge to its validity and consequently disregarding the exclusivity granted to it, in litigation. The Drug and the patent. The EO patent bears the number IN 233161 (IN 161). Background

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Raising the Bar Has Not Reduced the Patent Acceptance Rate in Australia

LexBlog IP

Between 2009 and 2013, the rate at which applications subject to the former (i.e. I was not one of those people, and I expect that neither were most other patent attorneys. In particular, expedited examination under the Global Patent Prosecution Highway (GPPH) program rose from just 2.7% of cases in 2013/14 to 5.1%

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Keeping up with Belgian patent litigation: Year case law review 2021

The IPKat

Over to our Belgian Katfriends : " While 2022 is in full swing with high levels of business in the Belgian courts, 2021 was a quieter year for patent litigators in Belgium. 25 EPC, and the disappearance of the cautio iudicatum solvi that was sometimes required from foreign plaintiffs launching (patent) proceedings in Belgium.

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Fish & Richardson Elevates 17 Attorneys to Principal 

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Newly promoted principals for 2022 are: Michael Ballanco focuses his practice on all aspects of patent infringement matters at the trial and appellate level. and foreign patent prosecution and counseling in the technology areas of bioinformatics, mobile communications, e-commerce, database, and data processing.

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EFTA-India Free Trade Agreement and Patents Rules Amendment: Compromising Public Accountability and Transparency in the Indian Patent System

SpicyIP

Significantly, the agreement requires India to make substantive changes to its provision obligating a patent applicant to furnish information about their foreign applications corresponding to their application in India. She has been working in the field of access to medicines, patents and IP for more than a decade.

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Fish & Richardson Expands Life Sciences Group with Addition of Principal Dr. Helen Baca

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

Helen brings more than a decade of experience as a top-flight adviser to the industry on patent and IP issues,” said John Adkisson , president and chief executive officer of Fish. Baca focuses her practice on IP portfolio management, strategic client counseling, and patent prosecution in diverse scientific and engineering fields.

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Foreign Prosecution History: To Admit, Or Not To Admit, That Remains a Puzzle To Canadian Courts

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

of the Patent Act has brought about a significant shift in the Canadian approach to file wrapper estoppel by enabling the introduction of a patent’s prosecution history during claim construction. However, whether the prosecution history of a foreign application can ever be considered pursuant to section 53.1 TA Foods Ltd.