IPO Archives

Patent office publishes first official journal of the year

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs Office published by the patent office on the 3rd of January 2020. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. Indian Patent Statistics A total of 1472 patent applications have been published in the 1st issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 1472 applications published in the journal,…

January 7, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1563Views 0Like

ShareFacebook

Can you get a patent in one year in India

One more way to faster patents in India approved by Government!

Christmas has come early for patent applicants in India! In an attempt to reduce patent pendency periods and improve the quality of search and examination of patent applications, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday (20th of November 2019) formally approved a proposal for Bilateral Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program between the Indian patent office and patent offices of various other interested countries/regions. This approval comes after the Government set the ball rolling for faster examination of patents and grants earlier this…

November 21, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 853Views 0Like

ShareFacebook

Increase in patent activity at IPO

The Patent and Design Statistics illustrated below have been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs Office published by the patent office on Fridays, every week. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 1268 patent applications have been published in the 42nd issue of the Patent Journal, 2019. Out of the 1268 applications published in the journal,…

October 22, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1046Views 0Like

ShareFacebook

IPO sees increase in patent activity

The Patent and Design Statistics illustrated below have been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs Office published by the patent office on Fridays, every week. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. Indian Patent Statistics A total of 1139 patent applications have been published in the 39th issue of the Patent Journal, 2019. Out of the 1139 applications published in the journal,…

October 1, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 684Views 0Like

ShareFacebook

The featured image is of the national emblem of india as the post is about the meeting between the IPO and the IP stakeholders held recently to discuss the improvments made to the IPO processes and their imapct. to read more click here.

Improved IPO process, their impact and the way forward

A meeting with IP Stakeholders was held by the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks to discuss the steps taken by the IPO for improving processes within the IPO & the impact these steps have made. The IPO said that it had taken the following steps to streamline the patent process: Updating of the Application Numbering System – This step was taken to bring the Indian patent application numbering system at par with the international…

December 17, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 864Views 0Like

ShareFacebook

The featured image is of the lion capital of ashoka pillar which is the national emblem of India. The post is about the new public notice issued by the TM registry with respect to the wrongful issuing of abandonment orders for multiple Trade marks. To read more click here.

En Masse Abandonment of Trade Mark Applications by the Indian Trade Mark Office

It has been brought to the notice of SiNApSE Team that numerous trade mark applications have been abandoned by the Indian Trade Mark Office in one shot. One person estimates the number to be more than 1.5 lakh applications. The reason as stated by one source is that the trade mark applications are showing as abandoned because examination responses were not filed on time. One lawyer reports that the Trade Mark officials are claiming that all examination reports, which have…

April 1, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 921Views 0Like

ShareFacebook

The featured image shows the figure of a woman teaching. This post is about the governments decision to allow US trained patent examiners to examine indian patent applications. to read more click here

Government Bats for US trained Patent Examiners

India has seen a lot of chaos in the field of IP within the last decade. From amendments to draft amendments and propositions to impositions, IP in India has seen it all. In the past year alone we have witnessed 3 major amendments being proposed to the Patents Act and Rules and Trademark rules. Further, we have had several major discussions including discussions on the IPR policy for India, guidelines for examination of patents, software patents, etc. The trend…

March 31, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 687Views 0Like

ShareFacebook

Shedding those extra pounds the patent way- Weight Loss Patents I

Hello there Sinapse readers! If you are one of those people who have included “losing some weight” as one of your resolutions this year, this post should definitely be of interest to you. Losing weight can be a tedious task. From crazy celebrity diets to outrageous workout routines to any of the latest weight loss fads, we’ve all been there and done that. Haven’t we? In this post we bring to you some of the patented inventions whose primary objective…

January 20, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1082Views 0Like

ShareFacebook

Working of Patents – A Workable Proposition?

The Working of the Patent System The patent system promotes the progress of science and technology by granting exclusive rights to inventors for a limited period of time. On expiry of the limited period, the inventions enter the public domain and add to the pool of knowledge base for further inventive activity. It is believed that the exclusive rights granted by the patent system provide incentives to invent, invest, disclose and design, which push the limits of science and technology.…

September 7, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 2983Views 0Like

ShareFacebook

PIL, IPO and Statement of Working of Patents

This is in furtherance of Kalyan's post, which looked at the issue largely from the philosophical perspective. I endeavor here to look at Statement of Working of Patents from the perspective of the statute and functioning of patent office and its priorities in today’s context. The provisions relevant are: Section 146 Power of Controller to call for information from patentees (1) The Controller may, at any time during the continuance of the patent, by notice in writing, require a patentee or a licensee,…