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..... of inherency or inevitability lost its base. further, r 8 was erroneous in placing reliance on reports submitted by iict [indian institute of chemical technology (hyderabad)] and iit [indian institute of technology,(delhi)] and coming to the conclusion that r 4 had satisfactorily proved that the salt was inevitably obtained in the beta form ..... interpret the patentability criteria under the indian law. india, being a signatory to the trade related aspect of intellectual property rights (trips) was obliged to amend its patent law to confer a twenty year patent protection to pharmaceutical products and processes by 1st january, 2005. however, given the implication of trips ..... not an invention unless such a known process results in a new product or employs atleast one new reactant. therefore, the amended section is comprehensive provision covering all fields of technology, including the field of pharmacology. in our opinion, the explanation would come in aid only to understand what is meant by .....
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..... of determination of inventive step of a claim having a combination of features combination of documents is permissible. according to the counsel various documents and technologies available in public domain or prior arts can be read together to demonstrate that the impugned combination invention is obvious to a person skilled in the ..... . 20. the aforesaid conclusion which we have arrived at is also in consonance with the underlying principle enunciated by this court in the case of institute of chartered accountants. while agreeing with the decision in ram kishan case we are of the opinion that the contrary view expressed in s. s. ..... to the accompanying drawings.deletedclaim 9: an apparatus substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.deleted68. comparing the granted claims with proposed amended claims we find predetermined angle changed to arbitrary initial position; obtaining two data changed to obtaining at least two data; additionally the step relating .....
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..... not have any additional details of the circuitry that has to be modified to accommodate two or more sim cards. the technology and the additional constructional details of the said mobile phones were also not discussed. the amendment incorporated by the respondent no.1 on or about 17th november 2006 is an attempt to enlarge and totally modify the ..... worth about rs.35 crores in the month of february and march 2009, its operations are likely to be substantially and adversely affected in future. 12. the action instituted by the customs authorities is on the basis of the registration of the impugned patent with the customs authorities under the customs act. as a result of such action ..... to time up to grant is devoid of truth. the circumstances and the application form etc. will show that the respondent who is not sponsored by any research institute and is a novice of patent law, applied for the patent on 04.03.2002 but the controller of patent satisfied with his prima facie innovation, invoked s .....
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..... now we turn to see the expert affidavits of the applicant, prof. mr. kunal ghosh. mr. ghosh, aged 65 years, holds b.tech (hons.) from indian institute of technology, kharagpur followed by a doctoral degree in aeronautics and astronautics from university of southampton, england. mr. ghosh submitted that from figure 3 that the right side half of ..... opinion and comments together with the analysis made herein earlier, we find that the invention claimed even in the amended claims does not show any technical advance over the existing prior art or state of art technology as required under section 2(1)(ja) of the act and hence the invention is obvious. 66. the contention ..... in the revocation being reiterated, and in the light of the submissions, the counsel prayed that the patent ought to be revoked both with reference to amended and un-amended claims. 30. we have heard the arguments of both the counsel and have gone through the pleadings and the documents filed in support thereof. person interested .....
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..... any matter not in substance disclosed in the complete specification filed in pursuance of the first mentioned application. (3) the controller may require such amendment of the complete specification filed in pursuance of either the original or the further application as may be necessary to ensure that neither of the said ..... any matter not in substance disclosed in the complete specification filed in pursuance of the first mentioned application. (3) the controller may require such amendment of the complete specification filed in pursuance of either the original or the further application as may be necessary to ensure that neither of the said ..... considerations, namely:- .. (c) that the protection and enforcement of patent rights contribute to the promotion of technological innovation and to the transfer and dissemination of technology, to the mutual advantage or producers and users of technological knowledge and in a manner conducive to social and economic welfare, and to a balance of rights and .....
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..... the same only the collaboration agreement was sent to the respondent on 30.10.1986. in november, 1986, the respondent started production with its own technology. article 7 of the shareholders partnership agreement provide as this agreement is valid after being signed by all the parties and shall continue to be enforced ..... fact is that the agreements were discussed in detail, mutually agreed upon and then executed by the respective parties, articles of association of the respondent were amended and significantly it was only owing to the agreement between the parties that the respondent was using the trade mark, hence such a plea is barred/estopped ..... of the name protection agreement, the distribution agreement and the trade marks registered user agreement. another annexure to the said agreement was the text of amendments to be carried out to the respondents articles of association. though the text of the aforesaid three agreements to the shareholders partnership agreement were approved and .....
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..... been wrongly made and is wrongly remaining on the register and that the applicant, for the reasons mentioned in the application, is the person aggrieved and is entitled to institute the present rectification proceeding against the registration made in the name of the respondent. . 4. shri bhupinder jain, the sole proprietor and trading as m/s. mahaveer rice ..... placing reliance upon the order of this appellate board in (i) afrox ltd. and anr. v. asugar engineering services and anr., 2005 (31) ptc 207 (ipab), (ii) medical technologies ltd. v. neon laboratories pvt. ltd. and anr., 2009 (40) ptc 576 (ipab), (iii) unreported order in nitin p. jain and others v. titan industries limited in ora ..... filed as annexure-a, (ii) certificate of registration of trade mark and other documents filed as annexure a/1(1) to a/1(v), certificate registration of copyright and amendment filed as annexure a/2 (1) to a/2 (iv), certificate of trade marks filed as annexure a/3 (1) to a/3 (iv), advertisement filed as .....
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..... on september 14, 2009. 6. the counsel for the respondent no.1 in his written submission explained that the patented product was pristine, having latest technology incorporating modified simcards to operate simultaneously in different communication network. the counsel in his written submission has also explained the working of the product and he ..... citing three prior published patent documents as citations against the novelty of the invention. the counsel for the petitioner submitted that the respondent no.1 amended the claims radically altering the invention by incorporating the new matter and new constructional features of the claimed device of which there was no whisper ..... the counsel for the petitioner submitted that the respondent no.1 refiled the papers on 29.5.2006, with just two lines reply without making any amendments in the specification. the counsel further submitted that the respondent no.2 having examined the whole specification again, issued the second examination report on 19. .....
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..... or remedy in respect of such right, privilege, obligation, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid, and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed as if the repealing act or regulation had not been passed." a seven ..... taken away by implication. . rights and remedies go hand in hand and thus it is imperative that where substantive rights are proposed to be amended with simultaneous amendments relating to the remedy, both should be notified together lest there is a hiatus in the changed substantive right vis- -vis the changed appellate ..... conditions, or by restricting, intercepting or suspending its operation, such modification would not amount to a repeal. broadly speaking, the principal object of a repealing and amending act is to 'excise dead matter, prune off superfluities and reject clearly inconsistent enactments. 20. therefore it is very clear, that, when there is a .....
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..... after thought as the original registered proprietor i.e. ajanta transistor clock mfg. co. was not aware of the fact that the applicant for rectification had instituted the present rectification proceedings against his registered trade mark no. 535953 in class 3, the original registered proprietor came to know about the fact only when he ..... respondent no.2 without making it a party to the rectification proceedings. learned counsel contended that the principles of natural justice and procedure for formally amending an application have been given go bye completely by the assistant registrar of trade marks. in view of this factual position, the service of copy of ..... a respondent can be made by the applicant with the permission/direction of the court/tribunal and not otherwise. without carrying out any physical amendment in the application, the amendment cannot be deemed to be carried out and also the tribunal has no inherent power or discretion to admit the counter statement filed by the .....
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