The Calcutta High Court, in a recent ruling, quashed an order which was issued by the Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs in which a design application for a ‘touch screen’ for a novel surface ornamentation which is a Graphical User Interface (‘GUI’) was refused. Background: The Applicant/ Appellant (Ust Global (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.) had […]
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Court directs Indian Patent Office to issue reasoned decisions
Lack of proper reasoning in patent decisions by the Indian Patent Office (‘IPO‘) has been a cause for grave concern. In Dolby International AB (‘Dolby’ and/or the ‘Applicant’) v. The Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs [C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 10/2021 and I.A. 13552/2021], the Delhi High Court was faced with a similar predicament, and took the opportunity […]
India- In a landmark ruling, the Delhi High Court clarifies the permissibility of Patent claim amendments
In what can be considered a watershed moment, the High Court of Delhi in Allergan Inc. v. The Controller of Patents, 2023/DHC/515, quashed and set aside an order of the latter (in which the Controller had refused to allow the amendments to the claims which the Appellant had sought), and remanded the matter back to […]