Well we’re back with some more weight loss patents that will help you in your fight against unhealthy living. While losing excess weight could be a part of achieving a fit body, we encourage a lifestyle change, exercise coupled with a healthy diet. Now let’s take a look at a few interesting weight loss patents.
An invention as disclosed in US20080103023A1 titled “Method of developing and creating a personalized exercise regime in a digital medium” relates to a method for…
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.…
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…
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. …
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,…
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…
The following presentation was delivered by Mr. Somashekar Ramakrishna, Partner BananaIP Counsels, at National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU), as a part of the Patent law course offered for PGDIP students. The presentation titled “Basic of Patent Process”covers the following topics:
Patent Process
Filing
Publication
Examination
Pre-Grant Opposition
Grant
Post-Grant Opposition
Other concepts such as-Statement of undertaking, Divisional application, Patent of addition, Working of Patents
Exercises
About…
The following presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Managing Partner BananaIP Counsels, at National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU), as a part of the Patent law course offered for PGDIP students. The presentation titled “Patent Infringement Analysis”covers the following topics:
Patent Rights
Infringement
Direct Infringement
Claim Construction
Claim Elements
Is this product infringing?
Doctrine of Equivalence
Lalabhai v. Chimanlal
Indirect Infringement
Defenses
FTO Analysis
…
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…
The following presentation was delivered by Mr. Nitin Nair, Partner BananaIP Counsels, at National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU), as a part of the Patent law course offered for PGDIP students. The presentation titled “Patent Search “covers the following topics:
Patent Search
Search Databases
Search Methodology
Keyword Searches
Keyword Searches –Example
Classification based searches
Types of classification
Google Patent Search
USPTO search
Tips
Types of Searches
…