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Some interesting IP news which was published in July – September, 2019 and details about
the news.
Source IPR News

In 2017, West Bengal and Odisha states approached for
CGPDTM to secure GI tag for “Rasagola. Rasagola – sweet
dish, after a strong battle the State of Odisha bagged
geographical indication tag in India on 29th July, 2019.

Srivilliputhur is famous for palkova which is sweetened
GI tags for: curdled milk, with its own ghee obtained GI tag on

1. Odisha Rasagola September 11, 2019. Though the recipe of palkova is from
2. Srivilliputhur palkova north India but it is famous due to the quality of milk
produced in Srivilliputhur. President of Srivilliputhur Co-
operative Primary Milk Producers Society P Kannan says to
the society that they produce 3.25 to 3.5 kg of palkova from
10 liters of milk when compared to other manufacturers
production would be less than 3kg of palkova, this is due to
milk produced by their regional cows which gives quality and
taste.

A case between Novartis and Natco Pharma on
No Infringement manufacturing a cancer drug Ceritinib for treatment of

Action Maintainable In non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the Delhi High Court
Respect of an rejected the claim of Novartis. The court held and noted that
Unregistered or there would be no claim infringement with respect to a
Revoked Patent : Delhi patent which has been revoked in post grant proceedings or
HC [Read Judgment] unregistered patent perused from sections 62(2) and 11A(7)

of the Patent Act, 1970 on 20th August 2019.
The government of India has taken a predominant step
proposing to reduce fees for various intellectual property
rights like patents and designs for micro and medium
enterprises (MSMEs) and startups to promote innovation.
Govt. proposes to According to proposal, MSMEs and startups will be as follows:
reduce IPR fees for
MSMEs and startups 1. For Filing application - reduced to Rs 1,600 or Rs 1,750 from Rs
[Read Judgment] 4,000 or Rs 4,400

2. Expedited examination - reduced to Rs 8,000 from Rs 25,000

3. Design applications filings - reduced to Rs 1000 from Rs 2000

4. Geographical Indication - fees was proposed to cut to nil for
filing of application, issuance of certificate and renewal of GI
from the current Rs 500, Rs 100 and Rs 1,000, respectively.

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