MHC Interprets Section 39’s Interplay with Patent of Addition Applications

In this post I will discuss Selfdot Tech. v. Controller General of Patents passed by the Madras High Court. I will engage with the arguments raised by the appellant and the respondent with regard to patent of addition, the parent patent application and the scope of Sec. 39. Further, I will analyze the reasoning used by the court in creating a different standard of treatment for divisional applications and patent of additions. I argue that the court narrows the scope […]

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