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Revised Draft Guidelines for Examination of Pharma Patent Applications

22nd August, 2014 - 8:23 am Categories: India IP Practice in India News & Updates Patents pharma

We have earlier reported the release of Draft Guidelines for Examination of Pharma Patent Applications. The Patent office has now released revised draft guidelines and in continuation of our earlier article here, we explain herein what those revisions are and impact of the guidelines in general. The revised guidelines are available here. The revised guidelines … Continue reading Revised Draft Guidelines for Examination of Pharma Patent Applications

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Two Days International Symposium for R&D Scientists and IP Practitioners

13th August, 2014 - 5:23 am Categories: Educational Conferences/ Seminar News & Updates

Two Days International Symposium for R&D Scientists and IP Practitioners We are happy to inform you all that IIPRD and Khurana & Khurana, in association with Sughrue Mion, PLLC, (US) is holding an International Patent Symposium covering all major and relevant Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology Related Patent issues in the month of September, 2014 in India. The Two-Days … Continue reading Two Days International Symposium for R&D Scientists and IP Practitioners

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Patent Registration Process in India

12th August, 2014 - 7:18 am Categories: India IP Practice in India News & Updates Patents

With a significantly increasing number of Individual Inventors and Small/Medium Sized Clients regularly asking on Patent Registration Process in India, this article is an effort by our Intern, Ananya Singh, to come up with a quick article on Patent Registration Process in India. We hope that a link to the article can give desired clarity … Continue reading Patent Registration Process in India

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Amendment in Trade Mark Fees

12th August, 2014 - 6:13 am Categories: India News & Updates Trademark

Recently, Controller General of Patents Design and Trade Marks, Mr. Chaitanya Prasad,has issued a Public Notice on August 7, 2014, wherein it has been put forth that, from August 1, 2014,Official Fees for filing a new Trade Mark application in one class has been increased from Rs. 3500/- to Rs. 4000/-. It was also mentioned … Continue reading Amendment in Trade Mark Fees

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We have moved to a New Office Location!

6th August, 2014 - 7:09 am Categories: Uncategorized

We are very happy to announce that we have recently moved our office location to a new, much bigger space. After having been at our previous location since 2007, the new office will help accommodate the needs of Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys and IIPRD’s growing clientele. Our new office is significantly larger, … Continue reading We have moved to a New Office Location!

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The Nagoya Protocol – Convention on Biological Diversity

21st July, 2014 - 9:10 am Categories: News & Updates Patent Commercialisation Patents Pharma- biotech- Patent Commercialisation

A new international treaty named the “Nagoya Protocol” will be giving some relief to India and other developing countries. The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources with an objective of ensuring access of genetic resources to the signatory countries and ensuring fair and equitable sharing of benefit to the local community and signatory country that … Continue reading The Nagoya Protocol – Convention on Biological Diversity

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Indian Patent office rejects Patent claim over Abraxane

19th July, 2014 - 12:31 pm Categories: India IPAB News & Updates Patents

In a major setback, the Indian Patent Office denied a patent to an anti cancer drug Abraxane manufactured by US-Based Abraxis BioSciences. Here we will discuss the decision given by IPO at the back drop of the arguments advanced by the respective parties. Background In a brief, Patent application no. 2899/DELNP/2005 filed by Abraxis Biosciences … Continue reading Indian Patent office rejects Patent claim over Abraxane

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Tesla Motors Decide to Open Source their Patents

19th July, 2014 - 11:44 am Categories: News & Updates Patents

On June 12th 2014, Elon Musk, CEO and Chief Product Architect of electric car company Tesla Motors announced that Tesla Motors will let other companies use its inventions under an open source inspired agenda at the company. This is how Elon Musk put it in his blog post- “Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against … Continue reading Tesla Motors Decide to Open Source their Patents

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ODISHA COURT ADMITTED CASE AGAINST AAMIR KHAN PRODUCTION’S PROPOSED ‘SATYAMEV JAYATE’ USE AS TRADE MARK

10th July, 2014 - 11:16 am Categories: India IP Litigation IP Practice in India News & Updates Trademark Trademark Litigation

As per the sources, the court in the Odisha capital, Bhuvaneshwar has admitted a petition challenging Aamir Khan Production’s plans to use ‘Satyamev Jayate’, the national motto of India, as a business brand under which it is proposed to sell everything from kitchen utensils to footwear. A city based journalist and social activist, Dr. Subash … Continue reading ODISHA COURT ADMITTED CASE AGAINST AAMIR KHAN PRODUCTION’S PROPOSED ‘SATYAMEV JAYATE’ USE AS TRADE MARK

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Patent Trolling and Fee-Shifting

27th May, 2014 - 10:06 am Categories: News & Updates Patent Litigation Patents

Manish Kumar, intern at Khurana and Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys, looks at ‘fee-shifting’ paradigm in US Patent Act in light of US Supreme Court recent judgments. The US Supreme Court, in its two recent judgments, has re-instituted its pre-2005 stand where the Courts had discretion of awarding reasonable attorney fees to the prevailing party … Continue reading Patent Trolling and Fee-Shifting

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