March 16, 2015 - ipMetrix

Indian Government to rework patent subsidy scheme for start-ups

Leave a Comment / Newsletter / By ipmetrix / Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, government initiative, intellectual property, international patents, Patent Application, technology start-ups

In a country where Filing & Maintaining of Patents meant to be an expensive task, is now in the limelight, with government initiative that provides financial assistance to file international patents since the Centre has significantly eased the qualifying norms. A larger number of technology start-ups and small and medium enterprises could now benefit from this initiative. Earlier, …

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Disney opens up its IP for Developers.

Leave a Comment / Newsletter / By ipmetrix / Disney, Disney characters, Disney Interactive, intellectual property rights, IP rights, Walt Disney

Walt Disney and the Disney Group of companies earlier had entitled to own the IP rights of all the Disney characters. Individual who wish to use the Disney characters should take care to make legal use of them to avoid infringing Disney’s Intellectual Property rights. Disney protects its Characters with Trademark and Copyright Registrations. Now, …

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GI tag for Marayoor Sandal

Leave a Comment / Newsletter / By ipmetrix / Forest Certification, Marayoor, Marayoor sandal, non-timber forest products, sandal wood, The Department of Wood Science of Kerala Agricultural University

The Department of Wood Science of Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) has taken the initiative for securing Forest Certification and registration of Geographical Indication for Marayoor sandal. Forest Certification is a mechanism for monitoring, tracing, and labelling timber, wood, and pulp products and non-timber forest products whereby the quality of management from environmental, social, and economic …

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Patenting Trends from India

Leave a Comment / Newsletter / By ipmetrix / Design Patents, GM Global Technology Operations, Indian Patent Office, LG Electronics, QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

The Indian patent office granted 595 Patents for the month of February, 2015. The Top three consisted of GM Global Technology Operations, Qualcomm Incorporated, and LG Electronics with a count of 24, 21 and 16 patents respectively. The table below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum number of patents for the month …

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News from FIVE IP OFFICES:

Leave a Comment / Newsletter / By ipmetrix / EPO, European Patent Office, Five IP Offices, Japan Patent Office, JPO, KIPO, Korean Intellectual Property Office, SIPO, State Intellectual Property Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office, USPTO

The five IP offices (IP5) is the name given to a forum of the five largest intellectual property offices in the world that was set up to improve the efficiency of the examination process for patents worldwide. The members of IP5 are: the European Patent Office (EPO) the Japan Patent Office (JPO) the Korean Intellectual …

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