Karnataka High Court quashes Controller General’s order barring ‘Overseas Indian Citizen’ from practising as patent agent
In an order dated the 25th of September, 2012 the High Court of Karnataka, situated at Bangalore passed a writ quashing an order of the Controller General of Patents, dated 22nd of February, 2012 which had ordered the removal of an erstwhile patent agent – Naren Thappeta from the Register of Patents, thereby barring him from practising as a patent agent under the Patents Act, 1970. The order can be accessed over here. The petitioner was an Indian citizen at […]