The UPC Preparatory Committee has confirmed in a press release that the previously announced target date for the entry into operation of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), envisaged for December 2017, cannot be maintained. A new timeline has not yet been announced. It’s been a big political week in the UK. On Monday, David [...]
On 20 December 2016, Justice RK Gauba of the Delhi High Court heard an interlocutory application under Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 of the CPC filed by Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH in a suit concerning IN225529(3275/DEL/1998) against Ajanta Pharma Ltd. Bayer asserted that the patent covered vardenafil, a drug used to treat erectile dysfunction, and [...]
A. Patents Patent office has introduced some modernization methods in grant system in India. There is around 5% increase in no. of applications filed. Patent applications Year 2004 – 05 2005 – 06 2006 – 07 2007-08 2008 – 09 Filed 17466 24505 28940 35218 36812 Examined 14813 11,569 14119 11751 10296 Granted 1911 [...]
