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Obtaining the trademark registration is a crucial step for any business towards protecting its intellectual Property Rights (IPR) but maintaining the registration as ‘valid and subsisting’ is equally vital and
Having an innovation in semiconductors or IC layouts and not sure how to safeguard from silicon pirates? Look no further… This present article elaborates ways to secure such intellectual property
Planning to throne biological material as a patent? Look out for the NBA hurdles! According to Section 10 (4) (d) (ii) of the Patents Act, 1970, it is imperative for
Secrets and confidentiality are a given, particularly in highly competitive businesses. While the success mantra of some businesses is attributable to their ‘secrets’ – such as Coca-Cola’s coke formula, Google’s
When your patent application contains more inventions than the as-filed claims cover, or if multiple inventions are disclosed, filing of a Divisional Application works as the best strategic tool to
While the Indian Patents Act, 1970 permits patenting of diagnostic products such as kits and devices, claiming of methods of diagnosis is barred under section 3(i). Indian outlook in patenting
Can a simple date of signing of Form-1 spark off a legal drama? Seemingly so…Lets discuss NEC Corporation v Assistant Controller of Patents, where statutory requirements and innovation collide. This
A Freedom to Operate (FTO) search, also known as a clearance search or right-to-use search, is an analysis conducted to determine whether a product, process, or technology can be commercialized
by Amey Kokare (Patent Associate) My missing Patent: Patent Filing Post-Publication Forgetting to patent an idea can be a challenging situation, but all is not lost. Inventors often make the
3 mins read Startups are entitled to certain benefits when they apply for patents in India. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), which is a part of
