Tuesday, May 20, 2008

India: Patent Office decisions now downloadable

The Patent Office site for Opposition decision now works [well, almost].
I had previously blogged on the decisions not being downloadable/ readable, here.

Now that decisions are readable and downloadable, I thank the entire Patent Office staff who have put efforts behind this venture. This effort will go a long way in training/ educating IP professionals on how to approach and fight patent oppositions.

A thank you is also due to the large number of IPR professionals and Institutions [notably FICCI] that have constantly rallied and communicated about IP transparency and education to the Patent Office.

I hope that the other suggestions/ recommendations by these professionals/ FICCI are also implemented. Readers who would like to put in suggestions can get in touch with Ms. Sheetal Chopra {sheetal[dot]chopra[at]ficci[dot]com}, Senior Assistant Director – FICCI IPR Division.


TEST: I tried searching for opposition decisions from Ranbaxy as applicant using Internet Explorer
I was able to download some decisions [as .pdf files], when clicked on application number hyper-link, while some hyper links for decisions did not give the .pdf file.

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