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Comments and Suggestion on the Proposed eCommerce Rules

Comments & Suggestions on the Proposed E-Commerce Rules (2021)

Background On 23rd July, 2020 the Central Government had notified the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020. The Department of Consumer Affairs on 21st June, 2021 published the proposed amendments to Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020 and had sought views/ comments/ suggestions to be sent within 15 days, i.e., by 6th July, 2021 by email to [email protected]. Later the last date was extended to 21st July, 2021. Structure The comments, suggestions and inputs have been provided in two parts. The first part…

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Weekly Patent News

Free Masterclass on IP; Nokia and Daimler settle SEP patent dispute; EU submits alternative proposal to WTO against IP waiver and more

In this week’s patent news - Want to know how to file a patent? or expedite the patent process? Join us this week; Nokia and Daimer settle SEP patent dispute, sign patent licensing agreement; EU submits alternative proposal to WTO against IP waiver; and USPTO announces change to its implementation of structured text filing. Want to know how to file a patent? or expedite the patent process? Join us this week BananaIP in association with Nasscom will be…

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Weekly Patent News - Patent and industrial design statistics

Massive increase in patent publications this week

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 22nd of January 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 1,059 patent applications have been published in the 4th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 1,059 applications published in the journal,…

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Weekly Patent News - Patent and industrial design statistics

Patent publications increase this week but number of grants decrease slightly

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 14th of August 2020. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 1,549 patent applications have been published in the 33rd issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 1,549 applications published in the…

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Weekly Patent News - Patent and industrial design statistics

649 patent grants, 1593 examination reports issued this week

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 7th of August 2020. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 975 patent applications have been published in the 32nd issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 975 applications published in the…

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Intellectual Property, accessibility and public health

Intellectual Property, Accessibility and Public health

On the 30th of July 2020, the international organizations - WIPO, WTO and WHO jointly published a study report titled "Promoting access to medical technologies and innovation - Intersections between public health, intellectual property and trade". This second edition report records the numerous significant developments that have occurred since 2013, when the first edition was published. The 2013 edition of the report may be accessed by clicking here and the 2020 edition of the report may be accessed by…

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Weekly Patent News - Patent and industrial design statistics

Massive increase in patent publications, over 1200 applications published this week

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 31st of July 2020. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 1,241 patent applications have been published in the 31st issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 1,241 applications published in the…

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Weekly Patent News - Patent and industrial design statistics

1927 patent examination reports issued this week, decrease in patent publications and grant

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 24th of July 2020. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 553 patent applications have been published in the 30th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 553 applications published in the…

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Weekly Patent News - Patent and industrial design statistics

Dip in patent publications this week compensated by increase in grants

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 3rd of July 2020. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 625 patent applications have been published in the 27th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 625 applications published in the…

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Coordination Committee of WIPO nominates Mr. Daren Tang for post of Director General; WIPO Academy, RGNIIPM and NLU Nagpur to host WIPO-India Summer School and more

IPO Postpones WIPO-Indian Summer School, WIPO Releases New e-PCT – version 4.7 And More

In this week’s Patent News – WIPO releases new e-PCT - version 4.7; IPO postpones WIPO-Indian Summer School until further notice; IPO issues notice containing list of withdrawn patent applications and other news updates. INDIAN PATENT NEWS IPO postpones WIPO-Indian Summer School until further notice In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian Patent Office has indefinitely postponed the WIPO-India Summer School that was previously scheduled to be held between 1st June and 12th June 2020. The official…

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