In CLS Bank v Alice (D.D.C. 2011), the District Court for the District of Columbia found four patents (U.S. Patent No. 7149720; U.S. Patent No. 6912510; U.S. Patent No. 5970479; and U.S. Patent No. 7725375) owned by Alice Corporation invalid under 35 U.S.C. Sec. 101. In short, the district court found that the “heart” of… Continue reading US District Court Judge Applies Bilski to Invalidate Computer System Claims
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Shopkeeper Fined ₹ 25K for Supplying Goods in Plastic Bags
Delhi sessions court slaps ₹25,000 fine on shopkeeper for using plastic bags and flouting Delhi govt's notification on prohibiting their use. "It is not that the respondent (shopkeeper) was using the plastic bag on the day of the raid only (he) would have been using the same ever since after the issuance of notification by… Continue reading Shopkeeper Fined ₹ 25K for Supplying Goods in Plastic Bags
Indian Trade Marks Office Invites Attorneys to File Office Action Responses Electronically
Via Public Notice dated 11/03/2011, Indian Trade Marks Office informs general public: The processing of trade mark applications is done electronically and the Examination Report made available to the public on the IPO website. Accepted cases are automatically published in the weekly Trade Marks Journal. Applicant's responses to the examination report are also considered electronically… Continue reading Indian Trade Marks Office Invites Attorneys to File Office Action Responses Electronically
Memory-Chip Makers Ask For Delay In Rambus Patent Trial
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Micron Technology Inc. (MU) and other memory-chip makers asked a California court to delay a patent-infringement trial versus Rambus Inc. (RMBS) to wait for decisions in related appeals. Rambus, of Sunnyvale, Calif., licenses patented technology that is used to accelerate the performance of memory chips, including products known as dynamic random-access memory,… Continue reading Memory-Chip Makers Ask For Delay In Rambus Patent Trial
Article on Patent Opposition in India: Recent Trends
My Article on Patent Opposition in India: Recent Trends as published in LAWASIA [December 2010 Edition] A scanned copy of article is uploaded here. To read the article, please click on the images below: Any feedback will be highly appreciated.
EPO’s (European Patent Office) Enlarged Board of Appeal decides “Broccoli” and “Tomato” Cases
The EPO's Enlarged Board of Appeal has now rendered its decisions in the so-called "broccoli" (G 2/07) and "tomato" (G 1/08) cases, bearing on the correct interpretation of the term "essentially biological processes for the production of plants (or animals)" used in the European Patent Convention (EPC) to exclude such processes from patentability. The Enlarged… Continue reading EPO’s (European Patent Office) Enlarged Board of Appeal decides “Broccoli” and “Tomato” Cases
Backlog Clearance Drive
New Year Bonanza by the Indian Patent Office Few months back, on 16.07.2010, Indian Patent Office informed the patent practitioners and the applicants to notify the patent office about the pending patent applications in which the First Office Action / First Examination Reports (FERs) have been generated on or before 30.06.2009, to which corresponding responses… Continue reading Backlog Clearance Drive
Update for Professionals Interested in Indian Trademark Practice
Dear All, As you may know, on September 24th 2010, Controller General of Patents, Trademarks & Designs notified that over a period of 6 months, roughly from March 2010 to September 2010, about 56,429 registered trademarks have been notified in TM Journal as removed from the Register of Trade Marks due to non-payment of renewal… Continue reading Update for Professionals Interested in Indian Trademark Practice
Patent: Pillars of Biotech Companies
In the past few decades, globalization phenomenon has received considerable attention and has fashioned both the discourse and the behaviour of academics, policymakers and managers. One symptom of a globalizing world is the surfacing of entrepreneurial start-ups that have an international outlook from inception. However, before early-stage entrepreneurs can go to market, they must literally… Continue reading Patent: Pillars of Biotech Companies
IPO Publishes a List of Pharmaceutical Product Patents Granted in the Past Three Years
In a healthy development, Indian Patent Office has published following two documents today: Pharmaceutical Product Patents granted in last three years (Download document by clicking here) Pharmaceutical Product Patents granted to Foreign Applicants in last three years (Download document by clicking here) The legal implications of such publications shall be discussed in later posts that will… Continue reading IPO Publishes a List of Pharmaceutical Product Patents Granted in the Past Three Years
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