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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 3 – March 9)

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Madras High Court and the (Mis-Placed) Judicial Economy: Analysing the Clouds Behind the Silver Lining The Mad HC single bench upheld the dismissal of a patent application but curiously analyzed only one objection from the Controllers dismissal and deemed the rest unnecessary to be evaluated. 3(i) of the Patents Act.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (November 13- November 19)

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The issue here pertains to the question of whether a patent office located in one place can transfer a patent application to another office in the absence of any specific provision in the law. The defendant argued that since the plaintiff’s work was exhibited in public its reproduction will fall under the ambit of fair use.