Recent Cases and Trends in India litigation

Partners:

Sai Krishna & Associates

Agenda: The speakers will explore:

1. Designing divisional applications

a. Recent judgements on whether applicant can file a divisional application, and what could be the scope of the divisional application.

b. Proposed amendment related to divisional applications in the 2023 Draft Patent Amendment Rules.

2. The Species – Genus conundrum

a. Aspects of selection patent

b. Strategies related to selection patent

c. Recent judgements on selection patents and their impact

3. Injunctions and patent working

a. Role of patent working statements

b. Impact of Draft Patent Amendment Rules 2023

c. Benefit to patentee of proposed amendment

d. Impact of proposed amendment on patent injunction matters at preliminary stage

e. Jurisprudence in other countries in this regard

f. Multiple pre-grant oppositions and the impact of proposed amendment in rules

Webinar Date: 27th November 2023 | Time: 4:30 PM IST

Our speakers:

Garima Sawhney (garima@saikrishnaassociates.com)

Ms. Garima Sahney (Partner), leads the patent practice at– Saikrishna & Associates. Garima is a registered Indian patent agent and a patent attorney as well.

With over a decade of experience in the patents industry, Garima has dealt extensively with patent drafting, filing, prosecution, prior art searches, landscapes, claim mappings, due diligence, validity assessments in the domains including biotechnology, pharma, chemistry, electric, hybrid & conventional automobiles, mechanical, telecommunication and software. In past several years, Garima had been playing a pivotal role in the Pharma and SEP telecom litigations in India.

Garima has received several accolades in the past, including awards for most powerful women in IP by WIPR in 2020, an IP Star by MIP survey in 2019 and the best Patent Prosecution Expert by Global Advisory Experts Committee in 2021.

Sneha Jain

Ms. Sneha Jain (Partner) is the lead counsel for the firm’s pharmaceutical and telecommunication patent litigation cases, including the ones relating to Ticagrelor, Lorcaserine, CTPR, in the pharma space etc.

Sneha regularly acts as lead or second chair before all levels of the Indian courts, including the Supreme Court of India and State High Courts, various tribunals.

Sneha provides litigation, dispute resolution and general advisory services to various tech companies (social media, OTT, e-commerce, FinTech, SAAS, cloud services), media companies / broadcasters, electronics manufacturers, publishers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, online gamers, sporting bodies, to name a few..

She was recognised as a ‘Rising Star’ by the prestigious Managing IP rankings in 2021.

Amitavo Mitra Ph.D (amitavo@saikrishnaassociates.com)

Amitavo is Patent law expert with particular focus in the biotech, biomedical device(s), and pharma domain. He is experienced in drafting, prosecution, contentious matters, strategy and advisory. Patent law: Advising clients in the pharma and life sciences sector on product strategy and advisory with focus on patents, carrying out due diligence and risk analysis to identify IP (patent) issues, drafting of opposition and revocation proceedings, drafting and prosecution of patents, advising clients on portfolio development, and licensing.