LG Electronics signed a long-term cross-license deal with Google which covers patents on a “broad range of products and technologies” that already exist and will be filed in the next 10 years, the two firms said in a joint statement. “LG values its relationship with Google, and this agreement underscores both companies’ commitment to developing…
The Indian patent office granted 595 Patents for the month of October, 2014. The Top three consisted of GM Global Technology Operations, Qualcomm Incorporated, LG Electronics Inc with a count of 29, 16 and 8 patents respectively. The table below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum number of patents for the month…
Following Haldi (Turmeric) and Basmati, the latest instance of violation of Intellectual Property Rights, which is essentially traditional knowledge, is the famous KHADI. The government’s efforts to promote ‘khadi’ are facing a trademark snag with the brand having been registered abroad, in countries such as Germany, as well as in India. ‘Khadi’ being registered in…
Eight years after it received a proposal from Karnataka government, the Centre recently cleared renaming 12 cities and towns of the state including Belgaum as Belagavi and Bangalore as Bengaluru. Besides Bangalore and Belgaum, the other cities and towns which will be known by new names(which are in brackets) are Mangalore(Mangaluru), Bellary(Ballari), Bijapur(Vijapura), Chikmagalur(Chikkamagaluru), Gulbarga(Kalaburagi),…
Top intellectual property licensing company, WiLAN (WIN) recently announced that the company has entered into a succeeding patent assignment agreement (“Agreement”) with Panasonic Corporation (“Panasonic”). Resources say that under the Agreement, Panasonic will assign, to a wholly-owned subsidiary of WiLAN, all rights and title to certain patents related to vending machine systems. However, all terms…
Tunisia is the latest country to makes its trade mark data available on the TMview search tool. Meanwhile, the Icelandic Patent Office and the IP Office of Montenegro have also joined TMclass, the goods and services classification tool, bringing two new languages to the system. The National Institute for Standardization and Industrial Property of Tunisia…
Tamil Nadu-based iVoice Enterprises has filed a modification petition with the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), challenging the famous iPhone trademark, belonging to the US-based Apple Inc. A company statement said, that the company which is engaged in Intellectual Property Rights and mobile applications with primary emphasis in the domestic market, seeks to remove “iPhone”…
Delhi University’s Intellectual Property Rights Cell was established in 2008 with the motto of helping researchers, inventors and creators manage their intellectual property rights through the legal machinery and also to manage its commercial aspects like, Patentability, legal issues involve and IP Valuation. The new policy on Registration of Patents is expected to deliberate upon…
Recently, the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has approached the IP Board against the GI Registry, requesting them to amend the GI Registration of Basmati Rice. Now it seems Pakistan has approached the IP Board. Lahore-based Basmati Growers’ Association (BGA) has moved the Chennai-based Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in appeal…
Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), the recent 54th WIPO Assemblies appointed, the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) as an International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA). The appointment is to become effective from early 2015. IPOS, working together with the Singapore Permanent Mission in Geneva, was successful in its bid…
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