11 Sep 2019

Articles, Blog, Brand Valuation, Canada, Compulsory Patent License, Digital Right Management, Hi Tech Patent Litigation, India, Intellectual Property, Patent, Patent Infringement, Patent Opposition, Pharma- Biotech- Patent Commercialisation 0 Comment
How to carry out research on patentable idea? A novelty patent search is performed to analyse whether your idea/ technology / invention is new or not.  The patent search novelty report provided by the patent expert will tell you whether your invention is novel or not. The search report will include list of selected granted patents, published patents and non-patent literature which will ...
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29 Aug 2018

Blog, Brand Valuation, India, Intellectual Property, IP Litigation, Patent Opposition 0 Comment
The Patents Amendment Act, 2005 provided for an integrated opposition system in India which allows both Pre and Post-grant opposition of a patent so as to ensure the quality and validity of granted patents. Though the grounds for both pre and post-grant opposition are same, there are various differences regarding proceedings between the two systems. While ‘any person’ can represent in w...
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29 Aug 2018

Blog, IP Licensing, Pharma- Biotech- Patent Commercialisation 0 Comment
A patent holder may legally allow another party to make, use, sell or import his invention for a specific period of time in a specific geographical region and in return for a license fees. This process is called patent licensing or invention licensing. The patent owner is known as the licensor, and the other party is the licensee. The licensee assumes all of the business risks, from manu...
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29 Aug 2018

Blog, Compulsory Patent License, India, Intellectual Property, IP Licensing 0 Comment
Preface According to “The Paris convention of 1883” each contracting state had to take legislative measures providing for the grant of compulsory licenses to prevent the abuses which might result from the exercise of the exclusive rights conferred by the patent. Further, the compulsory licensing of pharmaceutical products was addressed by the Doha Declaration which allowed members to iss...
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29 Aug 2018

Blog, Brand Valuation, Compulsory Patent License, India, Intellectual Property, Patent 0 Comment
A provisional patent application is an interim utility patent filed with a patent office. A provisional patent is filed without including any claims, oath or declaration, or any disclosure statement. A provisional patent application gives you protection on your invention for one year only and after that you must file for a non-provisional or regular patent application or abandon your pat...
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