Germany is perceived by IP practitioners as a jurisdiction sought after for adjudicating pathbreaking patent lawsuits. This, in particular, is true for those involving Standard […]
The Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2019 notified on 31st May 2019 has now come into force with effect from 19th October 2020. The Rules known […]
Mr. Noisy has a start up named M/s Susan Private Ltd. based out of Bangalore and the strart up is involved in medical innovation in […]
Sisvel v Haier, is the first post-Huawei/ZTE ruling in Germany which tackles the issue of Standard Essential Patent (“SEP”) and fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) […]
No! Don’t confuse the title of this post “rights of a prior user” with the “prior user” of the Indian trademark law. Here we are […]
The German court (Mannheim) recently allowed an injunction in favor of Nokia to prevent Daimler from the unauthorized use of their SEP in Germany. The […]
Carl Cristo’s, “Science soars like an eagle however law drags on like a turtle” somehow describes the current state of space invention patenting. It’s a […]
“The time is not past when humankind thought it could selfishly draw on exhaustible resources. We know how the world is not a commodity”. Francois […]
After writing an introductory post on SEP licensing and discussing the steps of SEP licensing negotiation in view of the German case Haier v. Sisvel, […]
Utility models are referred to by many names such as petty patents, minor patents, short-term inventions and innovation patents among others. Utility models are not […]
Last year, the EPO made a loud noise by rejecting a patent application over an invention produced by an AI machine named DABUS. The legal […]
“The English Language cannot fully capture the depth and complexity of my thoughts so I’m incorporating emoji into my speech to better express myself, Winky-face” […]
IntroductionInventors often face difficulty while choosing a protection regime for their inventions which simultaneously ensures a competitive edge. The two equally confusing options fulfilling this […]
I have earlier researched, discussed and talked about Standard Essential Patents (SEP), however, I have never penned down my thoughts on this topic until now! […]
I. Introduction:The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown open dilemmatic questions to various business houses quizzing them about their survival, expansion plans and business continuity. The pandemic […]
The TRIPS agreement being an International Agreement, sets out for its signatory nations the minimum standards of protection to be provided in respect of the […]
A very interesting question was recently put across to a wide audience group. The questioner sought inputs on whether an applicant based out of India […]
Secret use of an invention before filing a patent application could amount to public use and such public use of the invention would be beyond […]
The present blog pertains to the landmark fight over Monsanto’s Bt. Cotton technology. It is not yet finalised whether the subject invention was a patentable […]
Failure of the first attempt to establish a unitary patent system Since the conclusion of The European Patent Convention in 1973, there have been several […]
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