Cancer, Costs and Compulsion: Kerala High Court Opens the Section 100 Patents Act Door
In In Re Exorbitant Pricing of Life Saving Patented Medicines, the Kerala High Court asked whether the Section 100 Patents Act lets the Union of India make and…
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A Recipe for Trouble: Patents and Trade Secrets at Calcutta HC
In the case of NOCIL Ltd v. Finorchem Ltd and Anr, the Calcutta High Court considered whether a rival that plans to make the same rubber chemical, and…
Same Pot, Same Recipe? Process Patent Infringement Catches Finorchem in NOCIL’s 4-ADPA Dispute
In NOCIL Ltd v Finorchem Ltd, the Calcutta High Court asked whether a rival planning to make the same rubber chemical, with the patentee’s former senior employee on…
Not Burnt Out Yet: Madras HC Says an Agent’s Silence Should Not Extinguish a Patent Application
In the case of Deakin University v. The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, the Madras High Court asked whether a foreign applicant should lose its…
Silent Answer, Loud Delay: What the Xiaomi Find Device Patent Case Teaches Patentees
The Delhi High Court Division Bench refused Conqueror Innovations an interim injunction against Xiaomi's Find Device feature. The question was whether remote lock, ring and erase tools infringe…
No Shortcuts: Delhi High Court Says a Section 14 Hearing Can’t Be Skipped, Even After Pre-Grant Opposition
Delhi High Court reviews whether the Controller of Patents could refuse Fresenius Kabi Ipsum Srl's sugammadex process patent without a separate Section 14 hearing, despite hearing a competitor's…
Pharmaceutical Combination Patent: Delhi HC Remands Cancer Therapy Patent Case
Array Biopharma Inc. challenged the Deputy Controller of Patents' refusal of its pharmaceutical combination patent for a cancer therapy before the Delhi High Court. Did the Controller's reasoning…
Smoking Tobacco, Foiling Obviousness
Philip Morris’s patent concerned a tobacco article meant to be heated electrically, with a wrapper designed to make it harder to ignite with a flame. ITC argued that…
Cassiopea Hair Loss Formulation Patent Refusal Set Aside for Fresh Examination
Cassiopea’s proposed treatment for androgenetic alopecia uses a high concentration of cortexolone-17-α-propionate dissolved in a topical formulation with specified solvents and additives. The Controller rejected its patent application…
AI & IP Weekly (11–17 September 2026): Copilot Copyright Decision and AI Patent Valuation
What can AI tell us about the value of a patent, and what happens when it produces code without naming its author? This week’s stories follow the EPO’s…