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Patent wars in India between the foreign innovator companies and the Indian generics now seem to be spreading over life-management...

As it has been widely covered by media in and outside India, it is no new news to pharmaceutical and patent fraternity that Novartis has...

This Article would not discuss as to what is a patent of addition, when does it expire etc., answers to which are clearly mentioned in...

Indian Patents Act provides an applicant to deposit a biological material in support of the Indian patent application. It is an exigent...

An intellectual property right holder is granted legal rights to protect his intellectual property- here is where competition law plays a...

The Customs Act, 1962 prohibits import of those goods that infringed intellectual property. Under Section 11, the Central Government can...

Pankaj Mohanta, an intern at Khurana and Khurana talks about patent evergreening in the pharmaceutical domain. Through this post, he...

Pankaj Mohanta, an intern at Khurana and Khurana Advocates and IP Attorneys gives us an overview and analysis of divisional application. ...

IIPRD (Institute of Intellectual Property Research and Development) offers a Six Months Certificate Course on “Patent Portfolio Creation...

The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has recently issued another set of guidelines, this time on examination of biotechnology applications. Our...

Anoop Mishra, an intern at Khurana and Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys, looks at the first piece of legislation in the world to...

One of the drastic turnarounds caused by the introduction of the new Trade Marks Act, 1999, repealing the old Trade Marks Act, 1958 was...

The Controller General of Patents has issued guidelines for processing of patent applications relating to Traditional Knowledge (TK) and...

In continuation of the last piece over here , let’s now discuss the actual issue of infringement of IN ‘774 patent by Cipla crisply. My...

In continuation of our previous post here , and following the availability of the 275 page judgement, we would discuss herein the various...

Indian Generic manufacturer Cipla has won the landmark Roche v. Cipla Patent Infringement case in the Delhi High Court over Cipla’s...

Every celebrity would agree when we say that stardom comes at a price. Their right to privacy is always threatened with the constant...

1. The Indian Patent Office publishes list of all Applications related to Traditional Knowledge The Indian Patent Office makes available...

In a major decision, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) on 1 st June 2012 has revoked a patent IN214388 under section 57,...

This article relates to a recent judgement of IPAB on 12’th July 2012 on revocation of an Indian Patent IN 195937, wherein certain...