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Annual report 2015-2016 released -Samsung tops charts, IBM patents, and more

Annual report 2015-2016 released - Samsung tops charts, IBM patents, Patent Litigation, Patent tips and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Patent Quote of the week "To achieve patent commercialization success, every inventor must think like a business man." - Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Renowned IP Attorney, Author and Professor. Indian Patent Statistics The Activity at Patent office this week has been on the low side as compared to the previous week. The total number…
April 10, 2017 Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 420Views 0Like
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Patent on Anti-Gravity illusion

  A lot has been discussed in the past about patents in the entertainment field, especially interesting ones such as patents owned by entertainers (e.g. Eddie Van Halen for musical instrument support, Bill Nye for Ballet toe shoes etc.,)[1], patents directed to devices related to musical instruments, such as tuners or supports, or even new ways of recording. As the Internet and mobile devices have become more prolific, uses of the Internet and mobile devices have added new aspects to new…
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Happy Women’s Day – Women, Patents and Attorneys!

  Women, Patents and Attorneys "Happy Women's Day. We Wish all Women a Very Happy, Inventive and Progressive Year." Has patents always been a men's game? One study reports that less than twenty percent of patents list women inventors in the US. We mined patent data through very crude methods and arrived at the following, interesting results at the Indian Patent Office. Women and Patents A search with the term "Women" in the title section of published patent database yielded fifty…
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Landmark cases, Amazon’s interesting patent, Apple and Qualcomm dispute.

  This weekly update on patents is brought to you by the Patent experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. In this weeks patent news and updates we bring to you a Landmark case in patents, latest stats from the patent & designs office, an interesting patent granted to Amazon and much more. Happy reading! Patent thought of the week: "Grant is the beginning of the Patent Game, not its end." - Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Patent Stats: Patent applications published by the Indian…
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Weekly Updates

This weekly update on patents is brought to you by the Patent experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. Patent thought of the week: “A country without a patent office and good patent laws is just a crab and can't travel any way but sideways and backwards.” – Mark Twain Patent Stats: Patent applications published by the Indian Patent Office between 3rd February 2017 and 10th February 2017:  696 Patent applications granted by the Indian Patent Office between 3rd February…
February 13, 2017 Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 608Views 0Like
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Patenting Software-related Inventions

  Subject matter eligibility is one of the most rapidly evolving issues in Patent Law. The US Courts have avoided defining what qualifies as an abstract idea. Most of the software related inventions are being considered patent ineligible based on the Alice case. The Alice case gave us a two-part analysis for determining whether software claims are eligible for patenting. First step in the analysis is to “determine whether claims at issue are directed to one of those patent ineligible concepts”. If the…
December 14, 2016 Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 510Views 0Like
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Patent News

  Hello Readers!! There has been a lot that has been brewing over the past few weeks with respect to Patents. We have decided to recapitulate the patent news which have recently hit the headlines in our segment, Weekly Trends. Let us take a quick look at what happened in the past weeks, with this weekly update.   Indian Patent office to hold meetings to make Patent examination process more user friendly The Indian Patent office has decided to hold meetings…
October 18, 2016 Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 569Views 0Like
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Patent Amendment Rules 2016 – Courting Controversy and Confusion

The Patent Amendment Rules of 2016 came in as a much needed respite for many startups. It calls for appreciation of the government and the patent office for introducing several amendments to the Patent Rules which seek to enhance the efficiency of the IPR regime in India and more particularly of the Indian patent law. However, every change brings with it a short phase of chaos and confusion. The Patent Amendment Rules, 2016 brought into effect from the 16th of…
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National IPR Policy – Traditional Knowledge Related Objectives

  India approved its first ever Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) policy with a vision to stimulate creativity and innovation and to promote advancement in science and technology, arts and culture, traditional knowledge and biodiversity resources. The policy lays out seven broad objectives and they are as follows: Awareness: outreach and promotion; Generation of IPRs; Legal and legislative framework; Administration and management; Commercialization of IPR; Enforcement and adjudication; and Human capital development. This article considers various…
May 24, 2016 Intellectual Property, Traditional Knowledge 0Comment 931Views 0Like
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Patent Amendment Rules 2016

  In furtherance to the National IPR Policy released on the 13th  of May 2016, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has issued a notification bringing the Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2016 into effect from 16th  May 2016. Much of the content of the Draft Patent Rules has been maintained in the Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2016 with some further additions. Our post on the salient features of the Draft Patent Rules issued in 2015 can be accessed here…
May 17, 2016 Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 900Views 0Like
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