IPR Amicus

IPR Amicus covers the developments in the laws relating to intellectual property rights, covering Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Designs, Plant Varity Protection and Geographical Indications. This newsletter includes authored 'Article(s)' on relevant topics of current interest, 'Statute Update' on different legislative changes, ‘Ratio decidendi’ covering selected decisions of High Courts, Supreme Court of India and various other foreign courts, and ‘News Nuggets’ highlighting other important developments in this area of law.

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IPR Amicus: December 2017
Section 3(h) of the Patents Act, 1970 mandates “a method of agriculture or horticulture” as non-patentable subject matter.
Read More 01 Dec 2017
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IPR Amicus: November 2017
Amendments of patent applications may involve amending any portion of either the complete specification, or any information pertaining to such patent application.
Read More 01 Nov 2017
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IPR Amicus: October 2017
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) have unanimously approved CTL019 (tisagenlecleucel) or Kymriah®, an investigational chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy.
Read More 01 Oct 2017
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IPR Amicus: September2017
IP law provides means by which the IP rights may be effectively enforced against infringement. However, the law also has provisions to prevent any person, especially right-owners, from making indiscriminate threats of infringement proceedings against others.
Read More 01 Sept 2017
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IPR Amicus: August 2017
Recently the Indian Patent Office refused to grant a patent to the Regents of University of California, for Enzalutamide on the ground that the invention lacked inventive step and was not patent eligible under Sections 3(d) and 3(e) of the Indian Patents Act.
Read More 01 Aug 2017
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IPR Amicus: July 2017
The Patent Office has released another revised version of guidelines for examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs).
Read More 01 Jul 2017
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IPR Amicus: June 2017
One of the defences available to a defendant in a patent infringement suit for avoiding damages, is that he/she was unaware of the existence of the patent(s) alleged to be infringed.
Read More 01 Jun 2017
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IPR Amicus: May 2017
High Court of Delhi has opined that the drawing cannot simpliciter be termed as a mechanical device to get the benefit of being excluded from Section 2(d) of the Designs Act.
Read More 01 May 2017
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IPR Amicus: April 2017
Indian Courts have predominantly applied the test, termed as the ‘Classical Trinity factors’ as set out in the landmark House of Lords decision in Reckitt & Colman Products Ltd v Borden Inc.
Read More 01 Apr 2017
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IPR Amicus: March 2017
Article in this issue of IPR Amicus discusses a recent decision of the Delhi High Court involving liability of an intermediary in a design infringement case.
Read More 01 Mar 2017
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IPR Amicus: February 2017
Article in this issue of IPR Amicus discusses a recent decision of the Delhi High Court granting permanent injunction in a dispute involving use of mark similar to that of Mother Dairy.
Read More 01 Feb 2017
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IPR Amicus: January 2017
Trans-border reputation as the name suggests means reputation that has spilled over to other jurisdictions wherein there is neither use of the trade mark in question nor is the trade mark registered.
Read More 01 Jan 2017