The Supreme Court has issued notice on a plea asking whether a patentee should get additional patent protection where a large part of the 20-year term is lost to delay in granting the patent, challenging a Calcutta High Court judgment that upheld Section 53 of the Patents Act, 1970, and has sought the help of an amicus curiae.
Today 2nd April The Delhi HC
fined Google Rs 1 lakh for providing inaccurate information and failing to disclose the rejection of a patent by the European Patent Office. The court dismissed Google’s appeal, concluding that its patent application lacked inventive ingenuity. The patent aimed to enable the transfer of instant messaging sessions across devices and specify preferences for messaging sessions.
