SpicyIP Tidbits: DIPP continues marching the e-way!
The oft-criticized DIPP has new reason to rejoice. The brainchild of the FICCI Working Group on the Patent Office (that we had blogged about earlier), the system of e-filing of patents has received tremendous response! While the e-filing method does not reduce the fees for filing at the moment, they have made filing more convenient, and the public obviously agrees, with several thousand applications already filed. Elated with this, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has come up with new…
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