Selvam & Selvam Blog

APRIL 1, 2025

Robert Bosch Limited, filed an appeal before the Madras High Court, challenging the rejection of their Indian Patent Application No. The FER also cited Section 3(d), excluding claims 1 to 6 from patentability. In response, the applicant submitted detailed responses and attended multiple hearings. 201944047460.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In affirming the USPTO's rejection of claims for treating COVID-19 with aerosolized ribavirin, the court's February 18, 2025 ruling (No. I enjoyed the case also noting that it was argued by the patent applicant's twin brother Bart McLeay (Kutak Rock LLP). To continue reading, become a Patently-O member.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summaries of the posts on IPO’s patent application rejection of HIV drug Dolutegravir, another judgement in the long-running Section 3(k) saga, this time on the patentability of business methods and the DHC IPD’s Annual Report 2023-24. Read more for the details.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Highlights of the Week Part I: Unreasoned Patent Grants and Rejections: Taking a Look at the Division Application Filing Fiasco in the BASF SE Case A Divisional Application (DA) by BASF was rejected by the IPO citing delay in filing of application. The last date for submission of entries is March 31, 2025.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The Court noted that during the final arguments, the defendants tried to deflect the liability by arguing that the patented process was outsourced to Moser Baer who was an authorized licensee of Philips. The Court specifically noted Philips failure to disclose information about its foreign patent applications u/s 8 is a clerical error.

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Patently-O

JULY 9, 2024

The article takes a critical look at the practice of obviousness-type double patenting in the U.S. patent system. The authors do have several proposals: Election approach – where patent owners could have only one patent in force covering a given invention but could replace it with another patent on an obvious variant.

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SpicyIP

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Majumdar & Co.who are experts in the field of Patents. Prepare candidates to qualify for the Indian Patent Agent Examination (Paper I and Paper II) to be held in the year 2025. Train candidates for the patent agent interview (For candidates who pass Paper I and Paper II).

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SpicyIP

JULY 8, 2024

CGPDTM Announces Dates for 2025 Trademark and Patent Agent Exams Dates for Trademark and Patent Agent Exams 2025 have been announced by the CGPDTM. The Trademark Agent Exam is likely to be held on January 04, 2025 and the Patent Agent Exam is likely to be held on January 5, 2025.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

China will rank among the advanced countries of the world in terms of the annual number of patents for inventions granted to the domestic applicants, while the number of overseas patent applications filed by Chinese applicants should greatly increase. Policymakers have long noticed this problem as well.

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The IPKat

JANUARY 16, 2025

The referral will address a question relevant to every European patent application, namely how should the claims be interpreted? Review of EPC Articles for Interpretation The title of Art 69 European Patent Convention (EPC) is Extent of Protection. Unsurprisingly, the amicus curiae have been flooding in (including from CIPA ).

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As of now, there are two traditional routes to obtain patent protection for an invention in Georgia. The first option involves filing an application directly with the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (Sakpatenti). The second one, as you might expect, is through the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) system.

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Intepat

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Patents , as a vital form of intellectual property (IP), safeguard these innovations, providing inventors and businesses exclusive rights to their inventions while promoting the dissemination of knowledge. This will reduce administrative burdens and enhance cross-border patent collaboration. trillion to $6.2

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 2, 2020

billion by 2025. [ii] The USPTO is willing to issue patents on cannabis irrespective of its legality because patent rights are merely negative rights; a patent is the right to exclude others from the invention claimed therein rather than a license to make, use, or sell the invention.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 30, 2023

The court accepted the contention and quashed the FIR, reliance was also placed on the decision in the case of Kasim Ali v State of MP which had an identical factual matrix and the court held that provisions of the copyright act are not applicable to electric products such as the wires in this case. Glenmark to pay USD 87.5

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 31, 2022

By 2025, it is estimated that chronic diseases may affect 164 million Americans – nearly half (49%) of the U.S. Patenting Trends for inventions using AI in the Life Sciences and healthcare Fields. In addition, the above chart organizes patent application filings by USPTO Tech Center s. population.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

On the recent Delhi High Court judgement concerning a genetically modified salmonella bacteria, Prashant Reddy T writes on how the Court missed the boat in laying down the law on some important issues for the biotech industry concerning the patentability of microorganisms and disclosure requirements for such inventions.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 23, 2025

Case Summaries Ds Drinks And Beverages Private Limited vs Hector Beverages Private Limited on 3 March, 2025 (Delhi High Court) The respondent alleged that DS Drinks’ use of “CATCH SWING ENERGY INVIGORATES & MIND” was deceptively similar to its registered trademark “SWING,” leading to consumer confusion.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 7, 2025

Wrongful obtainment is an unexplored area of Patent law when compared to other, fancier and more contested topics, such as Inventive step or Subject matter exclusion. The Patent Office, in both cases, eventually rejected the patent application post-examination on other grounds.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The preliminary opinion provides the EBA's initial view on the three referred questions ahead of oral proceedings scheduled for 28 March 2025. The Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) has issued its preliminary opinion in the closely watched referral G1/24 relating to the role of the description in claim interpretation.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

It revealed that 59% of participating readers (105) are in favour of rehauling exclusions to patent protection. The majority view shows an appetite for a patent system that more fairly rewards investment in innovation, regardless of whether an invention involves an arbitrary technical effect.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 4, 2025

A Single Bench of the MadHC, headed by Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, delivered an intriguing judgment on February 27, 2025, in Navya Network Inc. The Controller of Patents & Designs ( pdf ). The case involved an appeal against the order dated March 13, 2023, which had dismissed Patent Application No.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In-person course at UCL’s Faculty of Laws (Bloomsbury, London), Monday 16 June - Thursday 19 June 2025. In other news, a new report has been published by the EPO looking at patent applications originating from universities. University of Amsterdam Postdoc Information Law at AI, Media & Democracy Lab. Deadline 15 Nov 2024.

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The IPKat

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

LLMs for patent drafting We are now awash with companies claiming to provide LLM software capable of drafting patent applications. Whilst there are already a number of blogs out there reviewing the different companies, for this Kat, patent drafting is a subject-specific activity.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Wishing everyone a prosperous and a healthy new year ahead and hoping that 2025 brings in spicier IP developments to the Indian IP regime, making it a more fair, balanced and effective one! Lava gave a mammoth 476 page judgement while dealing with issues related to novelty, inventive step, Section 3(k) and FRAND. Ericsson v.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Other Posts CGPDTM to Fund Law Students Participating in any International IP Moot Court Competitions: Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal made this announcement in the inaugural ceremony of Vidhi Pragati: National IP Moot Court Competition, 2025, organized by DPIIT in collaboration with CIIPC and IPR Chair, NLU Delhi.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The USPTO has issued the final rules that include significant fee increases for patent applicants (and patent challengers), all set to take effect January 19, 2025 -- the final day of the Biden Administration. Section 10 of the AIA.

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