The famous home-made sweet for Karthigai Deepam, Kadalai mittai (Peanut Jaggery Chikki) is all set to get its Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Manufacturers of this special sweet held a meeting, Supervised by the sub-collector Vijayakarthikeyan, in Kovilpatti in Tuticorin district. The main purpose of this meeting was to showcase their products by as many as 15…
A provisional application is a type of patent application which allows inventors and applicants to obtain a priority to file for a bundle of rights that protect the invention. Therefore, it is important to understand that, a provisional application itself is not an application to get the actual rights. It is important to make the…
In Continuation with my previous blog entry. Every License Agreement should contain a framework which provides support for other clauses or systems of clauses in the License Agreement. An IP License Agreement typically has the following clauses: Identification of the Parties Recital Clause Definition Clause Grant Clause Intellectual Property (IP) Rights Clause: Consideration Clause Obligations…
On 3rd March 2014, Apple, Inc. (Apple) lost a case against Ancora Techs., Inc. The case was relating to claim construction (understanding the meaning of claims). This case illustrates the importance of writing clear claims and how clearly worded claims save the day, if and when a patent gets involved in a litigation. The case…
A License Agreement is a relationship of co-operation between parties whereby one party, the licensor, the possessor of IP assets Permits the licensee to use his intellectual assets in return for a specific compensation. A license agreement should reflect the goal of both the parties’ involved and should be structured in such a way that…
US and India have been sparring over IPR and trade practices. To begin with US claimed that India’s IPR regime discriminated against U.S. companies, especially in the pharmaceuticals sector, and had expressed concerns over issuing a compulsory license (CL), to Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma to manufacture and produce cancer drug Nexavar at a price 30 times…
The New Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2014 has come into force from February 28, 2014. The major changes include: Change in fees Mode of filing A New category of applicant defined as small entity. A Revised fee structure has been provided for filing of patent application as well as other proceedings before the Patent Office. In…
The Indian Patent office granted 676 Design patents in January, 2014. The top ten designs consisted of designs like Textile Fabric, Handle, Bottle & drivers cab of a utility vehicle etc. The table below shows the top ten designs that received the maximum number of protection in the month of January, 2014. Sl no Name…
The Indian Patent office granted 676 Design patents in January, 2014. The top three consisted of Biba Apparels Pvt Ltd with 70, Ma design India Pvt Ltd with 24 Design & Ajantha Ltd with 14 patents. The table below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum number of Design protection in the Month…
The Indian patent office granted 384 Patents for the month of January, 2014. The Top three consisted of Qualcomm Incorporated, Council of scientific & Industrial Research and Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, with a count of 12, 12 and 5 patents respectively. The table below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum number of patents for…
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