High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Union of India's Appeal in Patent Term Calculation Case — Patent Term Runs from Date of Grant Under Section 53 of Patents Act, 1970. The court held that the period of a patent is to be reckoned from the date of grant, not from the date of application, as the patentee's rights commence only upon grant.
29 Aug 2013The Union of India appealed against an order of a single judge of the Karnataka High Court in W.P.No.33170/2004 dated 03.12.2007. The single judge had...
