Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2020
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 […]
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Whether to patent the vaccine or to protect it as a trade secret?
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 […]
IP hot shorts in September 2020
It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]
SISVEL International S.A.. v. Haier Deutschland GmbH, BGH, 05 May 2020 – KZR 36/17
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”) […]
Prior user right in patent law
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 […]
Global ‘FRAND’liness (license) over a standardized technology: is it a reality?
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 […]
The IP EXPO-Guidelines for Junior Inventors
Hello IPholics! Here is some information about the Junior Inventors Event at the IP Expo along with associated guidelines.We know that the name of the […]
Patenting in space: what we already know and moving forward from there
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 […]
Role of intellectual property in tackling the climate change issues
“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 […]
Why a utility model law is needed in India now more than ever!
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 […]