st<\/sup> of January 2018 till date now adds to a total of 2097 applications.<\/p>\nTotal designs registered in the previous Week: 206<\/p>\n
Total designs registered this Week: 202<\/p>\n
Percentage Difference: 1.94% decrease<\/p>\n
Total designs registered from the 1st of January 2018 till date: 2097<\/p>\n
Interesting Patents<\/h2>\n
Misplaced those eyeglasses and can\u2019t find them?\u00a0 Want to skip the queue at the cash counter when making purchases? Or want that perfect shade of lipstick? Read on to know more about these interesting inventions extracted from the patent journal of the Indian Patent Office published on 9th<\/sup> March 2018.<\/p>\nPatent Application 1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\nTitle of the Invention: EYEWEAR DETECTOR WITH CLAP ON TECHNOLOGY<\/strong><\/p>\nApplication No.: 201841007833<\/p>\n
Applicant: P. PONMURUGAN et al.<\/p>\n
Abstract: \u201cThis invention deals with the difficulties of people with short sighted eye sight in identifying the power glasses. Generally people with short sighted eye sight have difficulties in finding their power glasses in an ease, this invention will help these kinds of people to find their pair of eyewear without any discomfort. It is a lucid system which reacts upon a clapping sound of a person and glows a LED along with a buzzing sound, this glowing LED light and the sound will engage the person effortlessly so that he can find his pair of eyewear without any hardship. This ideology involves fewer components and also they are smaller which can be easily fitted into conventional eyewears that are used currently.\u201d (The abstract has been taken from the patent specification as is and has not been corrected for errors.)<\/em><\/p>\nPatent Application 2<\/strong><\/p>\nTitle of the Invention: SELF SERVICE PAYMENT AND CHECK OUT SYSTEM<\/strong><\/p>\nApplication No.: 201841000306<\/p>\n
Applicant: KARTHIK BALACHANDRAN et al.<\/p>\n
Abstract: \u201cSelf Service Payment And Checkout System\u2022 is a mobile application which helps in saving the customer\u2122s valuable time by avoiding queue and also saves labor costs in the cashiers check out, thus reducing the billing time. The invention comprises of a selfservice checkout terminal and merchant server commodity code acquisition module. The method includes obtaining the merchandise using commodity code of self-checkout terminal and after obtaining the merchandise by commodity code of self-checkout terminal, the information is sent to the merchant\u2122s server. The user is determined based on the product information and after confirming payment, the self-checkout terminal sends a payment request to the payment platform to make the payment platform transfer operations to the merchants server. The technical aspect of the present invention is aimed at providing user self-checkout, saving the user time at checkout point and cashiers labor costs.\u201d (The abstract has been taken from the patent specification as is and has not been corrected for errors.)<\/em><\/p>\nPatent Application 3<\/strong><\/p>\nTitle of the Invention: A METHOD AND KIT FOR CUSTOM BLENDING OF LIPSTICK<\/strong><\/p>\nApplication No.: 201611026653<\/p>\n
Applicant: Samir Modi<\/p>\n
Abstract: \u201cThe present invention provides a novel method and kit for custom blending of lipstick to a desired shade, fragrance and texture and fabricating the blended lipstick at a seller establishment to personal specification of a customer at the point of sale while customers wait, comprising the steps of: i. receiving a demand for a required shade custom blended lipstick with reference to a pre-measured shade chart (1) for user; ii. matching the required demanded shade with a pre-measured shade chart (2); iii. blending the pre-prepared wax for the required shade custom blended lipstick to get a mixture (3) according to the pre-measured shade chart (2) in ratio 1:4 to 4:1 to 1: 1 :1:1 to 2:1:1:1 to obtain mixture(3); iv. melting the mixture (3) of the selected pre-prepared waxes obtained in step (iii) to obtain a liquefied homogenous blend (4) of all ingredients; v. placing the liquefied homogenous blend (4) into a mould and cooling and optionally, placing the cooled lipstick in a lipstick case.\u201d (The abstract has been taken from the patent specification as is and has not been corrected for errors.)<\/em><\/p>\nIndian Patent Office updates<\/h2>\n
