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Understanding Software Inventions in India and US

The following article is brought to you by the Patent experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels, India's leading new age IP firm. This post will help you understand how software inventions are normally examined and understood by the Indian Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO). Due to the growing economic significance of computers and computer programs, the patentability of software inventions has been a subject of international attention in the recent past. A software patent is…

February 17, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1359Views 0Like

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Is it really time to break Patents in India?

Today morning, The Hindu carried a well-articulated article by Shamnad entitled 'Time to break in India.' If you were to read the piece in isolation, you would be convinced about the futility of the patent system, and would probably take up arms against it. Shamnad's conviction and ability to convince is of the highest order, but with due respect, we disagree with him. We do not disagree because of business interests, personal biases, or misplaced beliefs; we disagree because his…

February 16, 2017 Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 712Views 0Like

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Weekly Updates

This weekly update on patents is brought to you by the Patent experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. Patent thought of the week: “A country without a patent office and good patent laws is just a crab and can't travel any way but sideways and backwards.” – Mark Twain Patent Stats: Patent applications published by the Indian Patent Office between 3rd February 2017 and 10th February 2017: 696 Patent applications granted by the Indian Patent Office between 3rd February…

February 13, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 774Views 0Like

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A Presentation on “Patent Search” by Mr. Nitin Nair delivered at NLSIU

The following presentation titled “Patent Search”, was delivered on 22nd January, 2017 by Mr. Nitin Nair, Senior Partner, BananaIP Counsels, at National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU) to the Post Graduate Diploma Intellectual Property Rights Law PGDIPR students as a part of their course. The Presentation included the following topics: Criteria for Patent Search Databases used for Patent Search Search methodologies used for Patent Search Keyword Searches and examples Classification based searches Types of…

January 25, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Patents 0Comment 737Views 0Like

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Indian Patent Highlights, 2016 – Patent Office, Patent Procedure and Patent Rules

Never before has the patent fraternity in India seen so much action as it has in the year 2016. 2016 was truly a year of some unprecedented thoughts and moves. This post attempts to take a recap of the year that was. New unique numbering system for patent applications: On 31st December 2015, the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks issued a notification announcing the introduction of a new unique numbering system for patent applications filed in India.…

January 6, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 854Views 0Like

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Patent Wish List – 2017

I am sure all of us have one or the other kind of a wish list set up for 2017. In keeping with the trend we have decided to prepare and put out our own wish list for everyone to read. 2016 was witness to some very significant changes to the patent system in India. A number of measures were adopted to streamline the patent laws and to make their workings more efficient. While some of these changes were much needed…

January 5, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 912Views 0Like

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A Presentation on “Patentability Analysis” by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala delivered at NLSIU

The following presentation titled “Patentability Analysis”, was delivered on 17th December, 2016 by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Chief IP Attorney, BananaIP Counsels, at National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU) to the Post Graduate Diploma Intellectual Property Rights Law PGDIPR students as a part of their course. The Presentation included the following topics: Patentability requirements Patentable Subject Matter Exclusions Section 3(j) Section 3(k) Section 3(i) Industrial Applicability Novelty Inventive Step…

December 17, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Patents 0Comment 693Views 0Like

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Patenting Software-related Inventions

Subject matter eligibility is one of the most rapidly evolving issues in Patent Law. The US Courts have avoided defining what qualifies as an abstract idea. Most of the software related inventions are being considered patent ineligible based on the Alice case. The Alice case gave us a two-part analysis for determining whether software claims are eligible for patenting. First step in the analysis is to “determine whether claims at issue are directed to one of those patent ineligible concepts”. If the…

December 14, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 689Views 0Like

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Patent News

Hello Readers!! There has been a lot that has been brewing over the past few weeks with respect to Patents. We have decided to recapitulate the patent news which have recently hit the headlines in our segment, Weekly Trends. Let us take a quick look at what happened in the past weeks, with this weekly update. Dyson is coming to India! Dyson Ltd. a well-established UK-based Technology company will be entering India with its wide range of patented products next year…

November 22, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 709Views 0Like

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Patent News

Hello Readers!! There has been a lot that has been brewing over the past few weeks with respect to Patents. We have decided to recapitulate the patent news which have recently hit the headlines in our segment, Weekly Trends. Let us take a quick look at what happened in the past weeks, with this weekly update. Indian government wants the country to be an early adopter of the upcoming 5G technology The Indian government wants the country to be an early…