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“Indian patent statistics, Interesting inventions, Smart Streetlight with notifier, India and US engage in first ever dialogue on IP, Broadcom files patent infringement suit against Volkswagen, Sony and Lenovo sign design patent license agreement, EPO Joins WIPO's Digital Access Service (DAS) and other Weekly Patent News updates,” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Design Quote of the Week "Design has allowed us to stand out; to look different and show that…

November 5, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1013Views 0Like

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Patenting a Food Recipe?

First Publication Date: 14th January 2010 Most of us, when we think about patents, we tend to associate patents with “high-tech” technological innovations. However, truth be told, sometimes patent protection can be easily extended to protect, as many may call, not so high-tech innovations as well. We had blogged earlier about, whether inventions related to method of massaging can be patented. A comment made on that blog post raises an interesting question, and is the focal point of this post. The question is:…

November 4, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 2156Views 0Like

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Is a Method of Massaging Patentable subject matter?

First Publication Date: 12th January 2010 This post is in furtherance of a question posed by one of my students at NLSIU. The question was - "Can a method of massaging be patentable in India?". He apparently saw a massage centre stating that they have patented their massage methods. In my opinion, a process of performing a massage that is not related to treatment of a disease or disorder is patentable in India provided it satisfies the industrial applicability,…

November 4, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1960Views 0Like

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Temporary Injunction: Mariappan Vs. A.R. Safiullah

First Publication Date: 9th January 2010 The holder of a patent relating to "food-grade laminated paper and a method and apparatus for manufacturing the laminated paper" filed an infringement action against Mariappan and others and sought an interim injunction to restrain infringing activities during the pendency of the suit. The Court started its analysis by observing that it was a settled position of law for granting an order of ad-interim injunction including the infringement of Designs, Copyrights and Patents that the applicant/plaintiff…

November 1, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 2033Views 0Like

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Temporary Injunction: J. Mitra Vs. Kesar Medicaments

First Publication Date: 8th January 2010 The patent holder, Appellant, of a patent relating to a device for detection of antibodies to HepatIT is C Virus filed an infringement suit against the Respondents and applied for an interim injunction during the pendency of the suit. The Court first observed that it is well settled as held in the decisions in Bishwanath Prasad Radhey Shyam and Standipack Private Ltd. cases that the grant of a patent would not give rise to a…

October 31, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1266Views 0Like

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Temporary Injunction: Manika Thevar Vs. Star Plough Works

First Publication Date: 6th January 2010 The Appellant, who is the patent holder of a patent relating to a pattern of a plough having a twist filed an infringement suit against the Respondent alleging that sale of similar ploughs amounts to infringement and applied for interim injunction against the Respondent during the pendency of the proceedings. In response, the Respondent denied the allegation of the Appellant by stating that the plough patented by the Appellant was not infringed because the patent…

October 31, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 904Views 0Like

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Indian Patent Revocation: K. Manivannan, Vs. Shri M. Mani, Proprietor Valasumani Lathe Works

First Publication Date: 3rd January 2010 A patent was granted to Valasumani Lathe Works (“VLW”) for an invention titled "IMPROVED THRESHING AND SEPARATING MACHINE". The applicant in the case, Manivannan trading as Kumar Industries, filed an application for revocation of the patent before the Appellate Board. The applicant contended that VLW’s invention was not patentable in the light of the applicant’s patent application relating to a machine for threshing of corn, which was abandoned and the machines of the applicant,…

October 29, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1234Views 0Like

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Zee’s New Patent may Tantalize all 5 senses, Video Conferencing Introduced by IPO, Nokia and Samsung Join Hands, IP Appellate Court in China and more

“Indian patent statistics, Interesting inventions, Zee Entertainment’s new patent is said to tantalize all 5 senses, IP India introduces a new Video Conferencing System, Nokia and Samsung join hands yet another time by extending their patent licensing agreement, China in talks to form a National Intellectual Property Appellate Court, 6th Annual Advanced International Certificate Course on IP Asset Management for Business Success” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Design quote of the Week…

October 29, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 760Views 0Like

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Small Business Innovative Research Initiative (SBIRI) Scheme from Department of Biotechnology

First Publication Date: 24th December 2009. Department of Biotechnology has introduced a scheme to fund projects of small business innovative research Initiative. The scheme has become immensely popular as almost 56 Successful SBIRI applicants are listed for the scheme as on 26/11/2009. The aim of the scheme is to encourage small and medium scale industries to take up risk in innovative R&D in biotech sector. The intellectual property generated from the Project shall be the joint property of the Industry…

October 28, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 836Views 0Like

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Interesting Patent Pending Invention

First Publication Date: 21st December 2018 Most technology and engineering companies perceive development of a good portfolio of patents as a key function that enables them to differentiate themselves from their competition, and maintain strategic advantage in their business. Companies adopt various patent generation, protection and management strategies to develop a portfolio of patents. Strategies used by companies for generation of IP include, identifying inventions generated within the company, tying up with universities to generate IP, and acquiring third party IP. Acquiring…

October 27, 2018 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 745Views 0Like

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First IP dialogue between India and US, Broadcom versus Volkswagen, Sony and Lenovo patent licensing deal, EPO Joins WIPO’s Digital Access Service and more

Patenting a Food Recipe?

Is a Method of Massaging Patentable subject matter?

Temporary Injunction: Mariappan Vs. A.R. Safiullah

Temporary Injunction: J. Mitra Vs. Kesar Medicaments

Temporary Injunction: Manika Thevar Vs. Star Plough Works

Indian Patent Revocation: K. Manivannan, Vs. Shri M. Mani, Proprietor Valasumani Lathe Works

Zee’s New Patent may Tantalize all 5 senses, Video Conferencing Introduced by IPO, Nokia and Samsung Join Hands, IP Appellate Court in China and more

Small Business Innovative Research Initiative (SBIRI) Scheme from Department of Biotechnology

Interesting Patent Pending Invention

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