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Petitioner / Claimant (Plaintiff)
Ust Global (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Respondent / Defendant
The Controller Of Patents And Designs and Anr.
Dispute Summary
Ust Global appealed the rejection of its application for registering a design titled "Touch Screen," which was a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The Controller rejected it, arguing that GUI is incapable of design registration because it is software-based and only visible when the product is operating. The High Court set aside this order, finding that GUI qualifies as an industrial process applied to an article and is registrable.
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plaintiff_favorable
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