KROLL INFORMATION ASSURANCE,LLC vs THE CONTROLLER GENERAL OF PATENTS, DESIGNS AND TRADEMARKS AND ORS

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 30.04.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 01.07.2025 C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 439/2022 KROLL INFORMATION ASSURANCE, LLC .....Appellant Through: Mr. Vineet Rohilla, Mr. Rohit Rangi, Mr. Tanveer Malhotra and Mr. Debashish Banerjee, Advocates. versus THE CONTROLLER GENERAL OF PATENTS, DESIGNS AND TRADEMARKS AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Mr. Nikhil Kumar Chaubey and Ms. Jyotsna Vyas, Advocates with Mr. Praveen Kumar, Officer (through VC). CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL JUDGMENT AMIT BANSAL, J. 1. The present appeal has been filed under Section 117A of the Patents Act, 1970 (hereinafter the ‘Act’) and is directed against the order dated 25th June, 2019 (hereinafter the ‘impugned order’) passed by the Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs (hereinafter the ‘Controller’), whereby the Indian Patent Application No. 8100/DELNP/2007 titled ‘A System, Method and Apparatus to locate at least one type of person, via a Peer to Peer Network’ (hereinafter ‘subject patent application’) has been refused. 2. Brief facts necessary for deciding the present appeal are set out below: 2.1. The appellant, Kroll Informa