Samsung bags CII Intellectual Property Award Y2017<\/strong><\/p>\nSamsung R&D Institute India \u2013 Bangalore received the runner up award in the category of Top Patent Driven Industry of the year (Large Enterprise) at the 3rd edition of\u00a0 \u2018International IPR Conference on Protection of Intellectual Property and Enforcement in the face of Industry 4.0\u2019 held in New Delhi. The event was jointly organized by CII, Indian Patent Office and Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.<\/p>\n
The CII Industrial Intellectual Property Awards were conferred on eight outstanding companies in the categories of patents and trademarks including Tata Consultancy Services, Samsung R&D Institute India \u2013 Bangalore, Apex Laboratories Private Limited, Optimus Drug Pvt Ltd., Tata Chemicals Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd. and Resil Chemicals Pvt\u00a0Ltd.<\/p>\n
Patent disputes, Infringement and settlements<\/h2>\n
Sprint\u00a0to sue Mediacom\u00a0for patent infringement<\/strong><\/p>\nSprint Corporation, the American telecom company has announced that it would be suing London based media agency networks, Mediacom\u00a0for 13 counts of patent infringement related to the telecom company\u2019s voice-over-packet (VoP) technology. Sprint has previously sued companies such as Vonage, Cox, Comcast, Cable One and Time Warner Cable, among others quite successfully.<\/p>\n
Ericsson wins 75 million dollar verdict<\/strong><\/p>\nTelecom equipment manufacturer\u00a0Ericsson\u00a0Inc has been awarded a $75 million verdict in a\u00a0patent infringement\u00a0case involving the telecom equipment manufacturer and TCL Communications. A Texas federal jury found that Ericsson was able to prove that TCL Communication Technology Holdings had infringed on claims in a patent covering a system for controlling software in mobile devices and therefore entitled Ericsson to $75 million in damages.<\/p>\n
Qualcomm now seeks ban on iPhone X<\/strong><\/p>\nIn the latest update from the Qualcomm \u2013 Apple war saga, Qualcomm has filed a new patent infringement lawsuit against the Cupertino-based tech giant alleging the company of infringing the chip maker\u2019s patents, including some relating to improving bandwidth in devices, saving power and enhancing photos from the rear-facing camera. Qualcomm has\u00a0claimed that Apple copied some of the elements of the Palm OS, which Qualcomm obtained the rights to in 2014 and therefore now wants the iPhone X banned in the US.<\/p>\n
Nike and Adidas in fresh legal battle over Nike\u2019s\u00a0key shoe material patent<\/strong><\/p>\nAdidas, the German sportswear manufacturer has filed an official appeal with the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals, in an effort to overturn a recent decision of the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board upholding Nike\u2019s Flyknit patent. Nike Inc., the American sportswear manufacturer was granted a patent over a key shoe material back in 2012. Adidas however has been claiming that the patent granted to Nike is obvious and therefore not patentable under Section 103 of the U.S. patent law. Flyknit is one of Nike\u2019s most beloved shoe materials and this makes the lawsuit extremely important for Nike.<\/p>\n
Patent Licensing, Commercialization and Acquisitions<\/h2>\n
InterDigital and LG Electronics sign multi-year patent license agreement<\/strong><\/p>\nInterDigital, Inc., a wireless research and development company has entered into a multi-year, non-exclusive patent license agreement with LG Electronics. News reports indicate that the license agreement covers the 3G, 4G and 5G terminal unit products of LG and its affiliates and sets forth a royalty of cash payments to InterDigital as well as a process for the transfer of patents from LG to InterDigital. The parties have also agreed to dismiss any outstanding litigation between InterDigital and LG and their affiliates.<\/p>\n
International Patent Updates<\/h2>\n
China Tops Patent, Trademark, Design Filings in 2016<\/strong><\/p>\nWIPO in its latest press release has stated that over 3.1 million patent applications were filed in 2016 which marked a seventh straight yearly increase in patent filings. The filings shot up in the range of 8.3% in 2016 with China receiving about 236,600 of the nearly 240,600 additional patent filings accounting for 98% of the total growth. China has single handedly managed to file more patent applications than the United States, Japan, South Korea and the EU combined.<\/p>\n
BananaIP\u2019s Patent Tip of the Week<\/h2>\n
Request for Examination of a Divisional application in India<\/strong><\/p>\nDetermining the deadline for filing a request for examination in certain cases might be tricky and in some cases outright controversial. While it is clearly known that a divisional application may be filed any time before the grant of a patent either voluntarily or upon the directions of the controller, the deadline to request for examination of a divisional application often confuses applicants. Reading rule 24B (1)(iv) of the Patent Rules makes it quite clear that a request for examination of a divisional application must be made either within forty-eight months from the date of priority \/ date of filing of the parent application or within six months from the date of filing of the\u00a0 divisional application, \u00a0whichever is later<\/u>.<\/p>\n
Author: BIP\u2019s Patent Attorneys<\/strong><\/p>\nLed by Senior Partners, Somashekar Ramakrishna, Nitin Nair and Vinita Radhakrishnan, BIP’s Patent Attorneys are among the leading patent practitioners in the country. They work with clients such as Mahindra and Mahindra, Samsung, HCL, Eureka Forbes, and Titan. They specialize in IT\/Software, Electronics\/Telecom, Mechanical, Automotive, and Bio\/Pharma domains, and help clients with patent filing, prosecution, management and strategy in India, and across the world.<\/p>\n
The weekly patent news initiative is a part of their pro bono work, and is aimed at spreading patent awareness. You are free to share the news with appropriate attribution and backlink to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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