Omnibus Claims
Omnibus is a Latin word meaning ‘For all, for everyone’. The dictionary defines omnibus as ‘A printed anthology of the works of one author or of writings on related subjects’. The key discussion in this article will be pertaining to…
Business Method Patents
During the recent visit of the Indian Prime Minister to the USA, one of the issues that figured prominently in the talk agenda was IP-related issues. American business community especially those from the pharmaceutical industry had been lobbying with their…
Cipla Files Representation with Govt. Seeking Revocation of Novartis’ Patents
It has been recently reported in Economic times that Cipla has filed representation with the government (Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion) seeking revocation of five patents of Novartis on indacaterol, a respiratory drug for the treatment of chronic obstructive…
Bose Vs Beats- The Headphone War
There has been a great buzz in the patent world with the reported news on 25 Jul 2014 of suits filed by Bose Corps against Beats Electronics in US International Trade Commission (ITC) to block US imports of noise-cancelling headphones…
Vacation of injunction upon invalidation of patent by USPTO ePlus. v. Lawson Software
In a recent judgment, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on July 25, 2014, vacated the U.S. District Court's decision on injunction and contempt orders against Lawson Software and instructed the lower court to dismiss the patent…
Revised Draft Guidelines for Examination of Pharma Patent Applications
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…
Two Days International Symposium for R&D Scientists and IP Practitioners
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) are holding an International Patent Symposium covering all major and…
Patent Registration Process in India
With a significantly increasing number of Individual Inventors and Small/Medium Sized Clients regularly asking on the Patent Registration Process in India, this article is an effort by our Intern, Ananya Singh, to come up with a quick article on Patent…
Amendment in Trade Mark Fees
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…
The Nagoya Protocol – Convention on Biological Diversity
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 the objective of ensuring access of genetic resources to the signatory countries…