Rich Products Corporation v. The Controller of Patents & Anr.

The appellant, Rich Products Corporation (RPC), appealed a Single Judge's decision not to entertain its writ petition. RPC had challenged an order from the Joint Controller of Patents and Designs that rejected its pre-grant opposition to a patent application by Tropilite Foods Pvt. Ltd. (TFPL) for an artificial liquid cream. The Single Judge had advised RPC to pursue other available remedies. The Division Bench affirmed this, stating that the Controller's decision showed no manifest or jurisdictional error that would warrant intervention under writ jurisdiction, and RPC had alternative remedies under the Patents Act, 1970. Result: Appeal against the Single Judge's decision to dismiss a writ petition challenging the rejection of a pre-grant patent opposition is dismissed.