Mandatory e-KYC for IP Attorneys: IP India Directs Compliance Within One Month
Office of the CGPDTM has directed all registered Intellectual Property (IP) Attorneys to complete e-KYC verification within one month of the public notice.
Patent Agents
Delhi High Court directs formation of Code of Conduct to regulate Patent and Trade Mark agents; sets aside abandonment order of patent application
Apart from the formation of Code of Conduct for Patent and Trade Mark agents, the Delhi High Court also found a requirement to put in guidelines for solicitation and advertising.
Refusal of a trade mark without even affording a hearing would be contrary to fundamental tenets of natural justice: Del HC
Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J., expressed that, refusing trade mark without even affording a hearing would be contrary to the