Delhi High Court on Section 14 Patent Hearings: Why a Pre-Grant Opposition Hearing Cannot Replace the Applicant’s Statutory Hearing
Patent prosecution and pre-grant opposition may concern the same patent application, and some of the objections raised in the two processes may overlap. Procedurally, however, they do not become one proceeding merely because they run alongside each other. The Delhi High Court has reinforced this distinction in Fresenius Kabi Ipsum SRL v. The Assistant Controller […]