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Intellectual Property and Business Value – A Presentation by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at the Woxsen School of Business.

The following presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Managing Partner BananaIP Counsels, at the Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad. The presentation is titled “Intellectual Property and Business Value” and covers the following topics: IP as a Business Tool Major Forms of IP Integrated Protection Patents Patentability Requirements Patent Process Patent Rights Patent Infringement Claim construction Examples Patents in Business Trademarks Registration Process Trade Mark Infringement and examples…

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IP Related Schemes for Startups and SMEs

Scheme for Start-up Intellectual Property Protection (a.k.a Startup India): Eligibility Criteria: Any business entity registered in India, which is less than FIVE years old, whose annual turnover is less than Rs. 25 Cr in any of the preceding financial year, which is “working towards innovation, development, deployment or commercialization of new products, processes or service driven by technology or intellectual property”, certified by the Startup Promotion Board can avail the benefits under this scheme. Benefits relating Intellectual Property: …

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The Business of Intellectual Property – A Presentation by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at the Woxsen School of Business

The following presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Managing Partner BananaIP Counsels, at the Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad. The presentation is titled “The Business of Intellectual Property” and covers the following topics: Species of IP Patents Entertainment Patents Copyrights Brand value Trademarks Industrial Designs Trade Secrets Geographical Indications Traditional Knowledge About Dr. Kalyan Kankanala Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala manages the largest new age Intellectual Property Firm,…

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Wine, Exercise and Health: Patents on Health Benefits of Wine

How about having a nice chat with that special someone over a glass of wine while your friends hit the gym? A recent study done by the University of Alberta, Canada, has concluded that a glass of red wine is equivalent to an hour's work out in the gym. An ingredient in red wine, Resveratrol , is said to  produce exercise like results on the body. The researchers opined that Resveratrol  will particularly help those who are unable to exercise.…

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McDonald’s wins and is “lovin’ it”

  McDonald's recently won favour with the EU Office in a case of opposition which it filed against Supermac’s trademark application in the European Union, to prevent Supermac from registering its brandname as a trade mark in EU. Supermac had planned a major expansion in the UK, the EU and Australia. Supermac is an Irish origin fast food company started by Pat McDonagh, in 1978. The Mighty Mac double burger and the Chicken Snack Box has been popularised since then with revenues…

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IP Insights: SuperLawyer interviews Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala

Over the years, we at SiNApSE have been working hard to disseminate IP knowledge in various forms from news posts to interviews and serials. In today’s post, we are happy to bring to your notice some excerpts of Dr. Kalyan Kankanala's interview with Super Lawyer, a resource/publication for students. In the interview Dr. Kalyan discusses in detail his days as a student and his academic journey, his tryst with Intellectual Property as a profession and his interests in research, writing and teaching. …

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Talk On Public Policy for Grassroots Frugal Innovations at IIMB

  A seminar on ‘Public Policy for grassroots frugal innovations: a lesson for learners’ was organized by IIM Bangalore on 7th January 2016. The session was presented by Prof. Anil K Gupta who is the founder of Honey Bee Network and executive Vice Chair of National Innovation Foundation. The session focused on his mission of putting people in the developing societies, who are knowledge rich but economically poor, out of the morass of mediocrity and on to the path of sustainable,…

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Adding Some Fun to the Equation-Weight Loss Patents II

Hello readers, in this post we bring to you part two of our series titled "Weight Loss Patents". As we all know, people around the world have become obsessed (and rightfully so) with weight loss and healthy living. Here are a few interesting inventions on methods and games  to lose wight that were filed in the US Patent Office. An invention as disclosed in US4951197A relates to a weight management system which enables a participant to lose and maintain a…

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Finding Ideas, Inventions and Creations in Companies – IP Audits XII

Intellectual Property (IP) is like any other business tool, and a company must know how to use it to gain business and financial value. Simply put, Intellectual Property can add value to a company, provided the company wants it to add value, invests in IP appropriately, and knows how to derive value from IP. Many companies lose out on value from intellectual property because of lack of commitment, investment or knowledge. Value of IP Audits As outlined earlier, an IP…

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StartUp India: Patents and Business

In the past year the Indian startup industry has made tremendous strides with some large acquisitions, layoffs, new entries from abroad, move towards app only solutions and sky high valuations. One thing however has been clear; the focus continues to be on technology based enablement of services and solutions, or consumer internet, and such a focus will continue for the next several years. Intellectual property, particularly patents, can become an essential part of a startups’ foundation, identify, USP and…

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