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India’s Two Biggest IP Firms to Merge

Two leading IP Firms of India, Singh & Singh and Lall & Sethi will unite to create a new entity. Singh & Singh is listed as a rank 1 firm in Patent and TM/ copyright matters. While, Lall & Sethi is ranked in the top firms for copyright and TM Prosecution matters. The new firm …

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Basics of Patents

Objective: To give an insight into analyzing  patentability of an invention, understanding patent process and its concepts, and purpose of doing various types of patent searches before applying for a patent and before commercializing an invention. Outline: Analysis of patentability criteria, Types of patent searches, Types of patent applications, Application for patents, and Patent Process. …

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After Tesla, its Toyota\’s turn to \”Open Source\” it’s patent.

Recently, Toyota decided to follow Tesla’s steps into opening a relevant patent pool dedicated to Hydrogen technology. At the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show Toyota announced that it is opening the door to the hydrogen future, making available thousands of hydrogen fuel cell patents royalty free. This initiative will stimulate development of innovative fuel cell technologies …

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Varanasi’s Gulabi Meenakari to get GI soon.

Meenakari is the art of coloring the surface of metals by fusing over brilliant colors that are decorated in an intricate design. This was brought to Varanasi by the Persian enamellists around early 17th century during the Mughal era. Mina is the feminine form of “Minoo” in Persian, meaning heaven. Mina refers to the Azure colour …

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Top 20 Patentees for the year 2014

Indian Patent Office Granted 5721 patents in the year 2014. The top 20 companies include as tabulated below Sl no Name of the Patentee No. of Patents 1 QUALCOMM INCORPORATED 201 2 GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATION INC 184 3 TELEFONAKTIEB OLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL) 80 4 COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDISTRIAL RESEARCH 78 5 SIEMENS …

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Thomson Reuters’ India Innovation Awards 2014

Biocon and Sun Pharma were honored recently at Thomson Reuters’ India Innovation Awards 2014. This is the second consecutive year of the study of State of Innovation India Report, which analyses innovation in 12 leading sectors, which are based on patent activity for inventions originating from India, using the Derwent World Patents Index- A Thomson …

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Varanasi Glass Beads to get GI Recognition

Glass beads in various types, a handicraft that originated in the rural areas of Varanasi, also called as “kaanch ke moti” soon to receive a geographical indication status.  According to reports the Geographical Indication (GI) Registry of India has agreed to certify this handicraft which comprises earrings, bracelets and necklaces made of glass beads. The …

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Webinar on Eligibility of Software Patent Claims in the USA in view of DDR Holdings, LLC v. Hotels.com, L.P.

ipMetrix Consulting Group invites you to join a live webinar on Patenting strategies for Start-ups in the IT and ITES domains. The webinar details are as follows: ‘Bilski and Alice have set the standard of review required in assessing eligibility of patent claims aimed at software based inventios. As it stands, business methods and software …

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