‘License of Rights’ seems a good option for Patentees, who are seeking to license their patents, but do not have resources and time for commercialization of Patents yet want to benefit from their Patents. Although other countries have provision for ‘License of Rights’ in Patents, India does not have this provision in Patent Law.
License of Right Proposal means the patent proprietor can request for making an entry in the Register of Patents maintained by […]
The patent opposition system provides a simple and inexpensive mechanism to increase patent quality by providing additional input to the process. These mechanisms also offer an alternative to potentially lengthy and costly judicial proceedings.
The opposition before the European Patent Office (EPO) is a post-grant and administrative procedure intended to allow any European patent to be opposed. Anyone may argue a European patent within nine months from the publication of the grant. As specified in […]
In a decision that became final on August 11, 2017, the Court of Appeal of Jamaica overturned the May 30, 2014, Supreme Court ruling of Mr. Justice Sykes who previously held that the 3M mark owned by 3M Company and a stylized 3M and device (M3M) mark owned by Manufacturera 3M. S.A. de C.V (both illustrated below) were not similar and that there was no likelihood of confusion between them.
The Court of Appeal found […]