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Sound Sign Posts – Patents for the Blind 2

This post was published on August 25, 2014.   Last week we discussed the talking walking stick innovation. Today, I am here with another patent, brought to my attention by the reliable, Naveen. Banking on certain patents to navigate your way through the world, is not an uncommon feature in knowledge driven industries and I embark on a mission to learn a few tricks. This patent, filed in 2008, by Universidade Do Porto, Portugal, seems to be an outcome of Academic Research. The Guidance, navigation and…
August 5, 2019 Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 705Views 0Like
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Battle of Instant Photography

This post was published on August 20, 2014.   August 19 is celebrated as World Photography Day! Photography, in layman’s language, is an art of producing images using a camera. The history of recording images dates back to the late BC, though this cannot be substantiated. Later, in 1839, Louis Daguerre, a French artist and photographer, introduced Daguerreotype, the first publicly announced photographic process. In 1840, the first American patent (US 1582) was issued in photography to Mr. Alexander Wolcott, for his…
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India up five spots in GII 2019, Vodafone joins LTE patent pool, Natco Pharma in Delhi High Court and more

  “Patent News Bulletin: Indian Patent Statistics, Indian Industrial Design Statistics, Interesting Inventions, Highlights of the 12th Edition of the Global Innovation Index 2019, Delhi High Court grants interim relief to Natco Pharma Ltd; Vodafone joins LTE patent pool of Via Licensing Corporation; KIPO observes filings of 16,991 PCT Applications, in 2018, China launches the establishment of a National Centre that offers guidance on IP related disputes and other news updates”, presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of…
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The Chemtura Case – Assent from US’ BPAI, but Dissent from India’s IPAB

This post was first published on 29th October, 2014.   Intellectual Property Appellate Board, ORA/14/2009/PT/MUM ANDORA/14/2009/PT/MUM Decision Date: 24 AUGUST 2012 This post focuses only on the inventive step analysis of IPAB. The question of inventive step arose in a revocation petition before IPAB in which lack of inventive step was one among several grounds. SiNApSE readers will recall this case for its ratio on Section 8 of the Patents Act. Patent: The patent in question relates to a side bearing pad assembly…
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An “Illuminating” Technology Boost to Cricket!

This post was first published on 8th April, 2014. The 2014 T20 World Cup has finally concluded and a new cricket champion is born - Sri Lanka. This edition was thrilling and we witnessed a lot of close contests and nail biting finishes. Well, if you're wondering about the relevance of this category of post on an IP blog, the fact is, this edition of the T20 World Cup was especial not just for ardent cricket fans but for technology enthusiasts…
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PTech Industry Split – Proposed Indian Patent policy

This post was first published on 18th August, 2014.   A heated debate has erupted between the Tech Giants about the newly proposed amendment in the Indian Patent act. The Tech industry is discussing the pros and cons of implementing the suggested change. What is proposed in this new changed policy? The new policy that is proposed aims to protect essential patents in the technology space. It is called the Intellectual Rights Policy and it proposes to set a framework for the licensing of…
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Fly Like Superman

This post was first published on 28th November, 2011. Everybody as a kid must have fantasized to fly like Superman. Did you ever imagine teleporting yourself from one place to another, just in a jiff? To sweep you off your feet here is a patent application which may remind you of Superman. I found a patent application which may turn your dream of teleporting yourself from one place to another into reality. A patent application (US 20060071122) titled “Full Body Teleportation…
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Patent Filing Essentials

This post was first published on 17th July, 2014.   When an individual is struck with an idea and an invention follows, it is advisable for them to gain monopoly over the invention's marketing rights via patent protection through relevant authorities. This write up briefly summaries the essentials of patent filing and protection. What is an Invention? An invention is a technological advancement that is not anticipated by publication in any document or used anywhere in the world including the country of the invention, before the date…
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Permission to File a Patent Application Outside India

This post was first published on 16th July, 2014.   This piece of writing tries to convey an important requirement under the Indian Patent law for an applicant residing in India who wishes to file patent applications outside India, directly. Any inventor or applicant is free to seek protection anywhere in the world. At times priority is given to a foreign country over India when there is less or no market potential to the invention in India or when the invention falls within…
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Restricting ‘Pay-for-Delay’ Agreements

This post was first published on 6th August, 2014. A total of more than 420 million Euros was imposed recently as fine by the European Competition Commission on five major Pharma companies for entering into ‘Pay-for-delay’ agreements with Generic companies. These fines and related measures were imposed to restrict the drug majors from entering into these non-competitive kind of deals to maximize their commercial gains. Of the five, the drug maker, Servier has been fined 331 million Euros for the anti-hypertensive…
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