The following presentation was delivered by Mr. Somashekar Ramakrishna, Partner BananaIP Counsels, at National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU), as a part of the Patent law course offered for PGDIP students. The presentation titled “Basic of Patent Process”covers the following topics:
Patent Process
Filing
Publication
Examination
Pre-Grant Opposition
Grant
Post-Grant Opposition
Other concepts such as-Statement of undertaking, Divisional application, Patent of addition, Working of Patents
Exercises
About…
The following presentation was delivered by Mr. Nitin Nair, Partner BananaIP Counsels, at National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU), as a part of the Patent law course offered for PGDIP students. The presentation titled “Patent Search “covers the following topics:
Patent Search
Search Databases
Search Methodology
Keyword Searches
Keyword Searches –Example
Classification based searches
Types of classification
Google Patent Search
USPTO search
Tips
Types of Searches
…
Before we begin with the following post, warm wishes for a prosperous new year from the entire team of BananaIP. In 2015, we tried to provide you with a variety of blogs and articles relating to every aspect of intellectual property. In 2016 also we resolve to carry forward our endeavor to bring forth the latest happenings in the world of intellectual property.
In this article, we will discuss about the latest change that has been introduced by the Office…
The following presentation titled ‘Igniting Creativity for Business Advantage’ was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at Mahindra Two Wheelers on 8th December, 2015. The presentation was given to the senior management of Mahindra Two Wheelers and covered the following topics-
IP and Business
Forms of IP- accompanied by examples
Creativity to Business
Creativity Spectrum
Business Value
Proportionality Test
Inventor Incentive System
With the help of cases, examples and multi-media Dr. Kalyan’s presentation…
Zu Technologies, a non-practising entity, has recently filed patent infringement suits against KickStarter and seven makers of sex toys having haptic features. The patent in the suit relates to a device and method for interactive virtual control of sexual aids using digital computer networks. The patent is popularly referred to as Teledildonics Patent as it relates to electronic sex toys that can be controlled by computing devices. In addition to KickStarter, the suit was filed against omingle, Holland Haptics, Vibease,…
Following the earlier post in the series - Sex Patents 1, we bring to our readers a series of patents applied and granted, primarily in USA, with respect to love making, sex and eroticism. Please do not try them without appropriate research. All patents are not necessarily workable without due experimentation.
Sex, Consent, Patents
Consent is everything in sex. Here is a patent that enables one to capture consent before having sex.
A device to record evidence of consent given by…
This presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at NLSIU, Bangalore, India, as a part of the Patent law course offered for PGDIP students. The presentation covers:
Introduction to Patentability Requirements and their role in the Patent System in India;
The Patent Filter Model;
Patentable Subject Matter - Eligible Subjects and Ineligible Subjects;
Inventions and Non-Patentable Subject Matter;
Section 3 Exclusions with special reference to Section 3(d);
Novartis Case - New Form, Known…