The Government of India notifies Patent Amendment Rules 2021 to reduce 80 per cent of patent filing fee for all educational institutes as recognized by an authority designated by the Central Government or the State Government or the Union territories. The fee is reduced by 80 percent as the Educational institutes which was under the Others category have now moved […]
Decathlon, a French-based company, one of the largest sporting goods retailer in the world with 1647 stores in nearly 1000 cities in 57 countries and regions (Jan 2020) including many stores spread across states in India has filed a trademark infringement suit against NCR-based Pentathlon Sports. Decathlon alleges that the Pentathlon infringes the registered trademark of Decathlon, visually and phonetically […]
The Bill bearing the title “The Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Bill, 2021”was introduced on Feb 11, 2021 in the Parliament by the Union Finance Minister. While seeking to dismantle the IPAB, the Bill proposes to transfer its powers to High Courts (for patent, trademarks, GI, Plant Varieties related issues) and to Commercial Courts (for copyright matters). The […]
The Draft Rules to amend The Patents Rules, 2003 was published on February 9, 2021 by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India where “eligible educational institution” has been proposed to be added under Rule 2. Rule 2 ( ca) defines “eligible educational institution”as an institution established by a Central, Provincial or State Act, which is owned or controlled by […]