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Pharma Patent Search – A Challenging Task

This post was first published on 15th March 2011. It is beyond contention that prior art search is an absolutely critical step in acquiring a patent, irrespective of the technology domain the invention relates to. Although considerable amount of time and effort needs to be spent for conducting a comprehensive patent search or any invention, in case of inventions pertaining to the pharmaceutical technology, the time and efforts triplicate. Here is why. The technology space in the pharmaceutical sector is extremely crowded…

February 5, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1118Views 0Like

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Patent Publication In India

This post was first published on 14th March, 2011. In India, just like in other jurisdiction once an application for filing the patent has been made, the application shall be published for public inspection by 18 months from date of filing or priority date. Indian Patent Act 1970 makes it mandatory to publish the patent applications for Public inspection in the official gazette. Such publications in official gazette shall be issued every Friday by patent office. Indian Patent office provides publication of…

February 5, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 4618Views 0Like

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Cover Your Wickets – Leg Pad Patents

This post was first published on 12th March 2011. Cricket is a popular sport played across the world. After India won the Cricket World Cup in 1983, the sport has gained so much of popularity in India that today every kid wants to be a cricketer. But cricketer are always prone to injuries. And these injuries can be fatal enough to ruin a flourishing career of a cricketer. There are some instances which shows that cricket can be a dangerous game…

February 4, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1053Views 0Like

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War Over Patent Ownership – Stanford v. Roche

This post was first published on 3rd March, 2011. The war between Stanford and Roche with respect to ownership of certain diagnostic processes is now being argued before the US Supreme Court. The dispute started with Stanford filing an infringement suit against Roche alleging infringement of its patents relating to methods for evaluating treatments for HIV. Roche asserted that it was not liable for patent infringement because it has ownership in the patents on account of its take over of Cetus,…

February 2, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 999Views 0Like

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Ahmedabad Shopping Festival Trademark Row, Walt Disney and Reliance Retail Merchandise Collaboration, India’s First GI Store in Goa and Other News

Indian Trademark Statistics for January (Fourth Week), National IP Awards-2019, Las Vegas Resorts Settles Trademark Dispute, Popsugar Files Trademark for Twinning, Ahmedabad Shopping Festival Trademark Row Resolved and more, brought to you by the Trademark Attorneys at BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Brands are avenues of value innovation in a creative engagement between companies and their customers” - Tenaya Group INDIAN TRADEMARK STATISTICS The Indian Trademark Office has had a mixed week. The total number of hearing notices…

January 31, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Trademarks 0Comment 1129Views 0Like

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Literary Works to Braille – Which Exclusive Right?

I write in response to Dr. Sunanda Bharti's post on Spicy IP, which talks about rights granted to copyright owners of literary works, and which right is involved in converting a literary work to Braille. In my opinion, the answer is not so complex as it seems. Braille is not a language, it is a form of expression of a language. It has the same alphabets as the language and nothing changes except the way in which letters are represented. So, converting a work…

January 29, 2019 Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Accessibility, Copyrights, General, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1030Views 0Like

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Trademark Filing Requirements in India

This post was fist published on 16th February, 2011. A trade mark is a representation for a trade or business of a person. Though registration of a trade mark is not mandatory, registering a mark provides many benefits for enforcing trade mark rights. In order to register a trade mark in India, an application must be filed at any of the five trade mark offices in India. Where to file a Trade Mark application? The trade mark offices in India are located…

January 29, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1171Views 0Like

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Interesting inventions, National Intellectual Property Awards 2019, Patent Infringement news, USPTO shutdown and more

“Indian patent statistics, Interesting Inventions, Invitations for National Intellectual Property Awards 2019, SEVEN Networks and Google settle a patent infringement suit, out of court, Apple accused of infringing Bluetooth related patents, Problems galore for USPTO, Japanese Patent Law may allow Plaintiff to cease infringed goods and other Weekly Patent News updates” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Quote of the Week “Understanding the important issues and working out how best to…

January 28, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 809Views 0Like

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Patents Enabling Stealthy Attack

This post was first published on 12th February, 2011. The prestigious Aero-India show 2011 has already taken off in Airbase Yelahanka. I wanted to watch the show on the opening day itself but unfortunately missed it. Aircrafts always has been a passion for me. So I thought of sharing some interesting facts about aircrafts, which are mentioned below. A fighter aircraft is primarily designed for air to air combat with other aircraft. Many of them are provided with ground attacking capabilities. The…

January 28, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 900Views 0Like

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History of Copyright Law in India

This post was first published on 3rd February, 2011. Today almost every nation has a copyright law in place and is mostly standardized to some extent through international and regional agreements such as the Berne Convention and the European copyright directives. But when we look back, we realise that the Copyright law has a very unique history. The earliest copyright case is traced back to Ireland, where there was a dispute over the ownership of the…

January 28, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 4011Views 0Like

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Pharma Patent Search – A Challenging Task

Patent Publication In India

Cover Your Wickets – Leg Pad Patents

War Over Patent Ownership – Stanford v. Roche

Ahmedabad Shopping Festival Trademark Row, Walt Disney and Reliance Retail Merchandise Collaboration, India’s First GI Store in Goa and Other News

Literary Works to Braille – Which Exclusive Right?

Trademark Filing Requirements in India

Interesting inventions, National Intellectual Property Awards 2019, Patent Infringement news, USPTO shutdown and more

Patents Enabling Stealthy Attack

History of Copyright Law in India

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