Madras High Court refuses to quash FIR against senior patent officer<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Madras high court has refused to quash an FIR registered against a senior patent official who was booked recently for allegedly demanding a bribe to the tune of\u00a010 lakh to issue a patent in favor of an applicant. Justice G Jayachandran while dismissing the petition moved by Dr S P Subramaniyan , deputy controller and branch head at the office of Patents and Designs in Anna Nagar said that since the probe was in a nascent stage, it would not be permissible under law to put a spoke in the course of the investigation.<\/p>\n
Patent Infringements, Disputes and Settlements<\/h2>\n
BlackBerry sues Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram for patent infringement<\/strong><\/p>\nBlackBerry has announced that it would be pulling up Facebook and its associate applications – WhatsApp and Instagram for infringing on the patented technology and features that form part of the old BlackBerry Messenger. BalckBerry has alleged that Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram have used a number of the innovative security, user interface, and functionality enhancing features that were originally brought about by BlackBerry years ago.<\/p>\n
Facebook general counsel Paul Grewal retorted to the allegations saying \u201cBlackberry’s suit sadly reflects the current state of its messaging business. Having abandoned its efforts to innovate, Blackberry is now looking to tax the innovation of others.\u201d<\/p>\n
Qualcomm and Huawei discuss <\/strong>patent dispute\u00a0settlement<\/strong><\/p>\nQualcomm has said that it is in talks with Huawei Technologies to settle a patent dispute pending since April 2017. Qualcomm has been in a dispute with two major patent license customers: Apple and an unnamed licensee that stopped paying royalties in April 2017. Analysts now believe that licensee was none other than China\u2019s Huawei.<\/p>\n
International Patent Update<\/h2>\n
Huawei tops patent filings with EPO for Y 2017<\/strong><\/p>\nThe European Patent Office has announced that Huawei was the biggest filer of patents with the office in 2017, thus becoming the first Chinese company to reach the number one spot. Statistics indicate that Huawei had filed 64,091 patent applications in China and 48,758 outside of China as of the end of last year of which 2,398 patent applications were filed with the European Patent Office. The EPO also added that the office received nearly 166,000 European patent applications in 2017 which was an all-time high for the office.<\/p>\n
USPTO to disclose new design for patent certificates<\/strong><\/p>\nThe United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will disclose a brand new design for patents issued by the PTO this week at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. The new design will first be used on patent number 10 million, expected to issue this year.\u00a0The USPTO was quoted as saying that fewer than 12 basic design changes to the US patents have been made since President George Washington granted the first patent in 1790.<\/p>\n
BananaIP\u2019s Patent \/ Design Tip of the Week<\/h2>\n
When should you allow a patent to lapse?<\/strong><\/p>\nNo patentee would ever want to allow a patent to lapse willfully. There is more to the patent than just the monopoly granted by it. However, maintenance of a patent is costly business. It is therefore an important business decision that a patentee must take as to when a patent must be allowed to let go. If the patent is not bringing you any value and if the technology is more or less obsolete, it would not hurt to let a patent lapse due to non-maintenance. This decision is inarguably a very crucial one and must be thought through diligently.<\/p>\n
Author: BIP\u2019s Patent Attorneys<\/strong><\/p>\nIf you have any questions, you may write to BIP’s Patent Attorneys – contact@bananaip.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post reviews recent Indian patent statistics, highlights innovative patents, and covers significant legal updates such as BlackBerry\u2019s suit against Facebook. It also discusses Huawei\u2019s leading position in patent filings and changes at the USPTO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":8,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14],"tags":[8970,8971,2787,8972,1957,16,8475,108],"class_list":["post-43188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intellectual-property","category-patents","tag-blackberry-lawsuit","tag-huawei-patents","tag-indian-patent-statistics","tag-intellectual-property-news","tag-madras-high-court","tag-patent-infringement-2","tag-patent-office-updates","tag-uspto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43188"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136597,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43188\/revisions\/136597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}