The Indian patent office granted 454 Patents for the month of February, 2014. The Top three consisted of Qualcomm Incorporated, Samsung R& D Institute India Bangalore Private Limited and Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (PUBL), with a count of 16, 9 and 8 patents respectively. The table below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum…
The following are the most common ways to monetize a patent: Commercialization Commercialization is the process of developing a product for the market using the protected by patents. Patent rights provide the legal basis for stopping any infringements, and can potentially ensure monopoly of the product, depending on the strength of the patent. Most companies…
Kalinga’s aromatic coffee known as Kalinga Coffee is a heritage product of Philippines. Kalinga is identified as the No. 1 coffee producer in the region and the No. 7 top producer in the country. Recently, The Coffee Stakeholders agreed to have the Kalinga Coffee be registered as a Geographical Indications (GI) product. Kalinga Coffee is…
The Grant of a Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Tirupati laddu by Indian Patent Office in 2009 raised many questions, as it paves the way for enhanced commercialization of faith. Tirupathi Laddu, got its GI tag Under the class 30, with Goods description of Food stuff on 04th September, 2009. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the Applicant of the…
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. The GI Application (145) was filed on 26th November 2008 under the class 30 (Agriculture). The applicant APEDA has field the application under following geographical areas:…
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…
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