Facility of clubbing is being allowed for Advance Authorisations for Annual Requirement issued during Foreign Trade Policy period 2009-14 and 2015-20 wherever exports and imports have taken place as per Standard Input output Norms (SION) notified (available in Handbook of Procedures).
The process relating to generation & issuance of registration certificates for applications made for registration of trademarks has been fully automated. Accordingly, from 1st august 2016 the registration certificates will be generated through an automated system in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Trade Marks Act & Rules and made available to the applicants concerned or their authorised agents on record, in respect of all trademark applications-
M/s. Trans Border Safety Control Inspection Services LLC, USA was notified as Pre Shipment Inspection Agency vide Public Notice No. 34(RE: 2013)/2009-14 dated 29.10.2013. A Show Cause Notice (SCN) No. 01/53/171/214/AM16/PSIA-101/IC dated 3/6/2016 was issued to them for mis-declaration in the Pre-Shipment Inspection Certificate issued by them.
The time limit for submitting completed applications in ANF-2M for allocation of Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) on Maize is extended till 8th August, 2016
The standard Input Output Norms (SION) for export product under S No. A 1875 has been reviewed. There is change in the description of the Export and Import items.
ICDs located at Hosur (Tamil Nadu) and Nattakkam Village (Kottayam Taluk and District) are included under para 4.37 (a) Hand Book of Procedures (2015-2020) for availing export promotion benefits.
Authorization for export of items in Categories 0, 3 (other than 3D), 4, 5 and 7 of the SCOMET list to Iran would be subject to the relevant provisions contained in Annex B to the UN Security Council resolution 2231 (2015). The licensing authority, i.e. DGFT or Department of Atomic Energy
Additional quantity of 1,146 MTs (One Thousand One Hundred and Forty Six metric tons) of raw cane sugar to be exported to USA under TRQ upto 30.09.2016 has been notified.
The Patents (Amendments) Rules, 2016 have come into force w.e.f. 16th May, 2016. In this regard the stakeholders and general public are hereby informed that in terms of provisions of sub-rule (13) of Rule 24C relating to expedited examination of applications, the number of requests for expedited examination to be received by the Patent Office on or before 31st December, 2016 has been limited to 1000 requests.
In respect to the Scheme for Facilitating Startups Intellectual Property (SIPP) announced by the Government of India and the list of facilitators published for the purpose, references have been received regarding the procedure to be adopted for filing/ processing of startups’ applications for Patents
