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Analysing Dipak Ranjan Mukherjee vs. Ministry of Commerce & Industry in Context of Transparency, Privacy and the RTI Act

SpicyIP

Kartikeya is a second-year law student of the LL.B. Having freelanced as a patent research analyst, he developed an interest in patent prosecution and in exploring the Patents Act through various interpretative approaches. Additionally, the RTI Act does not require that a document be tabled for it to be disclosed.

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Patent Continuation Strategies Face Major Threat

Patently-O

by Dennis Crouch Impact of Sonos on Patent Prosecution : The recent Sonos v. Google decision threatens to grind to a halt, or at least significantly restrict, a once-common patent prosecution strategy – keeping continuation applications pending for years to obtain new claims that cover marketplace developments.

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Patentee doublethink in regulatory submissions and patent prosecution is inequitable conduct: Belcher v. Hospira (US)

The IPKat

Crucially, a patent granted in the absence of compliance with the duty of disclosure is considered fraudulently obtained, and therefore unenforceable. Inequitable conduct has been called the "atomic bomb of patent law" ( Aventis v. The solution provided by the patent was a L-adrenaline formulation having a high pH (2.8-3.3).

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Analysing the Riyadh Design Law Treaty in the Indian Context

SpicyIP

Kartikeya is a second-year law student in the LL.B. Having freelanced as a patent research analyst, he developed an interest in patent prosecution and in exploring the Patents Act through various interpretative approaches. course at NLSIU Bangalore. His previous posts can be accessed here. ]

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Federal Circuit: Did you get their digits?

Patently-O

See Crouch, Rounding Errors in Patent Law , Patently-O (Dec 8, 2021). AZ’s patent claim is directed to formulation that includes “0.001%” PVP K25. In Viskase, the patent claimed “below about 0.91 The problem is that, for rounding purposes, 0.001% is not distinct from 0.0005%. ”

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A Parliamentary Standing Committee Report that Challenges the Fine Balances Within the IP System

SpicyIP

The report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce titled ‘Review of the Intellectual Property Rights Regime in India’, released on July 23, 2021, is a disappointing document at multiple levels. Many of the specific recommendations in the report raise serious concerns from a public interest perspective.

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CALL FOR TRYOUTS – USPTO National Patent Application Drafting Competition

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Students interested in trying out for Osgoode’s PADC team must submit answers to our patent drafting skills exercise by 3 pm on Friday, September 23, 2022. Please send your answers in a Word document with your name in the file name to iposgoode@osgoode.yorku.ca. Please note that only 2L and 3L students may participate.