Source: www.ipindia.nic.in
In order to reduce the
inconvenience caused to the Attorneys due to frequent visits to an appropriate
office of the Indian Patent Office to attend Hearings, the Office of Controller
General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (hereinafter referred to as the ‘CGPDTM’)
issued a notice dated April 24, 2018 modifying the current system of scheduling
of hearings.
In the current system
of scheduling a hearing, the hearings are fixed based on the filing date of the
application without consideration of the Attorney/Applicant involved in the
matter. This has led to multiple visits of the Attorneys to the Patent Office.
Requests were made to the Office of CGPDTM to modify the current system so such
frequent visits may be avoided.
Considering these
concerns of the Attorneys/ Applicant, the Office of CGPDTM issued a notice that
the current system of scheduling a hearing would be modified with effect from
June 2018. By this modified system, if an Attorney/Applicant has more than one
hearing listed/scheduled in a particular month on different dates, the same
would be clubbed together so that the hearings can be attended on a same date.
If in case, matters relating to an Attorney/Applicant is more than the daily
limit, then the same shall be fixed on the very next working day.
There are no changes to the Franklin County hearings, which will be held on May 22, and May 23, at the New Franklin Fire Department Social Hall, 3444 Wayne Road, Chambersburg, PA, 17202. Hearings will be held at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on both dates.click here
ReplyDeleteThere are no changes to the Franklin County hearings, which will be held on May 22, and May 23, at the New Franklin Fire Department Social Hall, 3444 Wayne Road, Chambersburg, PA, 17202. Hearings will be held at 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on both dates.click here