11 March 2019

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Patent Statistics, Interesting Inventions, Bombay HC orders Nuziveedu to pay Monsanto, Delhi HC dismisses suit filed by Crocs Inc and more patent news updates

“Patent Statistics, Interesting Inventions, Bombay HC orders Nuziveedu to pay 138 crores to Bayer – Monsanto, Delhi HC dismisses suit filed by Crocs Inc., Pakistan revises IP Fee schedule showing an increase of 50% in costs, DepEd, Manila signs MoA with WIPO to introduce IP in basic education and other news updates” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Quote of the Week “Patents are the best and most effective means of controlling competition. They occasionally give absolute command of the market, enabling their owner to name the price without regard to the cost of...

04 March 2019

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Weekly Patent News: Patent Statistics, Interesting Inventions, New Draft Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure, National Policy on Software Products and more

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“Patent Statistics, Interesting Inventions, Draft Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure 2019 published, National Policy on Software Products – 2019, receives sanction from the Union Cabinet, Huawei and Samsung end patent infringement dispute, Blackberry and Twitter in a tussle, NI – MSME to organize a 5 - day training session on Intellectual Property Rights, RGNIIPM Nagpur to launch an IP Innovation Gallery” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Quote of the Week “An invention has to make sense in the world it finishes in, not in the world it started” Tim O’Reilly, Founder of...

25 February 2019

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Patent statistics, Micro Spy Robots, Conference on IPR for Global Business, EPO discusses plant patentability, Webinar on Technology Transfer by EPO and other Weekly Patent News updates

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“Patent Statistics, Interesting Inventions, Micro Spy Robots, National Conference on “IPR for Global Business: Forward Looking Agenda for India”, held in Bangalore; Jharkhand Council on Science gives thumps up for the establishment of a Patent Facilitation Centre in Ranchi; Kibow Biotech Inc. wins patent suit in India, EPO and others hold discussion over patentability of plants; Webinar on Technology Transfer to be held by EPO” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Quote of the Week “A country without a patent office and good patent laws is just a crab and can’t travel any way...

24 February 2019

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Why Do Indian Companies Acquire Patents?

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This image depicts two thinking minds. This image is relevant because the post talks about why Indian companies acquire patents. Click on the image to view full post.

This post was last published on May 31st, 2012. Most people would assume that the answer to the question is obvious. But it is not. Ideally, patents are acquired to gain competitive advantage and through it, business value. In our quest to learn the answer, we have by virtue of studying about a hundred companies of varied sizes, realized that only twenty percent of them actually acquire patents to gain a business advantage. Why then do others invest in patents? Some of the most common reasons are: To meet the targets met by the senior management About eighty percent among the large companies file...

23 February 2019

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Patent Trolling : Can’t Live With, Can’t Live Without!

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This post was first published on March 9th, 2012. Patent Trolling is indeed a remunerative fad apart from being a 'rage'. It’s also turning out to be the easiest way to make quick bucks, many of those quick bucks rather. For once, it should probably be lauded for they have highlighted the largest of loopholes that companies seem to have over-looked on their march to success. However, what should also be observed in the midst of all of this is that - they also highlighted what a travesty the patent system has become these days. The company that does nothing gets...

18 February 2019

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Patent statistics, Interesting Inventions, US GIPC’s 7th International IP Index, IPA seeks removal of India from US Priority Watch List and other Weekly Patent News updates

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“Patent statistics, Interesting Inventions, US GIPC’s 7th International IP Index, IPA seeks removal of India from US Priority Watch List and other Weekly Patent News updates” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Quote of the Week “I truly put passion and soul into the design to make it feel like a living thing.” – Ikuo Maeda, Design Chief at Mazda Indian Patent Statistics A total of 681 patent applications have been published in the 7th issue of the Patent Journal, 2019. Out of the 681 applications, 56 applications account for early publications while 625 applications account for ordinary...

17 February 2019

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Medical Imaging- A Patent Insight

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The image depicts an X-Ray of a person's left hand.

This post was first published on February 21st, 2012. Medical Imaging is in full flow and offers several advantages for clinicians to diagnose the patient’s health thoroughly. Medical imaging is the technique and the process to create images of the human body or parts for clinical purposes and is often perceived to designate the set of techniques that noninvasively produce images of internal aspects of the body. The imaging technologies involved in medical imaging are Radiography, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Fiduciary Markers, Nuclear medicine, Photoacoustic imaging, Breast Thermography, Tomography, and Ultrasound. These imaging technologies have their own way of acquiring images....

15 February 2019

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How Many More Patents Would it Take to Make the World a Better Place to Live in?

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This post was first published on July 30th, 2011. In a country like India where the sun is out for the major part of the day, I wonder if we are capitalizing enough on this abundant and sustainable source of energy, especially in a time when we are close to running out of conventional resources such as oil, gas, and coal. Harnessing this energy in order to make the surrounding environment a little more conducive for better living has become imperative. There has been some significant work in the field of green technologies, especially solar energy and wind energy and also subsequent...

15 February 2019

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Are Rajinikanth’s Methods Patentable?

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This post was first published on July 27th, 2011. Patentability of process inventions has always been interesting and controversial. We have earlier reported that the methods of performing yoga, massaging, walking on water and so on are patentable. After reading some of these posts, one of my colleagues (seemingly a big Rajinikanth fan) was curious about the patentability of Rajinikanth's methods and hence this post. Let us begin with the basics. As per the Indian Patents Act, any process or product is patentable if it meets all patentability requirements. All methods are therefore patentable unless they are expressly excluded under Section 3,...

13 February 2019

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Patent Suit over Viagra

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This post was first published on June 7, 2011. Pfizer Inc. filed a suit against Watson Laboratories, on June 1, 2011 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking to prevent Watson from commercializing sildenafil citrate tablets prior to the expiration of Pfizer’s Viagra. Watson's sildenafil citrate tablets are a generic version of Pfizer Inc.'s Viagra, which is indicated for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). Sildenafil citrate enhances the effect of nitric oxide, which plays a key role in creating erections, by inhibiting a chemical which can restrict its action. Pfizer's lawsuit was filed...

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