Intellectual Property Archives

World’s Best IP Blogs: Patent Baristas

For most people, an ideal day begins with a cup of coffee and a newspaper. The blog that we bring to you today is rather unique in its concept and content. It gives you the exact feel of sipping coffee while updating yourself with the latest IP news. Often featured as one of the top pharma blogs, Patent Baristas serves its readers with some “patent chat over a steaming cup of Coffee.” Patent Baristas is an intellectual property news and…

December 9, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1096Views 0Like

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World’s Best IP Blogs – Afro-IP

Afro-IP is an IP blog that covers the African intellectual property law, practices and policies. It provides the reader with news, information and comments on IP law, practice and business deals pertaining to the continent of Africa. Born in the last week of December 2007, Afro-IP arose from the concern of team leader Darren Olivier that there was no decent source from which to obtain reliable news concerning IP developments in Africa and nowhere to put it once you’d gotten…

December 8, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property 0Comment 767Views 1Like

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Igniting Creativity for Business Advantage – A Presentation by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at Mahindra

The following presentation titled ‘Igniting Creativity for Business Advantage’ was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at Mahindra Two Wheelers on 8th December, 2015. The presentation was given to the senior management of Mahindra Two Wheelers and covered the following topics- IP and Business Forms of IP- accompanied by examples Creativity to Business Creativity Spectrum Business Value Proportionality Test Inventor Incentive System With the help of cases, examples and multi-media Dr. Kalyan’s presentation…

December 8, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 602Views 0Like

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World’s Best IP Blogs: Patently-O

Patently-O is an American based web blog which primarily covers the happenings in America with respect to Intellectual Property. The blog was founded by Dennis Crouch and launched in January 2005 and has often been cited as one of the best blogs of the US and the world. The blog presents an extensive empirical analysis of the US patenting system. It also provides patent prosecution tips for attorneys and inventors, statistics, and status updates of patent infringement cases. Over the…

December 7, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1091Views 0Like

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World’s Best IP Blogs – IPWatchdog

In our previous post, we featured a superhero ‘Kat’ fondly known in the IP world as “The IPKat”. In this post we would like to introduce you to a watchdog. Beware! It’s no ordinary watchdog, it’s one among the best there is, in fact it is one of its kind in the world of IP. The blog we are talking of today is IPWatchdog. IPWatchdog was launched in the year 1999, and since then has become a trusted resource on intellectual…

December 4, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 808Views 0Like

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World’s Best IP Blogs – IPKat

First things first, the previous month was a rather crazy one for us at BananaIP. In a span of 20 days we featured 84 posts, all of which were extremely well received. On this note, I would like to take the opportunity to thank all our readers for making the Blogathon a raging success. We also thank the readers for their continued support which encourages us to continuously strive towards excellence. The primary objective of BananaIP has been to bring…

December 1, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 1171Views 0Like

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‘Bound by Law: Tales from the Public Domain’

(Trapped in a struggle she didn’t understand; By day a filmmaker....by night she fought for fair use!) Could you ever imagine there being a graphic novel on Fair Use? Surprise, surprise! Some law scholars actually thought it to be a feasible idea and created this unusual piece of work. James Boyle, Jennifer Jenkins and Keith Aoki, from the Duke Centre for the Study of the Public Domain, being passionate copyright enthusiasts as well as keen artists published a graphic novel…

December 1, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1133Views 0Like

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Types of Patent Applications

This post lucidly explains the different types of application which can be filed before Indian Patent Office. Provisional Application Non Provisional Application/Complete Application Conventional Application PCT- International Application PCT-National Application Application for Patent of Addition Divisional Application Provisional Application is a non-final, preliminary application which is filed before the patent office to claim priority. This application is usually filed when an invention requires additional time to improve upon. This is beneficial because the…

November 27, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 6242Views 0Like

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How to get a Global Patent Protection?

“If I file a patent, will I have a global protection?” – This is a question that all patent attorneys are asked too very often. The answer is a pretty simple ‘NO’. The next question that is asked is “How do I protect my invention in more than one country?” The answer to this will be discussed in this post. As a first lesson, the applicant must know that there are three different types of applications: Ordinary…

November 27, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 911Views 0Like

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Patented Anti Rape Inventions – Sex Patents V

With the increase in the number of sexual abuse and rape cases over the years, women and men have devised creative ways of protecting themselves against these heinous crimes. From innovative clothes to inventive devices, several patents have been filed to fend off, and also, teach a lesson to rapists. We list a few patents here. Condom to stop rapists in their tracks- WO 2013142882 This is really a unique invention. It not only helps in preventing rape, but also…