Patents give an exclusive right to the inventor for his invention. The invention can be a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way […]
Getting a Patent: Procedural Aspects
Blogs – IP and Legal Filing
AstraZeneca Vs Alkem Laboratories: Striking Down the Double Patenting
In the recent case AstraZeneca vs. Intas Pharmaceuticals and Alkem Laboratories, the Delhi High Court denied the interim injunction to the plaintiff who contended that the defendant […]
Setting up Confidentiality Club: One-Tier or Two-Tier?
In an important case of Interdigital vs. Xiaomi, the Delhi High Court dealt with the idea of constituting two-tier confidentiality clubs as contended by the plaintiff and […]
Revisiting the Recent Global Trends for Compulsory Licensing
The developing countries lack sufficient resources to initiate R&D and even facing challenges like insufficient expertise and healthcare system over the subject matter. This leads to countries […]
The Ambit of Copyright Infringement in Forwarding E-Paper
The outbreak of this pandemic accompanied a lot of problems in day to day life. This pandemic has brought us into a new normal. This ‘new normal’ […]
Netflix’s “Stranger Things” Stuck in the Conundrum of Infringement
Netflix and the creator of “Stranger Things” faced a copyright infringement suit claiming that the idea for the show has been copied from “Totem”, a screenplay written […]
The Trademark Modernization Act – Providing Answers to Irregularities
The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 came into force in December 2020 in the US bringing some of the substantial change in the Lanham Act hoping to […]
SEPs and FRAND: A Never-Ending Conundrum?
The debate over the conundrum of SEP and FRAND is not new. The difficulty comes up with the perceived ‘standard’ that a patent becomes when it controls […]
Analyzing Patent Provisional Application
A provisional patent application is a temporary application that is never examined, never granted, and never enforceable. This application has to be effectively converted into a non-provisional […]
Types And Importance Of Patent Search
Intellectual Property is undoubtedly an important intangible asset to the company. IP asset strategies hold a prominent place in the business. The development of IP and especially […]