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An overview of the seminar provided to the blog is here:
Date: Sept. 23, 2010
Venue: AIPS, Mumbai
Time: 10.00 am – 5.30 pm
The decisions of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board, the High Courts and the Supreme Court have precedential effect on the Patent Offices, and there have been many instances of Controllers citing decisions of the IPAB and the High Court as binding precedents. The decisions of the IPAB and the High Court in the Novartis-Gleevec cases are still being cited and followed in a number of cases by the Patent Office. These decisions contribute to the growth and understanding of patent law. The IPAB, apart from its appellate jurisdiction where it decides appeals from Controllers, also has original jurisdiction with regard to revocation and rectification procedures. The District Courts and High Courts are the only fora where suits for infringement, declaration of non-infringement and groundless threats can be filed. Since 2005, the IPAB and the higher courts in India have rendered significant decisions affecting the development of patent law in India.
The Seminar Agenda will include:
- Brief survey on contentious proceedings that can arise before the IPAB, District Courts, High Courts and Supreme Court.
- Survey of all the important cases decided by the IPAB, High Courts and Supreme Courts since the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005.
- Analysing general trends on how the Courts decide in particular situations involving
- Interim injunction
- Writ petition over order of Controllers
- Stay of the operation of order of Patent Office
- Patent Linkage
- Trial in patent suits
- Critical analysis of the powers of the IPAB vis-a-vis the power of the High Court in revocation proceedings.
Soft copies of all the decisions discussed will be made available to the participants through Patent Fast Reporter (www.fastreporter.org).
Faculty:
Mr. Feroz Ali Khader – Advocate, Chennai High Court.
An LLM from National Law School, Bangalore plus another LLM from Trinity College, Cambridge, Mr. Feroz Ali’s specialty is in contentious patent proceedings. He is the Author of “The Law of Patents – With a Special Focus on Pharmaceuticals in India”, and has recently released his second publication “The Touchstone Effect – the Impact of Pre-grant Opposition on Patents”. He is also the editor of http://www.fastreporter.org
Fees:
Early bird fee: Rs 7,500 + taxes per participant for registration and cheques received before August 31, 2010
Rs. 8,500 + taxes per participant for registration after August 31, 2010 Service Tax @ 10. 3 % applicable Fees are non-refundable
Fees are to be paid by cheque / Draft favouring Centre for Scientific and Legal Studies, and be mailed to us at: Academy of Intellectual Property Studies, 7/102, 1st Floor, Udyog Nagar Industrial Estate, S.V.Road, Goregaon (West), Mumbai 400 104
For further details please call on 28746123 / 6522 1097 or Email at [email protected]
