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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Highlight of the Week Comments on the Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023 Image by rawpixel.com on Freepix Comments pertaining to transparency and on substantive proposals within the draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023, submitted to the Ministry of Commerce. Lokesh discusses the case in this short tidbit post.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

The first prize goes to Ramakash G Suriaprakash , from Tamil Nadu National Law University, Tiruchirappalli (batch of 2021), for their essay titled, ‘ Inventions Seriously Prejudicing the Environment: Can the Precautionary Principle Offer a Way Out?’ And the winners are: 1. The essay is available here. The essay is available here.

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DECEMBER 30, 2023

As 2023 comes to an end, in line with our annual tradition, we take stock of the top IP developments that occurred this year. We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. A special thanks to Mr. G. Nataraj, Ms.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

From an in-depth discussion on the terms of copyright and translations in India to the recent UK Supreme Court’s order regarding the patentability of inventions by an AI, we had some engaging posts on this blog this week. vs The Controller of Patents & Anr. Case Summaries M/s Blue Heaven Cosmetics Pvt. Inventprise Inc.

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MAY 20, 2024

The Controller on working examples is surely going to interest patent lawyers. Remanding the matter back to the Patent Office, the Court clarified that a working example does not define the patent’s scope. Other Posts Leaving Out the Working Examples? DHC’s recent ruling in Bayer v. Read on to know more. Tosh Apartments.

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The IPKat

MAY 29, 2023

This Kat is pleased to review the “ Overlapping Intellectual Property rights ”, edited by Neil Wilkof [full disclosure: a member of the IPKat team], Shamnad Basheer, and Irene Calboli (OUP, 2023, 864 pp.). Chapter 2, authored by David Musker, considers the overlaps between patents and designs.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Filo Edtech Inc vs Union Of India & Anr on 16 November, 2023 (Delhi High Court) A Single Judge Bench of the Delhi High Court re-notified the matter for further hearing on November 21. The last date for submissions is January 7, 2024. Case Summaries Bennett Coleman and Company Limited v. Capital General Store and Jawed Ansari v.

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