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MARCH 4, 2024

Case Summaries BMI Group Danmark Aps vs The Assistant Controller Of Patents on 22 February, 2024 (Delhi High Court) Image from here An appeal was filed against the impugned order rejecting the suit patent for lack of an inventive step. The Court also directed the applicant to pay INR 25 thousand as costs, though later waived this direction.

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MARCH 11, 2024

Case Summaries Therelek Machines Private Limited vs Therelek Engineers Private Limited on 28 February, 2024 (Karnataka High Court) The petitioner challenged the rejection of its interim application under Section 124 of the Trade Marks Act, seeking a stay in a suit for trademark infringement.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In addition, it is also blackletter law that the use need not enable the invention to constitute prior art. See Real-World Prior Art , 76 Stan. forthcoming 2024). As we explain in our article , treating enabling demonstrations by the inventor as prior art makes sense as a matter of patent policy.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 7, 2024

quote from here In a significant order on February 23, 2024, the Delhi High Court, in F- Hoffmann -La Roche Ag & Anr V. These fields include foreign law, science, art, handwriting or finger impressions, etc., readers can refer here and here for posts on confidentiality clubs by Abhilasha and Nikhil.) He is not fair game.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 22, 2023

This is one to watch for 2024. The free evaluation of evidence of prior use (T 0042/19) New EBA referral: When is prior use of a product excluded from the prior art for lack of enablement? The topic of prior use has been elevated to the status of a referral to the Enlarged Board of Appeal ( G1/23 ).

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SpicyIP

MARCH 21, 2024

In light of the recent Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2024, we are pleased to bring this post by Prashant Reddy T., Not only might this be difficult to provide such information, but it also forces patent holders and their licensees to potentially provide confidential business information to the government and public.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The Court also held that the rejection order’s finding on lack of novelty and inventive step was not accurate and rather the controller had adopted a hindsight view of the prior art and failed to establish how the prior art documents made the invention non-novel. Nirtech Private Limited & Ors. , Acko General Insurance.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Musical Arts, designs, pictures, software, material, and many other sorts of Intellectual Property can be transferred using an e-commerce platform in the digital age. Signing confidentiality agreements also are one of the ways of protection. [8] Regardless, intellectual property and e-commerce are inseparably linked. Amazon.com, Inc.,

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Ankit Sahni’s AI “Co-authored” Artwork Denied Registration by US, Continues to be Registered in India Can AI (co)author art? 14 [Submissions by February 29, 2024] NALSAR’s Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law (IJIPL) is inviting submissions for its 14th Volume. The last date for submission of entries is February 29, 2024.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Therefore, the court granted an interim injunction restricting the defendant from using any confidential information or course materials allegedly obtained during their employment with the Petitioner, and from contacting the Petitioner’s clients for competitive purposes. Societe Des Produits Nestles.A New Balance Athletics Inc.

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