Deliberating on the issue as to whether the Joint Registrar acted without jurisdiction while deciding on the application for amendment in the plaint, the Delhi High has held that the amendments, which alter the period with effect from which the trademark “SUPERON” had been adopted by the respondent (plaintiff), and also claimed, for the first time

Observing that the basic facts necessary for an infringement action were already present in the original plaint filed for passing off, excepting the fact of registration of the trade mark of the petitioner, the Calcutta High Court has allowed the application for amendment to plaint post grant of registration of trademark.

Rejecting the pre-grant opposition filed by a patient group, a community-based non-profit organisation, the Assistant Controller of Patents at New Delhi has granted an Indian patent to Cobicistat, marketed under trade name Tybost, a licensed drug for use in the treatment of HIV and AIDS. The opponents had pleaded lack of inventive step, no enhanced therapeutic efficacy, and being a mere admixture resulting only in the aggregation of the properties of the components.