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In general, it is mandatory for the inventor to give an evidence or information in the patent specification in support of the inventive step. If that is not done, the application is likely to suffer t...
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Patent rights are statutory right created under the terms and conditions of the national patent law. Nonetheless, if any patent protection is fraudulently obtained, patentees is free to use it...
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It is imperative to provide an opportunity to the patent applicant to amend an application for a patent or a complete specification or any document relating thereto to meet the objection raised by the...
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Story of exitance of polymorphism dates back to the year 1812 when Napoleon Bonaparte army wore highly decorated and shiny buttons on the uniform. It was observed that these shining buttons of...
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The rejection of a patent by the patent office is a stigma on the inventor who toils hard to bring his invention to reality after spending days of laborious research and experiments. When reject...
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Patent is evidence of an invention protecting it through legal documentation and published for all to know. The effect of the grant of a patent is quid pro quo. Quid is the knowledge disclosed to the ...
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When Stanley N. Cohen of Stanford and Herbert W. Boyer obtained a US patent in 1980 for the process for joining and replicating DNA from different species (popularly known as recombinant technology) l...
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World’s first trade secret was use a forceps for delivery. It is not surprising but true that the invention of forceps delivery was kept as a family secret for almost 100 years by the Ch...
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Judiciously speaking precedential value of every decision of a higher court is high for deciding the similarly placed cases in lower courts. Lower courts are bound by the decisions of the high...
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Voluntary surrender of a patent and its revocation in a court are two distinct actions through which a patentee loses its right to enforce a valid patent. The question to allow the surrender of any pa...
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Recent trends in cancer chemotherapy treatments indicates that employing effective drug combinations in optimal doses are more effect. Same is true for variety of medical conditions where it i...
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Of late the litigation landscape in India is complicated by the number of issues and sub-issues involved in the patent related infringements. Categorically speaking, FRAND issue remained in forefront ...
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In the corona virus induced impeding crisis, it is believed that owners of the patents on test kits and other medicinal requirements would stand with the national Governments to help alleviati...
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Knowledge drives the companies to gain competitive edge over the similarly placed companies in the market. Generally, IP knowledge gets a protection under patent law to enable the company to take prev...
