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30 October 2019PatentsRory O'Neill

Indian appeals board at ‘complete standstill’; judge demands answers

A senior Indian judge has demanded answers from the Indian government on the resources afforded to the country’s Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), which she says has come to a “complete standstill”.

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