As discussed in Part 1 of this post Section 13(4) of the Copyright Act[1] recognizes that there is separate copyright in the underlying musical and literary works which are embodied in a cinematographic film or sound recording[2]. Therefore, underlying works do not lose their existence upon a sound recording being made but remain exclusively mutual[3]. But this question becomes pertinent because the Act grants both authors of the musical & literary work and authors of sound recording the right to…
Women, Patents and Attorneys
"Happy Women's Day.
We Wish all Women a Very Happy, Inventive and Progressive Year."
Has patents always been a men's game?
One study reports that less than twenty percent of patents list women inventors in the US. We mined patent data through very crude methods and arrived at the following, interesting results at the Indian Patent Office.
Women and Patents
A search with the term "Women" in the title section of published patent database yielded fifty…
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 article is brought to you by the IP Portfolio experts of BananaIP (BIP)Counsels, India's leading new age IP firm. This post will help you understand the meaning of intellectual property portfolio management, the value that it brings to businesses and the strategies to be adopted for effective IP Portfolio management.
The value that Intellectual Property brings to business is well established. The steady growth of Intellectual Property filings and the increase in IP centric business transactions over the past decade is a…
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…
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…