Delhi High Court sets out a seven-step test for patentability of mental acts under Section 3(m) of the Patents Act
Published The appeal arose from the refusal of Indian Patent Application No. 468/DELNP/2008 titled “Method and Arrangement for Optimising the Operational Times and Cell Change Performance of Mobile Terminals.” During the proceedings, the Court noted that despite the...
USPTO proposes new transparency rules for parties behind patent reexamination challenges
Published The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed requiring third-party requesters for ex parte reexamination to identify all real parties in interest behind a challenge. The proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on July 22, 2026,...
UK High Court upholds Novartis’ Entresto patent and SPC in Accord challenge
Published Novartis has successfully defended its Entresto patent protection in the UK, after the High Court rejected Accord Healthcare’s challenge to the validity of the relevant patent rights and found that Accord’s intended generic product would...
