International Government Updates<\/strong><\/h2>\nReported delay in ratification of the new Unified Patent Court system by UK <\/strong><\/p>\nThe Unified Patent system seeks to establish a new patent framework across all EU member countries. France has already ratified the same, whereas Germany is yet to ratify the framework. A statement issued recently by the UK Intellectual Property Office states that the ratification will be completed only by the next government, which means till post the forthcoming UK elections are completed no actions will be taken. It is also controversial as to whether or not UK will be part of the system post Brexit as the proposed unified patent system is applicable only to EU member countries.<\/p>\n
Patent Disputes<\/strong><\/h2>\nQualcomm v. Apple \u2013 iPhone import ban in U.S?<\/strong><\/p>\nApple recently blocked royalty payments to Qualcomm after it sued Qualcomm in January alleging that Qualcomm forces smartphone makers to pay too much for use of its 3G\/4G standards essential patents, which are required to be licensed under \u201cfair, reasonable and non-discriminatory\u201d terms.<\/p>\n
The patent war is set to get uglier with Qualcomm considering retaliation by asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to ban imports of iPhones into the U.S. Qualcomm had recently announced that an unnamed company failed to pay $150 million in patent royalties owed during the first quarter of this year leaving analysts speculating that this company was none other than the smartphone manufacturer, Samsung.<\/p>\n
Patent Licensing<\/strong><\/h2>\nBluebird bio\u00a0and GlaxoSmithKline enter into a patent license agreement<\/strong><\/p>\nBluebird bio inc, a pharma company specializing in gene therapy has recently entered into a patent licensing agreement with British pharma major GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for commercialization of gene therapies. Under the terms of the agreement, GSK will non-exclusively license certain bluebird patent rights related to lentiviral vector technology.<\/p>\n
Viral vectors are tools commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic material into cells. Lentiviruses are a subclass of Retroviruses which are sometimes used as vectors for gene therapy thanks to their unique integration abilities.<\/p>\n
Patent Infringement<\/strong><\/h2>\nAmazon, IBM, HP among others face patent infringement suit <\/strong><\/p>\nThe University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UoT), has sued Amazon, HP and IBM, among others, accusing the tech giants of infringing five of the universities US patents. These patents cover \u201cparallel processing and high performance database design\u201d, a technology that the likes of Amazon, IBM, HP. Microsoft, Google, to name a few use in their services and operations.<\/p>\n
The suit has claimed that Amazon has infringed the patents through Amazon Redshift, a warehouse service in the cloud, while IBM has done so through its database product, IBM DB2.<\/p>\n
GoDaddy wins the favor of the U.S. Court of Appeals in a patent infringement case<\/strong><\/p>\nGoDaddy, the American Internet domain registrar and web hosting company recently found favor in a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals which upheld the decision of the Arizona Federal Court with respect to a patent infringement suit brought about by RPost Communications Ltd.<\/p>\n
RPost Communications, an electronic communications company had threatened GoDaddy in 2014 alleging that GoDaddy\u2019s email marketing product infringed on a broad patent of Rpost regarding how email works, including how email bounces back when sent to an address that is no longer active. GoDaddy was then forced to institute a patent invalidation request with the Trial Court in 2014 which it ultimately won in June 2016.<\/p>\n
Plant Varieties <\/strong><\/h2>\nThird regional PPVFRA centre established at Shivamogga, Karnataka<\/strong><\/p>\nA third regional centre of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers\u2019 Rights Authority (PPVFRA) has been established on the campus of University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (UAHS), Shivamogga. While there are two regional centres currently at Guwahati and Ranchi, the Shivamogga centre will include the Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Lakshadweep zones under it.<\/p>\n
The Union government has mooted a proposal to establish similar centres in Pune in Maharashtra and Palampur in Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n
Farmers felicitated for adopting innovative farming techniques<\/strong><\/p>\nIn an event organized by Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority (PPVFRA), New Delhi, three farmers from Chattisgarh were felicitated. Chaitram Yadav has developed a new variety named \u201cAnguri\u201d by grafting the traditional \u201cBer\u201d fruit through selection technique. The other two farmers were felicitated for conserving and preserving 15 rare varieties of paddy and 42 varieties of Brinjal respectively.<\/p>\n
BananaIP\u2019s Patent Tip of the Week<\/strong><\/h2>\nBenefits of filing a provisional patent application<\/strong><\/p>\nThere are two kinds of patent applications \u2013 provisional application and complete application. The best use of a provisional patent application is to establish priority rights as soon as you have an invention or idea that can be patented, but you need more time to perfect the said invention \/ idea. The provisional application will normally not\u00a0contain claims and will never itself mature into an issued patent. Complete applications on the other hand contain claims and this type of application does not normally offer the inventor the time or flexibility that a provisional application can.<\/p>\n
Therefore if you have an idea that is imperfect and you aren\u2019t entirely sure on what you want to claim, it is best to file a provisional application and secure the priority date. Choice however must be made between the two keeping other factors in mind such as costs, company \/personal strategies, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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