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The image is of a bulb as the post is about a lamp powered by salt water battery. To read more click here.

What a bright idea!

We all are familiar with the concept where electricity can be produced when two electrodes are immersed in an electrolyte. Recently, the researchers from Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) have developed an eco-friendly lamp that runs entirely on salt water. Here the salt water battery uses saline solution as the electrolyte. Vasant Natarajan from the Physics Department of IISc refined on this concept. The overall apparatus consists of a box (approximately 6cm in height and 11cm in length) which is…

March 11, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1065Views 0Like

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the image is of the copyright sign as the post is about dispute over the constitution of the copyright board. To read more click here.

Copyright Board to be constituted soon……or not so soon?

The Copyright Board, a quasi-judicial body, is constituted under the provisions of the Copyright (Amendment)Act, 2012 and Copyright Rules , where applicable. The jurisdiction of the Copyright Board extends to the whole of India. The Board under the Act is entrusted with the task of adjudication of disputes pertaining to copyright registration, assignment of copyright, grant of licenses in respect of works withheld from public, unpublished Indian works, production and publication of translations and works for certain specified purposes, determination…

March 10, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 3317Views 0Like

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The image is of a balance as the posts is about harmonization of IPR and Access to medicines. To read more click here.

IPR and Access to Affordable Medicines: How affordable are We?

The following post is an opinion on the article “Intellectual property rights: when it’s broken, fix it!” authored by Arun Maira and published by livemint.com. The article suggests that we need affordable medicines and we need more innovation and it is therefore, time to reinvent the patents regime. The role of IPR in providing access to affordable medicine has been a contentious issue for a long time. As identified by Frederick M. Abbott in his paper on the subject, each…

March 9, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 848Views 0Like

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CGPDT and DSLSA join hands to dispose of pending IP disputes

There is no doubt that there is a backlog of cases at various IP offices in India. Recently some initiatives have been taken to make India’s IP dispute resolution system speedier and more efficient. The initiatives come from two fronts-Commercial Courts and Mediation. The Civil Procedure Code (Amendment) Act, 1999 introduced Section 89, which speaks about arbitration, conciliation and mediation as alternative dispute settlement mechanisms. The Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 (modeled on the lines of the UNCITRAL Model Law)…

March 8, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1965Views 0Like

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The featured image is the portrait of Ada Lovelace. This post is about ada lovelace - the first computer programmer in the world. Her invention led to several patents in the field of IT. To read more click here.

Happy Women’s Day – An invention that made all the ‘difference’.

Hello there dear readers. This post commemorates every woman without whom man would probably find life an impossible experience. There are no second thoughts that over the last few decades or so, women have come on par with men in almost every field. Be it sports, arts or literature, women are giving their male counterparts a run for their money. Women these days hold some of the top positions in several big business organizations and women entrepreneurs are continuously setting…

March 8, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 826Views 0Like

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EBook Price Fixing is Anti-Competitive – Apple’s Appeal Rejected by US Supreme Court

In April, 2012, an anti-trust suit was filed against Apple for conspiring with book publishers to fix prices. The publishers agreed to give Apple a thirty percent margin in return for letting them control prices of eBooks on Apple Store. Amazon was at that time offering the eBooks as low as 9.99 dollars, and as a result the price of eBooks went up to 12.99 and 14.99 dollars. This was Apple's ploy to popularize its IPAD, which was launched in…

March 8, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing 0Comment 730Views 0Like

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The featured image shows the Mercedez hood ornament. The post is about a recent Court ruling by the ECJ. TO read more click here.

EU Court rules against Mercedes-Benz: No Trade mark Infringement for Online Advertisements.

This post is about an interesting case relating to the use of the trade mark "MERCEDES-BENZ" by Együd Garage Gépjárműjavító és Értékesítő Kft. (‘Együd Garage’) in advertisements on the internet. The garage stated that it is an authorized Mercedes-Benz dealer. This case is filed by Daimler AG ('Daimler'), an automobile manufacturer which is the proprietor of the international trade mark "MERCEDES-BENZ" which is also protected in Hungary. The defendant is Együd Garage, a Hungarian company specializing in the retail sale of Daimler…

March 7, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1158Views 0Like

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Image of chemist and entrepreneur Stephanie Kwolek. The image is a screenshot from the Women in Chemistry video, created by the Chemical Heritage Foundation, in which she discusses her work. The post discusses imporatnt patents/ inventions y women inventors. To read more click here.

Women’s Day (Patent) Series- The women behind the invention of Kevlar

Fabrics that can save lives were unthinkable before the 19th century! Many soldiers and law officers are indebted to one woman's invention which has saved their lives, time and again. Stephanie Kwolek, one of the first women research chemists, was a famous inventor who gained national recognition in 1960 for her work with long molecule chains at low temperatures. In 1971, she made a very important discovery which led to the invention of Kevlar, a synthetic material that is five…

March 7, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1011Views 0Like

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The image is of a syringe as the post is about the first syringe patent. To read more click here.

Women’s Day Series: The woman behind the syringe patent

Everyone is well aware about the medical syringe consisting of a cylinder with a nozzle and a piston for injecting or withdrawing fluids. But most of us don’t know the history behind it which has helped mankind over the past 120 years. Here is an interesting post that gives you an insight to the history of the medical syringe. On Feb 12, 1896, Letitia Mumford Geer, an American lady filed for a patent application that discloses a medical syringe.…

March 5, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 5357Views 0Like

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Women’s Day Series: A patent that made your long drives more comfortable

“We must look to the limitless potential that lies ahead. To win the future, we must equip the young women of today with the knowledge, skills and equal access to reach for the promise of tomorrow” - President Barack Obama It might come as a surprise to some of us but it was actually against the law for women to file patents in their own names, until the late 1800s. This meant that they had to file their inventions under…

March 4, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1525Views 0Like

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Copyright Board to be constituted soon……or not so soon?

IPR and Access to Affordable Medicines: How affordable are We?

CGPDT and DSLSA join hands to dispose of pending IP disputes

Happy Women’s Day – An invention that made all the ‘difference’.

EBook Price Fixing is Anti-Competitive – Apple’s Appeal Rejected by US Supreme Court

EU Court rules against Mercedes-Benz: No Trade mark Infringement for Online Advertisements.

Women’s Day (Patent) Series- The women behind the invention of Kevlar

Women’s Day Series: The woman behind the syringe patent

Women’s Day Series: A patent that made your long drives more comfortable

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