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 […]
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Revisiting long-established concepts on independent and dependent patent claims in Singapore
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore has recently announced in its newsletter dated August 14, 2019, that the current practice of examining independent and dependent claims as provided in the Examination Guidelines for Patent Applications (April 2019 version) continues to be in force. This newsletter has been circulated in the light of feedback received by […]
Singapore – Post-grant Patent Amendments Refused in Hitachi Case
In a recently decided case, Singapore Shipping Association and Association of Singapore Marine Industries v Hitachi, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. [2019] SGIPOS 5, the Registrar of Patents of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) refused post-grant amendments to the claims of Singapore Patent No. 159788 under Section 83(1) of the Patents Act, […]