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Three-Days International Symposium on Patent Portfolio Management Strategies for IP Groups & R&D Scientists, Patent Agents and Attorneys of Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Chemical & Drug Industries
We are happy to inform you all that IIPRD and Khurana & Khurana, in association with Sughrue Mion (US), Schoen & Partners (EP), and Marietti Gislon S.R.L are holding their annual International Patent Symposium covering all major and relevant Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology Related Patent issues in the month of September, 2013 in India. The Three-Days International Symposium … Continue reading Three-Days International Symposium on Patent Portfolio Management Strategies for IP Groups & R&D Scientists, Patent Agents and Attorneys of Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Chemical & Drug Industries
Read more »New Guidelines for Computer Implmented Inventions. Are we still clear on what is Statutory?
It was on 8’th August 2013 that the Patent Office, based on feedback from numerous stakeholders, came out with yet another draft of guidelines on subject matters that relate to Computer Implemented Inventions, interchangeably also referred to as Computer Related Inventions (CRI) hereinafter. The mandate of the instant article is not to assess or question … Continue reading New Guidelines for Computer Implmented Inventions. Are we still clear on what is Statutory?
Read more »Khurana & Khurana opens another Branch Office in Bangalore
Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys (K&K) along with its sister concern, an IP Consulting Firm IIPRD announce that they are opening up a second branch Office in Bangalore w.e.f 29th July 2013, in wake of the rising client requirements and towards their goal of expanding their operations across India. K&K is a leading full … Continue reading Khurana & Khurana opens another Branch Office in Bangalore
Read more »Monsanto’s Patent on Method of Producing Transgenic Plants refused by IPAB
Monsanto’s Indian patent application 2407/DEL/NP/2006 on transgenic plants with heat/salt/draught tolerant plants is rejected by IPAB. The subject patent application is directed to a method of producing a draught/stress/heat/salt/drug tolerant transgenic plants by inserting a recombinant DNA molecule that expresses a cold shock protein CspA or CspB. The subject patent application was rejected by the … Continue reading Monsanto’s Patent on Method of Producing Transgenic Plants refused by IPAB
Read more »IPO displays Month & year of RFE that are being examined
Indian Patent Office (IPO) makes available a dynamic grid here also shown below: IPO will make the month and year for the Request for Examination (RFE) filed that are currently being examined and the First Examination Report (FER) being issued, for each of the Groups, as displayed hereinabove. IPO also states that if FER is … Continue reading IPO displays Month & year of RFE that are being examined
Read more »Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules 2013
Indian Patent Office (IPO) has recently published Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules 2013 here and has invited comments (objections or suggestions) from public within 45 days from the publication of the notification (12th June 2013). The main changes proposed are the following: 1. There is a 100% hike in official fees for almost all the proceedings … Continue reading Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules 2013
Read more »Advocate as a Patent Agent, without passing the exam?
Gaurav Jit Singh, an intern at Khurana and Khurana talks regarding a recent judgement about case of declaring any advocate as Patent Agent without passing the Patent Agent Examination and the judgement from the court. The judgment, dated March 15, 2013, declares amendment introduced via Section 67 (a) of the Patents (Amendment) Act of 2005 … Continue reading Advocate as a Patent Agent, without passing the exam?
Read more »VERNON HUGH BOWMANv/s MONSANTO COMPANY et al. (US No. 11-796, 2013) Case of Patent Exhaustion
Gajendra Khichi, an intern at Khurana and Khurana talks about case of patent exhaustion or doctrine of exhaustion. Through this post, he gives special emphasis on the recent case of Vernon Hugh Bowman v/s Monsanto Company et al., which created quite a stir regarding patentability of seeds and plants. Today, when you acquire a new patented machine, … Continue reading VERNON HUGH BOWMANv/s MONSANTO COMPANY et al. (US No. 11-796, 2013) Case of Patent Exhaustion
Read more »India Joins Madrid Protocol
India became signatory to the Madrid Protocol for International Registration of Marks at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) on 8th April 2013. Now, Indian applications can register their Trade Marks in as many as 89 countries through a single application. India is the 14th G-20 economy to accede to the protocol. The treaty will … Continue reading India Joins Madrid Protocol
Read more »The Glivec saga in India is finally over
As it has been widely covered by media in and outside India, it is no new news to pharmaceutical and patent fraternity that Novartis has lost about 7 year long legal battle to secure a patent protection for its invention on beta crystalline form of imatinib mesylate in India. A 112 page long Supreme Court judgement … Continue reading The Glivec saga in India is finally over
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