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Calcutta High Court has asked the Controller of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks to evaluate Oppo's appeal against the rejection of its patent application within three months..
Consequently, Oppo challenged the decision under the provisions of the Patents Act, and the high court bench led by Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur has referred the patent application back to the Controller..
The court directed the Controller to issue a second examination report after examination of the amended claims and provide Oppo with an opportunity to deal with objections, if any.In passing the impugned order, there has been a violation of the statutory provisions in issuing the hearing notice citing additional objections and relying on the same in without granting an opportunity to the appellant to amend its claim and without issuance of a second examination report," the court said.. Catch all the Business News, Market News, Breaking News Events and Latest News Updates on Live Mint..
