Grant of a Pharmaceutical Combination Patent in India: Benefits of ‘bending the Rules’ of Section 3(e) and 3(i)

We feel privileged to fetch these brief insights of recently granted patent application 10502/CHENP/2012 as IN317714 on 6th August, 2019. Eisai R&D Management Co. Ltd. had filed PCT/JP2011/064430 claiming priority from two Japanese patent applications viz JP2010-145030 having priority date of June 25th, 2010 (to be considered as it is the earliest priority date) and[…read more ]

Pharmaceutical Inventions and Intellectual Property Rights in the time of Global Pandemic like COVID-19

The world is turned upside down in the wake of COVID-19 with millions of people infected globally and nearly hundred thousand in India. Be it the government or healthcare professionals, everyone is tackling the pandemic in the best possible way. Since there hasn’t been any cure found to diminish the effect of Corona, pharmaceutical companies[…read more ]

Different types of patents you need to know

Gujarat is growing at an unprecedented pace, and Ahmedabad is becoming the protagonist of this growth saga. With the introduction of new businesses, there has been a hike in patent service providers. However, still, there’s a gap in educating people about patent services and its forms. While we have shared from time to time about[…read more ]

Why your Pharmaceutical business needs Patent and trademark during COVID

The COVID 19 Pandemic has taken the entire globe by the storm. With the number of positive cases increasing day-by-day, it has become an invincible need to find a solution that helps the entire country overcome this phase. Leading the number of cases in the second position, Gujarat has gained the attention of the entire[…read more ]

Understanding the Patent services and why they are important

Industry experts often say, ‘It’s all about an idea’. Having said this, protecting an idea can undoubtedly be called the most important task, soon after having it. This is when patent services in Gujarat come into the picture. Seeing the fast-paced growth of Ahmedabad, the city has emerged as a new hub not just in[…read more ]

Patent vs Exclusivity for Pharmaceutical Industry

The evolution of new Pharmaceuticals requires a huge investment of time, resource, human efforts. Usually, Research & Development of a new pharmaceutical molecule prescribes for 10- 15 years and one of every thousand entities reached to market as it has pass-through stringent pre-clinical, clinical and regulatory approval process. To protect rights of Innovator and to[…read more ]

India-Japan Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)-Fast Track Patent Prosecution Programme

Cabinet’s Approval to Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programme across India & Japan Indian Patent office has paved a way for international patent applications by approving their 1st Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program with the Japan patent office. The amendment of patent rules 2003 as per the notification of September 2019, has encouraged innovation by allowing[…read more ]

Patent Infringement under the Doctrine of Equivalents

How can we estimate Infringement under the Doctrine of Equivalents (DOE)? You are still infringing the patent, even if you are not using the same features of any patent under the Doctrine of Equivalents. When it is about patent infringement, people generally consider literal infringement. However, it cannot be the case every time. It is[…read more ]

Secondary Consideration for Inventive Step

Secondary consideration for Inventive Step: From an eye of a Patent Attorney Any invention in term of either product or process, to be patentable, it should qualify the patent eligibility criteria or patentability criteria implies to patent law which is mainly (i) Novelty (ii) Non-obviousness or Inventive step and (iii) Industrial Applicability. The inventive step[…read more ]