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Madras HC Overrules Procedural Rejection in France Telecom’s Patent Case

The Madras High Court allowed France Telecom’s writ petition, overturning orders rejecting its patent application due to procedural delays. The Court emphasized that errors by agents should not deprive applicants of statutory rights, directing the Deputy Controller of Patents to process the application as per the Patents Act, 1970. Continue Reading Madras HC Overrules Procedural Rejection in France Telecom’s Patent Case

December 19, 2024 BananaIP Reporter Case Reviews, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 146Views 1Like

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Court restores patent application despite missed deadline to file request for examination

The Delhi High Court restored Bry-Air’s patent application after finding the delay was due to the former patent agent’s negligence, not the petitioner’s actions. The court emphasized that applicants should not suffer due to agents’ faults and allowed Bry-Air to proceed with Form 18 submission for patent examination. Continue Reading Court restores patent application despite missed deadline to file request for examination

November 6, 2024 BananaIP Reporter Case Reviews, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 354Views 1Like

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Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure: BananaIP’s Comments / Suggestions

BananaIP Counsels has recently submitted its comments and suggestions to the Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM) with respect to the Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure. The Office of CGPTDM had sought comments/suggestions on the existing manuals and guidelines vide a notification dated 30.08.2023. The comments/suggestions submitted are detailed below. You may also download an accessible PDF version of the comments here – Suggestions & Comments on Manual of Patent Office Practice and…

October 6, 2023 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents, Press Release 0Comment 719Views 0Like

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Can a delay in filing request for examination be condoned? Court clarifies

Missed filing a request for examination? court says, condonable under exceptional circumstances.

Facts of the case: The Petitioner in this case filed two writ petitions challenging the order of the Respondent (herein referred to as Patent Office) dated 03.05.2016 in respect two of the Petitioner’s applications bearing numbers 8846/CHENP/2011 & 8907/CHENP/2011. The patent applications were filed before the Indian patent office on 29.11.2011 and 30.11.2011 respectively as PCT national phase entries. The petitioner engaged the services of a New York based firm called Greenberg Traurig for filing and prosecution of the national phase…

November 15, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1632Views 0Like

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Patent Publications double this week in India

This week's Patent and Design data has been compiled from the Official journal of patents and designs, published by the patent office on the 16th of July 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 879 patent applications have been published in the 29th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 879 applications published in the journal, 325 applications account…

July 22, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics, Patents 0Comment 2001Views 1Like

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Overall decrease in patent statistics, pandemic continues to stifle numbers

This week's Patent and Design data has been compiled from the Official journal of patents and designs, published by the patent office on the 2nd of July 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 948 patent applications have been published in the 27th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 948 applications published in the journal, 180 applications…

July 5, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 1588Views 0Like

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Weekly Patent News - Patent and industrial design statistics

53% increase in patent publications this week, 41% increase in grants

This week's Patent and Design data has been compiled from the Official journal of patents and designs, published by the patent office on the 25th of June 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 1,024 patent applications have been published in the 26th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 1,024 applications published in the journal, 203 applications account…

June 28, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 1290Views 0Like

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15000+ patents granted so far, over 36000+ patent applications examined

This week's Patent and Design data has been compiled from the Official journal of patents and designs, published by the patent office on the 18th of June 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 667 patent applications have been published in the 25th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 667 applications published in the journal, 162 applications account…

June 21, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 1868Views 0Like

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Patent activity at IPO picks up this week, patent publications increase

This week's Patent and Design data has been compiled from the Official journal of patents and designs, published by the patent office on the 11th of June 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 978 patent applications have been published in the 24th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 978 applications published in the journal, 317 applications account…

June 12, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 1099Views 0Like

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Drastic decrease in patent publications and grants this week

This week's Patent and Design data has been compiled from the Official journal of patents and designs, published by the patent office on the 4th of June 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 251 patent applications have been published in the 23rd issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 251 applications published in the journal, 54 applications account…

June 7, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 1556Views 0Like

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Madras HC Overrules Procedural Rejection in France Telecom’s Patent Case

Court restores patent application despite missed deadline to file request for examination

Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure: BananaIP’s Comments / Suggestions

Missed filing a request for examination? court says, condonable under exceptional circumstances.

Patent Publications double this week in India

Overall decrease in patent statistics, pandemic continues to stifle numbers

53% increase in patent publications this week, 41% increase in grants

15000+ patents granted so far, over 36000+ patent applications examined

Patent activity at IPO picks up this week, patent publications increase

Drastic decrease in patent publications and grants this week

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