The ‘Bangalore Rose Onion,’ which is exclusively grown in Bangalore, has managed to get the most desirable Geographical Indication tag. It is the 217th product in India to get the tag. The Bangalore Rose Onion tag means that this onion is grown in one of the 16 taluks of Bengaluru rural, Kolar and Doddaballapur. Bangalore…
The Indian patent office granted 536 Patents for the month of March, 2015. The Top three consisted of GM Global Technology Operations, Qualcomm Incorporated, and Koninklijike Philips Eletronics N.V with a count of 39, 22 and 12 patents respectively. The chart below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum number of patents for…
With the purpose of creating IP awareness among kids, the office of Controller General of Patent, Design and Trademark (CGPDTM) launches “KIDS Nook”. This would be the first comics for kids about IP. It consists of various stories giving knowledge about Patents, Designs, Trademarks and introduction to creativity and innovations. You can visit the Nook…
IPO expands the paperless environment by introducing Electronic filing system for the new applications for registration of Geographical Indication (GI). In order to expand the paperless environment and add ease of access on all the offices under the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks, Electronic Filing system has also been extended for the filing…
The U.S. Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the latest winners of the Patents for Humanity program. The Patents for Humanity program was launched by the USPTO in February 2012 as part of an Obama administration initiative promoting game-changing innovations to solve long-standing development challenges. The 2015 Patents for Humanity award ceremony recognizes seven recipients in…
Singapore’s Intellectual Property Office (IPOS) announced recently that the first Singapore patent was granted protection and recognized in Cambodia in March. This patent also marked Cambodia’s first-ever granted patent. Less than two months after IPOS and Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts (MIH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the first Singapore patent was formally…
The Korean Intellectual Property Office in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), and the Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA) is offering the Advanced International Certificate Course on IP Asset Management for business success based on IP PANORAMATM Multimedia toolkit in English. According to the…
Japan is to expand its trademark protection to cover an additional five categories of non-traditional trademarks from April 1st 2015, namely, Motion Mark Hologram Mark Color Per Se Mark Sound Mark, and Position Mark. Applications for registration of these new types of trademarks will be accepted by the Japan Patent Office from 12:00 (midnight) of…
To mark International Women’s Day (8 March) the European Patent Office (EPO) highlighted the work of outstanding female inventors over the past decade. Sources say that each year, women involve about one in nine proposals for the European Inventor Award. The First woman to win the Award was, the Italian Inventor and entrepreneur Catia Bastoli…
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women worldwide. Yearly, about 450,000 women die from the consequences of breast cancer, Worldwide. Now, Indian scientist develops prototype of a radiation-free breast cancer detection machine. Prof. Srirang Manohar, an Associate Professor, in the Faculty of Science and Technology’s Biomedical Photonic Imaging Group (BMPI) at…
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