In BASF SE v. Controller of Patents and Designs ((T)CMA(PT) No.38 of 2024), the Madras High Court quashed the order passed by the Controller of Patents and Designs refusing to grant the patent application in respect of a Divisional Application on the ground that the said divisional application was filed after the grant of patent […]
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Thailand Expands the Scope of the ‘Target Patent Fast-Track’ Programme to cover “Green Innovation”
Thailand’s Department of Intellectual Property (DIP) has taken a significant step toward promoting environmentally sustainable innovation by expanding the ‘Target Patent Fast-Track’ Programme for Invention and Petty Patent Applications (hereinafter “Application” or “application”) to include “Green Innovation”. Originally launched on 8th December 2023, the programme initially focused on ‘Medical Sciences & Public Health’ and ‘Future […]
Salient points concerning the law of anticipation in the case of Element Six Technologies Ltd v. IIa Technologies Pte Ltd.
On February 7, 2020, the Singapore High Court reported its decision in the case of Element Six Technologies Ltd v. IIa Technologies Pte Ltd. [2020] SGHC 26, which treated various issues pertaining to novelty, priority date and anticipation. In particular, there are several interesting points in the decision concerning the law of anticipation which will […]