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Patent Quote of the Week
“A Patent is not a license to make money, it is a license to prevent others from making money.”
- Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, IP Attorney, Author and Professor.
Patent stats from the Indian Patent Office (27th March 2017 to 3rd April 2017)
Activity at Patent office has marginally…
In our recent posts we have featured several blogs that exclusively cover specific areas of IP, such as Patents, Biotech and Pharma patents, Copyrights, Trademarks to name a few. The weblog that we bring to you today covers one aspect of IP law that is very crucial for every patent holder. The blog is called “PatLit” and it covers patent litigation law, practice and strategy, as well as other forms of patent dispute resolution.
Patents grant the patentee a monopoly…
Patent law is one of the most complex legal areas, more specifically a techno-legal area where lay persons, including judges and patent attorneys have a hard time understanding the facts and technologies discussed during patent litigation cases. A scientific advisor or a scientific expert in the specific technology plays a crucial role in educating and presenting intricate technological issues, he/she helps translate complex technology and communicate the legal implications of conclusions into terms the judges and the patent attorneys can…
The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Standards Association (IEEE-SA) has proposed a change to it’s IP (Intellectual Property) policy. The revised policy can be viewed here. The new policy comprises revisions to the provisions related to commitments from holders of Standards Essential Patents. The revised policy states that the patent holders have to make licenses for Standards Essential Patents available to other parties under Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (RAND) terms.
The biggest change with respect to the updated policy…