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Granting a break to Nestle, the Indian Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has allowed their application for registration of mark “Kit Kat” used in respect of ­­wafer chocolates and cereals while denying same to M/s. Kit Kat Foods India Ltd.

At times an applicant, i.e., a company or an individual may decide to file a patent application directly in a foreign country or as an international application under PCT other than in India, without first filing a patent application in India due to various reasons.

Even as the dissenting judges voiced their reservations, the US Supreme Court recognised the principle of international exhaustion in the case of Kirtsaeng, DBA Bluechristine v. John Wiley & Sons. 

In the recent decision on Novartis’ case, the Supreme Court of India observed that scope of a patent claim should not be determined by artful drafting by skilful lawyers.

Annual Supplement to India’s present five year Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14, for facilitating and regulating exports and imports, has been announced today (18-4-2013).

Steel poles or columns for lamp posts for outdoor lighting purposes are classifiable as steel structures and not as parts of lamps or lighting fittings.

Activity of providing pandal and shamiana along with erection thereof and other incidental activities do not amount to transfer of right to use goods.

Arrest provisions under various civil laws have always acted as good deterrence against different kinds of offences.

In a recent order the Delhi High Court took a closer look at technology, its application and treatment of consideration received [Grasim Industries Ltd v. GOI, Order dated 7-3-2013].

The Supreme Court of India in its recent judgment has upheld the denial of patent for the beta crystalline form of the chemical compound ‘Imatinib Mesylate’, a therapeutic drug for chronic myeloid leukemia.