The Madras High Court, in a ruling concerning an appeal filed by Hendrickson USA (producers of heavy-duty suspension systems), remanded their patent application for an invention entitled the “Axle Mount for Heavy-Duty Vehicle Brake System Components”, back to the Patent Office. The Court determined that the Patent Office had not sufficiently evaluated the “technical advancement” […]
Tag: lack of inventive step
India- Simplicity of an invention should not deter the grant of a Patent
Novelty and inventive step are the essential requirements for the grant of a patent . In an interesting development, the High Court of Delhi, in Avery Dennison Corporation v. Controller of Patents and Designs, CA. 29/2021, has reiterated that the simplicity of an invention should not deter the grant of a patent. Factual matrix: An […]