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Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2016: Benefits for Startups
Here is some good news for all those startups interested in filing patent applications but were held back because the process was too […]
Highlights of the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2016
Last week witnessed two far reaching events in Indian IP Space. On May 13, the Government announced India’s first National IPR Policy and […]
Benefits of patenting – more than just protecting innovation
Once you protect your invention by filing a patent for it, have you ever given a thought of adding more profits to your […]
IPO issues revised Guidelines on CRI
As you may remember from our post dated December 22, 2015, vide an office order dated December 14, 2015, the Indian Patent Office […]
Patent Office decision on certain provisions of Indian Patents Act, 1970
In another recent decision the Indian Patent Office rejected an application of Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.P.A of Italy on the grounds that […]
Supreme Courts allows SLP in Cipla vs. Hoffman La Roche
Co-authored by Ms. Shristi Bansal, LexOrbis Associate and Mr. Vatsal Dhar, Fifth Year student of Symbiosis Law School, Noida. The Supreme Court has […]
Examination Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions (CRI) kept in ABEYANCE
The final guidelines on CRI were published this year on 21st August 2015 and it took more than 2 years for the same […]
Protection of medical devices in India
The medical device industry in India is estimated to be worth around $3 billion and is expected to grow substantially, with a wide […]
On the Go Pin or One Time Password?
These days technology has advanced to such an extent that, everything can be done with the touch of our ever so smart, smartphones. […]