- To prevent such malpractices, the Indian Parliament has introduced amendments to the Indian Patent Act, specifically the Second Amendment. - This amendment includes: - Provisions to protect traditional knowledge and biodiversity. - Regulations that require MNCs to obtain permission and provide compensa...
Section 8 of the Indian Patent Act: Neither an Idle Menace nor A Mere FormalityVarshney, Swati
January 9, 2025/ ByMd Sabeeh Ahmad/Others,Patent The CGPDTM has ordered the removal of a patent agent from the Register of Patent Agents following a recommendation by the Ad-Hoc committee that had been constituted by the DPIIT to deal with the complaints against Patent or Trademark Agents. Re...
On the other hand, there is a fear that decriminalising the working statement requirement under the Patents Act, 1970 might negatively impact innovation. Without the obligation to submit a working statement with a small fine to be paid in the event of fa...
When the controller is satisfied that the application does not comply with the requirement of theIndian patent act, it stands refused u/s 15. 9) Application Withdrawn U/R 26: When the applicant has filed a request to withdraw the application voluntarily. A request for withdrawing the applicatio...
Section 505 of Indian Penal Code (IPC)makes it an offence to making “statements conducing to public mischief”.Section 8 of Representation of the People Act, 1951 disqualifies a person from contesting election if he is convicted for indulging in acts amounting to illegitimate use of freedom of...
Information under section 153:IPO received132 requestsfor supply of information relating to patents under section 153 of the Patents Act. Expedited Examination:IPO received103 requests from ISA applicantsand32 requests from Startupsfor expedited examination, out of which69 caseshave been examined,09 ca...
The Indian pharmaceutical industry has changed remarkably over the last 50years, from being traders in imported drugs in the fifties, to major bulk drug producers by the eighties. During this transitional period Indian pharmaceutical units have learn
The existing Indian Patent Act, 1970 excluded agriculture and horticultural methods of production from patentability. The sui generis system for protection of plant varieties was developed integrating the rights of breeders, farmers and village communities and taking care of the concerns for equitable sha...
that section is not limited to actions seeking to compel the issuance of an allotment in the first instance. It serves also to protect 'the interests and rights of the Indian in his allotment or patent after he has acquired it.' * * * The deferred charges amount to a lien on the Indi...