Intellectual Property Archives

Prior Art Search and Drafting Patents

This post was first published on 14th March, 2011. The process of filing a patent involves two important steps before the application forms are prepared. The first step is prior art search and the second step is drafting of the patent specification. Many a time, companies and inventors question the value of a prior art search before filing the patent. While some companies perform comprehensive prior art searches before drafting patent specifications, others do not carry out any search at…

February 4, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1619Views 0Like

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Cover Your Wickets – Leg Pad Patents

This post was first published on 12th March 2011. Cricket is a popular sport played across the world. After India won the Cricket World Cup in 1983, the sport has gained so much of popularity in India that today every kid wants to be a cricketer. But cricketer are always prone to injuries. And these injuries can be fatal enough to ruin a flourishing career of a cricketer. There are some instances which shows that cricket can be a dangerous game…

February 4, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 963Views 0Like

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High AI patent filings in India says WIPO, Apple versus VirnetX, Munich Court dismisses Qualcomm’s suits, Tesla Motors opens all its patents and more patent news

“Call for Papers on IP rights by Nirma University, Apple in no mood to relent in fight against VirnetX, Munich Court dismisses four of Qualcomm’s eight patent infringement suits, Tesla Motors opens all its patents for use, WIPO Technology Trends 2019 – “Artificial Intelligence” and other Weekly Patent News updates” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Quote of the Week “If you think good design is expensive, you should look at…

February 4, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 835Views 0Like

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Patent Linkage – An Overview

This post was first published on 5th March, 2011. Authored by Mr. Vijaykumar Shivpuje. Abstract: Patent Linkage with regulatory approval procedure is a sensitive issue for Indian pharmaceutical industry which includes mainly generic companies. This essay discusses the implications of patent linkage and the current scenario in India. Further, the recent developments related to patent linkage including the Bayer v/s Cipla decision and India-EU free trade agreements are discussed. Introduction: Patent Linkage refers to…

February 3, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 4390Views 0Like

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A Bird’s Eye View of Hawk Eye

This post was first published on 4th March, 2011. A new debate is in the air after the humdinger of a match between India and England that ended in a tie in the ICC World cup 2011. The Indian team is unhappy with the dubious decision of the Umpire that ruled England’s Ian Bell not out and ultimately cost India the match. Umpires are an inseparable part of a cricket match. The umpire selection panel has selected 18 umpires excluding a…

February 3, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1455Views 0Like

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War Over Patent Ownership – Stanford v. Roche

This post was first published on 3rd March, 2011. The war between Stanford and Roche with respect to ownership of certain diagnostic processes is now being argued before the US Supreme Court. The dispute started with Stanford filing an infringement suit against Roche alleging infringement of its patents relating to methods for evaluating treatments for HIV. Roche asserted that it was not liable for patent infringement because it has ownership in the patents on account of its take over of Cetus,…

February 2, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 868Views 0Like

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Rain Ball for Uninterrupted Cricket Games

This post was first published on 3rd March 2011. Every cricket fan around the world must be enjoying cricket’s biggest festival - World Cup 2011. If we look at the cricket calendar, we come to know that the number of cricket matches played nowadays has increased staggeringly. Cricket is played throughout the year in different forms i.e. Test, ODI, 20-20 and so on. Due to this some of the cricket tournaments have to be scheduled during monsoon time as…

February 2, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents, Sports Law 0Comment 1559Views 0Like

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Patentability of Genetically Modified Plant Breeds: The Monsanto Conclusion

On January 8th, 2019, the Supreme Court of India, in the matter of Monsanto Technology LLC v. Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd.[1] held that genetically modified cotton seeds were patentable, and allowed the U.S. based company Monsanto, to file their patent claims. The bench, comprising of Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Navin Sinha, set aside the order of the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court, which had held such claims to be inapplicable in India. The Single Judge of the…

February 2, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents, Plant Varieties 0Comment 1273Views 0Like

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No Unauthorised Use of TOI and ET Content, Gigi Hadid Sued, Vice Partners with Hulu, and more

Copyright Quote “The beauty of Copyright law is it protects you and it provides you the opportunity to honour others” Peter Smith Copyright Statistics There is an increase of 10% in the total number of copyright applications filed last week as compared to the previous week. A total of 386 applications were filed for copyright registration during the last week. The majority of applications were filed for literary works and artistic works. S. No Type of Work Number of Applications filed in the Previous Week (14th…

February 1, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Publicity Rights/ Celebrity Rights, Social Media Law 0Comment 961Views 0Like

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Cricket – A Batsman’s Game (Mangoose Bat Patent)

This post was first published on 28th February, 2011. Nowadays, cricket is believed to be a batsman’s game. When people start playing cricket, they usually prefer to try their hands on batting more than bowling and fielding. This passion for batting is one of the main reasons why today cricket pitches are mostly flat and batsman friendly. The international cricketers are no exception and they have tried various things with their bat to improve their batting performance, some of them…