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Valentines Day Gifts (Love Patents VII): Actions Speak Louder Than Words

On this eve of Valentines, most of us are looking forward to receiving gifts and most would have already planned big dates, exquisite dinners or indulgent getaways. Love is in the air and it’s time for chocolates, flowers, hugs, wishes, greetings filled with romantic words. The charm of valentine’s day still lies in pouring our heart out to our loved one and greeting cards have always be our companion in expressing our deepest feelings. Yes – the age old greeting…

February 13, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 679Views 0Like

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Valentine’s Day Gifts ( Love Patents VI): Surprise!!

In today’s digital age, everything from birthdays to weddings to anniversaries have been digitalized. One can always send personalized cards or messages via electronic means, the whole process is cheaper and time saving but for some reason, it does not carry the same charm as a physical card or a gift made pain stakingly. Long distance relationships for instance are majorly based on communication between the lovers through phone or other means. Such relationships are often more difficult to keep…

February 13, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 748Views 0Like

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Valentine’s Day Gifts ( Love Patents IV): Eat, Sing ,Love

“Roses are red. Violets are blue Nobody can love you, The way I do. This little gift is for you Because you know “I Love you” That’s a cheesy enough short poem. Now, all that we need to do is to give these lyrics some tune and you are all set for the upcoming Valentine’s Day. But hasn't this been done to death? Time to think outside of the box.We have already had a bunch of posts now suggesting some…

February 12, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 892Views 0Like

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Valentine’s Day Gifts ( Love Patents III): You Had Me at Chocolate

Love is in the air, isn’t it? Valentine’s Day is only 4 days away and I presume some us will definitely end up shopping for our significant other on the very last moment. But do not panic, we have an easy, tried and tested solution for you. Chocolates! Who doesn’t like chocolates? Chocolates can never go out of fashion and this gift works every time. Chocolate is sinfully delicious and let’s not forget it is also an aphrodisiac! So we…

February 12, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 628Views 0Like

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Valentine’s Day Gifts ( Love Patents I):It Started With A Kiss

With Valentine’s Day fever upon us, Sinapse team brings to you gifting ideas for the romantically inclined, among our readers. Buying the right gift can be a bit of a task, isn’t it? You want to be creative and original, and make each Valentine’s Day trump the last one. We sympathize with all our love struck readers, so here are a few patents which disclose romantic ideas/gifts. To being with, we will start with a romantic and healthy gift: A…

February 12, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 805Views 0Like

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Net Neutrality wins: How TRAI empowered the consumers

In a major win to net neutrality advocates the telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) barred telecom service providers from charging differential rates for data services, which put an end to the robust Free Basics service marketing launched by Facebook and Airtel Zero platform by Airtel in its present form. TRAI, sensing the need of the hour based on the huge cry for net neutrality by its activists and Facebook’s robust marketing of its ambitious project Free Basics,…

February 12, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 748Views 0Like

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An Introduction to Patent Law – A presentation by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at the Acharya Institute of Technology

The following presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Managing Partner BananaIP Counsels, at the Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore. The presentation is titled “Patent Law - An Introduction" and covers the following topics: Patent Regime Patentability Requirements Patentable Subject Matter Inventions Not Patentable Examples Industrial Applicability Novelty Inventive Step Patent Process Patent Rights Patent Infringement Claim Construction Defenses About Dr. Kalyan Kankanala Dr. Kalyan C.…

February 10, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 737Views 0Like

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IP Related Schemes for Startups and SMEs

Scheme for Start-up Intellectual Property Protection (a.k.a Startup India): Eligibility Criteria: Any business entity registered in India, which is less than FIVE years old, whose annual turnover is less than Rs. 25 Cr in any of the preceding financial year, which is “working towards innovation, development, deployment or commercialization of new products, processes or service driven by technology or intellectual property”, certified by the Startup Promotion Board can avail the benefits under this scheme. Benefits relating Intellectual Property: …

February 6, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, IP for Start Ups 0Comment 1895Views 0Like

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McDonald’s wins and is “lovin’ it”

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…

February 2, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1627Views 0Like

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Talk On Public Policy for Grassroots Frugal Innovations at IIMB

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,…