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There will be a one-time 25 percent increase to most CIPO fees

Justice C. Hari Shankar of the Delhi High Court recently held that the situs of the High Court which would hear an appeal u/s 117A of the Patents Act would be determined by the location of the...

Hearing a case where an application seeking grant of patent, filed before the Bombay Patent Office, was assigned to the Delhi Patent Office, the Delhi High Court on Thursday posed two interesting...

Amendments to the Patent Rules grant more power to patent holders and may lead to an increase in the cost of treatment of critical diseases.

In the advanced stages of debate and to be passed without the consent of parliament, the proposed amendments India’s patent rules can make drugs for TB, AIDS and cancer expensive, according to experts on intellectual property law

CIPO has recently announced that most of its official fees will increase by at least 25% in 2024. These adjustments will affect all pending applications for patents, trademarks,...

Amendments to the Patent Rules were published on June 21, 2023, revising the tariff of fees payable to the Canadian Patent Office, and broadening the small entity definition. The...

Bill C-47, entitled “An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023,” had its first reading in the House of Commons on April 20, 2023. This...

2022 was an active year in Canadian patent law. Claim fees were introduced for the first time; changes were made to regulations providing remedies for excessive pricing of patented...

Amendments to Canada's Patent Rules (the "Rules") took effect on October 3, 2022, introducing some of the most significant changes to patent prosecution in the past 20 years.