{"id":69808,"date":"2020-11-09T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T10:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/one\/?p=69808"},"modified":"2025-06-30T17:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:21:50","slug":"patent-rules-amendment-fee-structure-small-enterprises-wipo-inspire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/patent-rules-amendment-fee-structure-small-enterprises-wipo-inspire\/","title":{"rendered":"Patent Rules amended again, major changes in fee structure for small enterprises; WIPO launches new patent information tool – WIPO INSPIRE and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this week\u2019s Patent News \u2013 Patent Rules amended second time this year, major changes in fee structure for small enterprises; German Appeals Court stays Nokia\u2019s enforcement of injunction against Lenovo; Flipkart acquires Mech Mocha\u2019s IP, forays into gaming space; EPO signs Reinforced Partnership agreement with Columbia; and WIPO launches New Patent Information Tool – WIPO INSPIRE.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Indian Patent News<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Patent Rules amended second time this year, major changes in fee structure for small enterprises<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Patent (2nd<\/sup> Amendment) Rules, 2020<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in a major move towards incentivizing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has decided to entirely do away with the slab of fees that were earlier applicable to MSMEs. According to the official notification dated 4th<\/sup> November 2020 published by the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks on the 6th<\/sup> of November 2020, Small entities will now have to pay the same costs that were earlier applicable only to individuals (Natural persons) and Start-ups.<\/span><\/p>\n

Based on the notification, MSMEs are now eligible for a 90% fee reduction as opposed to the 50% fee reduction that was available to them earlier. This implies that, where a small entity earlier paid 4000 INR as the basic patent filing fee will now only have to pay 1600 INR as basic patent filing fee.<\/span><\/p>\n

The full notification may be viewed and accessed here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

PATENT INFRINGEMENT NEWS UPDATES<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

German Appeals Court stays Nokia\u2019s <\/strong>enforcement of injunction<\/strong>\u00a0against Lenovo <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In September 2020, a ruling by a German Court held Lenovo guilty of infringing 20 patents owned by Nokia. The Munich Court had issued an injunction and ordered a recall of all infringing products after which Nokia enforced the injunction against Lenovo. Lenovo filed an appeal against the ruling of the lower court with the German Appeals Court requesting a stay on the injunction. The German Court stating that \u201cbased on the high probability that the decision cannot be expected to be upheld on appeal,\u201d has ordered a stay of the Munich Court\u2019s ruling.<\/span><\/p>\n

Flipkart acquires Mech Mocha\u2019s IP, forays into gaming space<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

E-commerce giant, Flipkart has acquired the Intellectual Property of Mech Mocha, a gaming start-up based in India. Vice-President of Flipkart, Prakash Sikaria said \u201cThrough this transaction, we will strengthen our capabilities\u00a0in the gaming domain with access to Mech Mocha\u2019s IP, games and talented team that will help us accelerate our efforts in space.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

INTERNATIONAL PATENTS AND DESIGNS NEWS UPDATES<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

WIPO launches new patent information tool called WIPO INSPIRE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched a new patent information tool last week, aimed at providing free access to comprehensive reports\u00a0on patent databases. The new tool – WIPO Index of Specialized Patent Information Reports (INSPIRE) brings information from four databases in a single place for the benefit of innovators, service providers, patent offices and other stakeholders. As per the official notification, the tool offers \u201ceasy-to-use functionalities\u201d for new as well as expert patent information users. WIPO INSPIRE includes an interactive world database coverage map that allows users to establish the extent of the patent databases coverage of a specific jurisdiction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/tisc\/en\/news\/2020\/news_0004.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

EPO signs Reinforced Partnership agreement with Columbia<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

On 4th November 2020, The EPO signed a \u2018Reinforced Partnership agreement\u2019\u00a0with the Superintendent of Industry and Commerce of Colombia with the objective of strengthening co-operation. <\/strong>According to the official notification on the EPO website, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the President of EPO, Ant\u00f3nio Campinos and Colombia’s Superintendent of Industry and Commerce, Andr\u00e9s Barreto, during a virtual meeting. The MoU allows the Superintendence to use EPO\u2019s products, tools and practices, for the next five years, when granting national patents. The EPO President said \u201cThis agreement will not only improve the quality and efficiency of handling patent applications, which is key as Colombia moves to strengthen its knowledge economy, but will also help align our patent systems to better support the global technology market.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/www.epo.org\/news-events\/news\/2020\/20201104.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Authored and compiled by Vibha Amarnath<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Patent Rules in India have been amended again, introducing major fee reductions for small enterprises. WIPO has launched INSPIRE, a new tool for patent information, alongside key industry and international patent news. This update is compiled by BananaIP Counsels, providing clear and factual insights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":10,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,14],"tags":[5,11113,3848,16,2280,6824,9966,4287],"class_list":["post-69808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intellectual-property","category-patents","tag-intellectual-property","tag-international-patent-agreements","tag-patent-fee-reduction","tag-patent-infringement-2","tag-patent-news","tag-patent-rules-amendment","tag-small-enterprises","tag-wipo-inspire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69808","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=69808"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141265,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69808\/revisions\/141265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}