IPTimes.Law: March 2021 Issue

PATENTS

TVS Motor Company Secures Patent Registration¹

The Intellectual Property Appellate Board ('IPAB') directed the Controller of Patents and Designs ('Respondent') to grant a patent to TVS Motor Company Limited ('Appellant') for an invention related to anti-roll bar which helps in improving bending stiffness and enhances the safety and stability of vehicle without transferring shock forces to the chassis.

Previously, the Respondent passed an order refusing grant of the patent on the grounds of lack of novelty when compared with cited prior art. While passing the order the IPAB concluded that the cited prior art, though relating to anti-roll bar only, has differential features when compared with the invention of the Appellant, thereby making the Appellant's invention distinguishable.