{"id":70057,"date":"2020-12-14T16:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T10:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/one\/?p=70057"},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T05:38:40","slug":"bananaip-strategic-inventor-patent-drafting-wipo-intellectual-property-indicators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/bananaip-strategic-inventor-patent-drafting-wipo-intellectual-property-indicators\/","title":{"rendered":"BananaIP launches \u2018Strategic Inventor\u2019 \u2013 a free DIY platform for patent drafting, WIPO publishes Intellectual Property Indicators 2020 and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">In this week\u2019s Patent News \u2013 BananaIP launches \u2018Strategic Inventor\u2019 \u2013 a free DIY platform for patent drafting, WIPO publishes Intellectual Property Indicators 2020; Apple faces infringement suit on the ECG feature in Apple watches; Ericsson files lawsuit against Samsung for violating FRAND terms; USPTO and IMPI launch Parallel Patent Grant initiative; USPTO elevates four of its IP attach\u00e9s\u00a0to the rank of \u201cCounselor\u201d at the U.S. embassies and missions.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>BIP News updates<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>BananaIP launches \u2018Strategic Inventor\u2019 \u2013 a free DIY platform for patent drafting<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">BananaIP has launched an online DIY platform, system and technology that enables inventors draft and file patents on their own. The platform has been aptly named \u201cStrategic Inventor\u201d as it intends to facilitate inventors and applicants to be able to draft patent specifications through a step wise approach, simple and easy to follow guidelines, drafting inputs, and auto generation\/creation of drafts. Strategic Inventor may specifically be useful for:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Independent Inventors and Innovators<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Professors, Researchers and Students<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Start-Ups and Entrepreneurs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Universities and Research Institutions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Small and Medium Enterprises<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Companies with limited IP budgets<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>To read more about the tool, click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/ip-news-center\/launching-strategic-inventor-a-free-diy-platform-system-to-draft-and-file-patents\/\">here<\/a><\/span>. To use the tool, click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.strategicinventor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>PATENT INFRINGEMENT NEWS UPDATES<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Apple faces infringement suit on the ECG feature in Apple watches <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">AliveCor, a California based medical device and artificial intelligence company has instituted a lawsuit in the Western District of Texas against Apple for infringing two of its patents, namely \u2013 US10595731B2 and US10638941B2. The patents are related to the electrocardiogram (ECG) feature used by Apple in its smartwatch. AliveCor is seeking an award for damages, a declaratory judgment among other forms of relief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Ericsson files lawsuit against Samsung for violating FRAND terms<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">According to a recent press release by Ericsson, the Swedish multinational corporation has instituted a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics for \u201cviolating contractual commitments to negotiate in good faith and to license patents on Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) terms and conditions.\u201d The company has instituted the lawsuit in the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; color: #ff6600;\"><strong>INTERNATIONAL PATENT NEWS UPDATES<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>USPTO and IMPI launch Parallel Patent Grant initiative<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) have recently announced the launch of the Parallel Patent Grant (PPG) initiative. The PPG initiative allows IMPI to expedite the grant of a Mexican patent for businesses and individuals who have already been granted a corresponding U.S. Patent. Director of USPTO, Andrei Iancu provided a statement saying \u201cThe PPG is a revolutionary development in our global work sharing cooperation and, more importantly, in our economic and trade relationship with Mexico.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>USPTO elevates four of its IP attach\u00e9s\u00a0to the rank of \u201cCounselor\u201d at the U.S. embassies and missions\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced that its intellectual property (IP) attach\u00e9s have been elevated to the diplomatic rank of \u201cCounselor\u201d at the U.S. embassies and missions. The four attach\u00e9s receiving the rank of Counselor are: John Cabeca (U.S. Embassy, New Delhi, India); Cynthia Henderson (U.S. Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico); Duncan Willson (U.S. Embassy, Beijing, China); and Susan Wilson (U.S. Mission to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">The\u00a0IP Attach\u00e9 Program aims to improve IP systems and assist\u00a0U.S. stakeholders and businesses internationally. IP attach\u00e9s work to improve enforcement and administration of IP policies among other functions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>WIPO publishes Intellectual Property Indicators 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published the WIPO Intellectual Property Indicators 2020 Report (WIPI) on 7<sup>th<\/sup> December 2020. As explained in the official press release, the WIPI report gathers and examines IP data from over 150 national and regional offices and throws light on IP trends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong><u>Highlights of the WIPI 2020 Report:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">A total of 3,224,200 patent applications were filed worldwide in 2019. Out of this, China alone has filed 1,400,661 patent applications i.e., over 43% of the total applications.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">The overall growth rate of the number of patent applications in the period between 2018-2019 dipped to -3.0%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">S and Japan have secured the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> and 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place by having filed 621,453 and 307,969 patent applications, respectively, worldwide<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">India has been featured among the top 10 patent offices; it has exhibited a growth of 7.1% in 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">The number industrial design applications filed in 2019 amount to 1,360,900; displaying growth of 1.3%<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">The total number of industrial design registrations worldwide grew by 7.3%<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">You may click <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/edocs\/pubdocs\/en\/wipo_pub_941_2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> to access the complete Report<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Source: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/pressroom\/en\/articles\/2020\/article_0027.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.wipo.int\/pressroom\/en\/articles\/2020\/article_0027.html<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong><em>Authored and compiled by Vibha Amarnath<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you have any questions, or need any clarifications, please feel free to write to contact@bananaip.com<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Disclaimer: Kindly note that the news bulletin has been put together from different sources, primary and secondary, and BananaIP\u2019s reporters may not have verified all the news published in the bulletin. You may write to contact@bananaip.com for corrections and take down.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BananaIP introduces Strategic Inventor, a free online platform for patent drafting tailored to inventors and innovators. The post also covers major international patent updates, including WIPO\u2019s latest IP Indicators report and recent high-profile patent litigation.<\/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":[731,1172,3348,1328,16,2783,108,11135],"class_list":["post-70057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intellectual-property","category-patents","tag-bananaip","tag-frand","tag-international-patent-news","tag-patent-drafting","tag-patent-infringement-2","tag-strategic-inventor","tag-uspto","tag-wipo-intellectual-property-indicators"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70057","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=70057"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141380,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70057\/revisions\/141380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}