The “Madrid System” is a centrally administered system of obtaining a bundle of trademark registrations in different jurisdictions. It is governed by two treaties, the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol, and is administered by the International Bureau of WIPO…
Monsanto’s Indian patent application 2407/DEL/NP/2006 on transgenic plants with heat/salt/drought 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…
India became a 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…
We would discuss hereinbelow the various scenarios when the patentee can seek amendment of the specification and claims of his patent. Further, this Article would examine as to when and when not the patent amendment should be allowed during the…
Dr. Vandana Shiva, an Indian Environmental Activist has lent her support to “No Patent on Seeds”, a European coalition, in opposing the European Patent EP1962578 granted to Monsanto in May 2011. The Patent claims a melon variety having resistance to…
Patenting of medical methods is prohibited in India according to Section 3 (i) of the Indian Patent Act, which states that “any process for the medicinal, surgical, curative, prophylactic [diagnostic therapeutic] or other treatment of human beings or any process…
INTRODUCTION For harmonizing IPRs at the international level, providing a common forum for negotiation and resolving disputes between members state we need a single global institution. Earlier WIPO was the main forum for international negotiations of IPR and then WTO…
Working in the IP/Technology Commercialization and Out-Licensing domain makes you assess and evaluate the commercial viability of numerous IP backed inventions across technology domains. Apart from learning about and assessing new technologies, we also tend to learn quite a lot…
The Process of trademark registration in India is very slow is not only time consuming but also sometimes frustrating. Hopes soared high when at the beginning of the year 2010, Trade Marks Registry assured attorneys and applicants that all records…
The present case had been filed by the plaintiff (Pine Labs Pvt. Ltd) against defenders (Gemalto Terminals Pvt. Ltd & others) for a decree of declaration, perpetual injunction and rendition of accounts. The suit was listed before the High Court…