Mind Your Claims: Delhi High Court Frames Guidelines for Mental Acts Under Section 3(m)
In the case of T-Mobile International AG and Co. KG v. The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks and Another, the Delhi High Court addressed a…
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Patent Opposition Gone Off Script: Bombay High Court Calls for Reasons, Evidence and Locus
In the case of Saathi, Inc. v. Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks and Anr., a granted patent was revoked despite an Opposition…
Use of AI in Patent Examination: Guidelines of Indian IP Office
The Indian Intellectual Property Office published the Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Patent Examination Procedures on 7 August 2026. The Guidelines relate to the use…
Mind Over Patent: T-Mobile Case Gives India Its First Section 3(m) Playbook
T-Mobile International challenged the refusal of its mobile-terminal patent under Section 3(m) of the Patents Act before the Delhi High Court. With no settled test in place, could…
Deemed Abandonment of Patent Application
When Shiv Nadar University's patent application was deemed abandoned over a four-day delay in replying to an examination report, the Delhi High Court had to decide whether Section…
Pixel Perfect Prior Art – NEC’s Video Coding Patent rejected
NEC Corporation's appeal over the refusal of its video coding patent has been dismissed by the Delhi High Court, which confirmed that the invention lacks inventive step under…
When Your Own Patents Anticipate You: The Sulzer Mixpac Mixer Case
Sulzer Mixpac appealed the rejection of its static mixer patent to the Delhi High Court, arguing its own prior patents did not anticipate the claimed design. The court…
Genus, Meet Species: Court Weighs Novo Nordisk’s Semaglutide Patent
Novo Nordisk A/S took Dr Reddy's Laboratories to the Delhi High Court over its Semaglutide patent, seeking to block generic imports of the anti-diabetic drug. Would the court…
Pre-Orders Now Open: New Oxford Titles on Indian Patent and Copyright Law by Dr. Kalyan Kankanala
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala's two new Oxford titles, Patents in India and Copyrights in India, are now open for international pre-order. Set for a December 2026 release, both books…
Seeing Red! How BlackBerry’s Messaging Patent Failed India’s Section 3(k) Technical Effect Test
The Delhi High Court dismissed BlackBerry's appeal against the refusal of its patent for colour-coding email recipients on handheld devices, holding that the invention lacked inventive step and…