Day: September 3, 2014

Madrid Protocol Designation: India as the Origin Country

The Madrid Protocol has simplified the process of filing trademark applications across the world by bringing it all under the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Once a trademark application has been filed in the home country or what is generally referred to as the origin country, one…


Indian Patent Office extends deadline to submit comments on revised Guidelines for Examination of Pharmaceutical Patents

The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) released a document titled the draft guidelines for examination of Patent applications in the field of pharmaceuticals on February 28, 2014 which was open for comments until March 31, 2014 which was eventually extended…