patent controller Archives

‘Opposition Board is creation of statute which mandates how it should do its job’: Madras HC directs Patent Controller to forward papers to new OB for recommendations

“When the statute mandates what an authority shall consider, then it is obligatory for the statutory authority to consider those materials which the statute mandates”

Case Briefs High Courts

Invention applicable in business but primarily related to technical process is not a business method; Madras HC remanded patent application for reconsideration

“The monopoly claim is not in respect of a business method but in respect of a claimed invention deploying hardware, software and firmware for purposes of data privacy and protection”