TVS Motors, SIPP Startup scheme, Draft IPR policy, Patent License Agreement, Interesting patents, Patent tips and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
Patent Thought of the Week
"One must Judge Patents of Public Funded Institutions in India by their Inventive Contribution, not financial or commercial value they have generated. Our academicians and researchers are driven by public interest, not commercial benefit. Financial benefit is a mere side effect for…
Patent stats from the Indian Patent Office, Patent Publications by City, PCT Filing Statistics from India, Patent cases, Amazon's Delivery Drone Patents, International Round Table on Evolving Jurisprudence on Patent Remedies by NLSIU, WIPO patent statistics, Patent Licensing and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
Patent quote of the Week
"You can derive value from the Indian patent system, provided you know how it works. Stop cribbing about how it is not like another country's system, and…
The following article is brought to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP (BIP)Counsels, India’s premier new age IP firm. This article briefly explains patent searching and how semantic searches plays an important role in addition to keyword searches and how the two differ from one another.
Inventors and entrepreneurs frequently want to perform patent searches on their own. Finding a set of relevant documents however, can be a challenge while performing the patent search. Relying on just a keyword search, may lead…
Delhi High Court, Patent Infringement, Upcoming events, Xiaomi patents, Patent licensing, Patent tips and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
Patent quote of the week
"Indian Patent Office is transforming fast, but it has a long way to go with respect to transparency, efficiency and congeniality." - Nisha Kurian, Head of Patent Portfolio Management, BananaIP Counsels
Patent Stats from the Indian Patents and Designs Office
Patent Applications published…
Google patents, IPO patent stats, Contributory Infringement, Arctic Cat, Blu-Ray Discs, Driverless Car and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India's Premier New Age IP Firm.
Patent quote of the Week
"We love patents, but not unconditionally;
We believe in patents, but not mindlessly;
We value patents, but not at the cost of our core values; and
We are serious about patents, but saving life always comes first."
- Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala
Patent Stats from the Indian Patents and…
The following presentation titled "Patentability Requirements" was delivered at BMS College by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Chief IP Attorney at BananaIP Counsels.
The presentation covers the following topics:
Patentable subject matter
Product or Process patents - Section 2(1)(j)
Exclusions under Section 3 of the Patents Act
Section 3(d) & it's explanation
Section 3(j) - explanation and examples
Section 3(k) - explanation and examples
Section 3(i) - explanation and examples
Industrial Applicability
Novelty
Anticipation of…
This weekly update on patents and industrial designs is brought to you by the patents division at BananaIP (BIP) Counsels.
Patent quote of the week
“People equate patents with secrecy, that secrecy is what patents were designed to overcome. That's why the formula for Coca-Cola was never patented. They kept it as a trade secret, and they've outlasted patent laws by 80 years or more.” – Craig Venter (Pioneer of Human Genome Sequencing)
Patent Stats from the Indian Patents and…
This weekly update on Copyrights, Media and Entertainment Law is brought to you by the Entertainment Law experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels.
Thought of the Week
"Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device." - Lawrence Lessig
Copyright Infringement Case updates
Kangana and Rangoon team land in murky waters of copyright infringement
Film production company Nadia Movietone Pvt Ltd. has filed a copyright…
This weekly update on patents is brought to you by the Patent experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. In this weeks patent news and updates we bring to you a Landmark case in patents, latest stats from the patent & designs office, an interesting patent granted to Amazon and much more. Happy reading!
Patent thought of the week:
"Grant is the beginning of the Patent Game, not its end." - Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala
Patent Stats:
Patent applications published by the Indian…
The recent amendment to the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is the first ever amendment to WTO accords after its founding in 1995. The amendment to the TRIPs agreement came into force on 23rd January, 2017, after 2/3rd members of WTO accepted it. The amendment facilitates supply of drugs to developing/least developed countries lacking pharmaceutical production capacity under a compulsory license. The amendment was made to address public health needs of people in poor countries…