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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Reserved on: 28^th April, 2023

Date of Decision: 15^th May, 2023

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MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC ..... Appellant

Through:

Ms. Vindhya S. Mani, Mr. Gursimran

Singh Narula and Ms. Vaishali Joshi,

Advocates.

versus

THE ASSISTANT CONTROLLER OF

PATENTS AND DESIGNS

..... Respondent

Through:

Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar,

Central Government Standing Counsel

with Mr. Srish Kumar Mishra, Mr.

Sagar Mehlawat and Mr. Alexander

Mathai Paikaday, Advocates with Mr.

Santosh Kumar Gupta and Ms.

Shraddha Turkar, Controllers at the

Indian Patent Office.

Mr.

Rajiv

Choudhary,

Advocate

Amicus Curiae.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

J U D G M E N T

SANJEEV NARULA, J.:

THE CONTROVERSY

1. This appeal is focused on the controversy surrounding the

Digitally Signed

By:SAPNA SETHI

Signing Date:15.05.2023

13:10:41

Signature Not Verified

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