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Pedaling the Mechanical Horse

This post was first published on 10th November, 2010. During the nineteenth century, the Bicycle which was referred to as “Mechanical Horse” by David V. Herlihy evoked an exciting new world in which every person could travel afar and at will. But now, in this modern world “Is the bicycle capable enough of competing with other advanced vehicles?” While exploring my query, I came across many interesting inventions one among those is very interesting and provided hereunder for your reference. Normally, while…

July 10, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 561Views 0Like

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Compulsory License for “Not working”

This post was first posted on 8th April, 2011. In a recent development, non-compliance with regard to the requirement of local working of patent, required under patent law, may lead to issue of compulsory licenses to generics for seven top selling drugs. The RTI query sought by SpicyIP (Way to go Spicy IP!) seeking information regarding Form 27 filings by Innovators for the top selling drugs Tarceva (Roche and OSI Pharms), Stutent (Pfizer), Nexavar (Bayer), Sprycel; Dasatinib (BMS), Pegasys (Roche), Viraferonpeg…

July 8, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 804Views 0Like

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Man Tried To Patent Godly Powers!

This post was first published on 8th September, 2011. Christopher Anthony Roller filed a patent application (11/161,345) entitled “Godly Powers" on July 29th, 2005; he wanted the USPTO to grant him a patent for the same. Chris Roller wanted an exclusive right to the ethical use and financial gain in the use of godly powers on planet Earth. The Abstract of this invention is as mentioned below. “Christopher Anthony Roller is a godly entity. ‘Granters’ had been given my powers…

July 8, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1096Views 0Like

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From Dress Pin to Safety Pin

This post was first published on 2nd September, 2014. Inventive step / Non-Obviousness is one of the most important patentability criteria in almost all patent jurisdictions. Non-obviousness is the term used by the USPTO and is codified in 35 USC § 103. The requirement is that the claimed invention being patented should not be obvious, meaning that a "person having ordinary skill in the art" should not be able to easily guess or put two or more things together to arrive at the invention seeking a…

July 2, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1433Views 0Like

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Draft Patent Rules 2019, India joins key WIPO treaties, Royal Enfield v. Flash Electronics and more

“Patent News Bulletin: Indian Patent Statistics, First Examination Report (FER) Statistics, Industrial Design Statistics, Draft Patent Rules, 2019, India joins three key WIPO International Classification Treaties, Nice Agreement, Vienna Agreement, Locarno Agreement, DC – MSME issues guidelines on IPR for MSME’s, Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation forms think-tank called Begin, PCT roving seminars 2019, Delhi High Court stops ZTT India from infringing Sterlite’s Patent, NATCO Pharma settles patent dispute with Onyx Therapeutics in US, Royal Enfield denies Flash Electronics’ allegations…

June 10, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 821Views 0Like

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Indian Patent Statistics, Interesting Inventions, WIPO – India Summer School, NATCO Pharma patent settlement and more

“Indian Patent Statistics, Interesting Inventions, Industrial Designs Statistics, BananaIP completes 15 years, WIPO – India Summer School on IP to begin in June, NATCO Pharma settles infringement dispute with Onyx Therapeutics, South Korea to host this year’s IP5 roundtable and more patent news” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Quote of the Week “Patent knowledge cannot promote scientific progress unless it is accessible.” - Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, BananaIP Counsels Indian Patent…

June 3, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 708Views 0Like

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Voting Machine Patent, Delhi High Court restrains Natco, Samsung and Huawei settle patent dispute and more

“Indian elections and Patents on voting machines, Delhi High Court restrains Natco from manufacturing cancer drug, Samsung and Huawei end eight - year long patent dispute, Novartis thwarts attempt to invalidate its cancer drug in US and more patent news” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Quote of the Week “Ideas in your mind have no patent value. They must be expressed or reduced to practice before it is too late” –…

May 20, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 702Views 0Like

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DNA of a Patent Search

Original Date of Publication: 17th May, 2010 A patent search, in simple words, is an exercise of mining granted patents and published patent applications (patent documents) that are related to a subject matter of our interest. A patent search helps in making decisions under various scenarios. It helps determine, patentability of a subject matter, freedom to operate and validity of a patent, among others. More often than not, a patent search is conducted to determine patentability of a subject matter for which…