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Waco is famous for a few things: Baylor University (Congrats on the Championship!), the HGTV series Fixer Upper with Chip and Joanna Gaines, and the Branch Davidians. But Waco is now known – at least in IP circles – as the epicenter of patent litigation. The reasons are many, but center on Judge Alan D. Albright and the efficient system he has quickly established.
On September 18, 2018, Judge Albright was sworn in as United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Waco Division. Albright, who practiced as a patent litigator for over 30 years, mainly on the defense side, also served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Texas from 1992 to 1999. He served as a law clerk to Jud
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According to the notification, the Central Government proposes
to provide benefits to the eligible educational institutions for
promoting patent filing by such institutes and has accordingly
proposed changes to the Rules 2, 7, 24C and Fee Schedule of the
Indian Patent Rules, 2003 and the Central Government has now
invited objections and suggestions from the public and
stakeholders, to be submitted within a period of 30 days from the
date on which the notification was published in the Official
Gazette i.e. by March 11, 2021.
Amendments Proposed to Patent Rules, 2003
Following ratification of the Patent Law Treaty (PLT) by Canada,
new
Patent Rules came into force on October 30, 2019
primarily to amended Canadian patent practices to comply with this
treaty. See our articles herewhich describe in detail
the changes brought in by the new
Rules. Since their
coming into force (CIF), we have seen a series of changes such as
shortened deadlines, new correction procedures, submission of
certified copies of priority documents, overhauled abandonment and
reinstatement procedures and a requirement for a showing of due
care for some reinstatements.
Transitional provisions are included in the
Patent
Rules for applications having a filing date prior to the CIF.
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In one of our previous blogs, we covered about the changes introduced through the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2020 ("2020 Amendment Rules") which came into force on October 20, 2020.