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Continue reading →: Center withdraws GM seed notification capping licence fees
The Center has withdrawn the gazette notification of May 18 vide which it published and notified the licensing and formats for GM technology agreement guidelines, 2016. Said guidelines were published in order to provide an effective system for fixation of maximum sale price of cotton seeds to ensure their availability to the cotton…
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Continue reading →: IPR POLICY: A SUMMARY
The vision behind the IPR policy is ‘Create India, Innovate India’ and to integrate IP as a policy and strategic tool at national level where the key focus has been on the following: to mobilize the large scientific talent pool of the country to enhance innovation in areas of national importance.…
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Continue reading →: GM technology agreement guidelines Published
Ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare has published and notified the licensing and formats for GM technology agreement guidelines, 2016. As per the preamble, the guidelines have been published in order to provide an effective system for fixation of maximum sale price of cotton seeds to ensure their availability to the…
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Continue reading →: New Patent Rules- the changes
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2016 have been enforced with effect from 16th May 2016. The Rules prescribe some major procedural changes in patent prosecution in India. Some salient changes proposed by the Rules are as follows: Address for service made mandatory- Rule 5: An application for patent shall mention an…
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Continue reading →: New Patent Rules issued
The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2016, have come into force w.e.f. 16 May 2016. We have captured some major highlights of the Rules- a detailed analysis and our comments will follow shortly. The new Rules bring introduce following changes: They reduce the time line for putting the application in order for…
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Continue reading →: India’s National IPR policy approved
Indian Cabinet has approved national IPR policy on 12th of May 2016. The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) will be responsible to co-ordinate, guide and oversee implementation and future development of IPR’s in India. Stay tuned on this section for more updates on this.
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Continue reading →: Concealment of material fact by Ericsson and vacation of injunction on Xiaomi
The Delhi High Court on April 22, 2016 revoked the interim injunction on Xiaomi in the ongoing patent tussle with Ericsson in India. The Court in its judgement has pronounced that there was a greater onus on Ericsson to disclose the material fact- in this case the Multi Product License…
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Continue reading →: Gilead granted a Patent for Sofosbuvir
After a roller coaster ride from the patent office to the High Court and back to the Patent Office, the application for Patent for Sovaldi (Sofosbuvir) has now finally seen the sun. The Indian Patent Office has upheld the patent application of Gilead for Sofosbuvir. The Dy. Controller of Patents…
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Continue reading →: Trastuzumab cannot be sold as a bio similar to Roche’s Trastuzumab
In a recent decision, Justice Manmohan Singh of the Delhi High Court has restrained Biocon and Mylan to sell, manufacture, market and advertise their Trastuzumab as a bio similar to Roche’s Trastuzumab which is sold under the brand names of HERCEPTIN®, HERCLON™ and BICELTIS®. Trastuzumab enjoys a global reputation for…
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Continue reading →: Centre to escalate the process of clearing patent backlogs
In yet another spate of reforms towards expediting patent applications pending with the Patent Office, the government plans to reduce the time taken to examine patent applications. This was welcome news received from the Secretary of Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). DIPP is the nodal agency for most Intellectual…
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