In the United States, the first financial exchange focusing on the IP asset was established in 2014. The main aim was to facilitate the non-exclusive licensing and […]
Structuring the IP financial exchange
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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 […]
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 […]
Committing to FRAND Terms: Observing Indian Position
The basic analogy behind the measurement of consumer harm relies especially on three factors i.e. price, quality, and innovation. Indian Courts, in various cases, have dealt with […]
Fashion Industry, Trademark Licensing And Legal Obligation
Most of the debate around the world for the past few months has been dominated by the application of Intellectual Property in the time of Covid-19. The […]
Samsung Patent Licensing Agreement with Personalized Media Communications
Texas-based Personalized Media communications, which is having a seminal intellectual property portfolio, has successfully signed a patent licensing agreement with Samsung Corporation and its affiliates. PMC patent […]
Nuziveedu seeds wins legal battle against US Giant Monsanto!
It has been a long time since M. Prabhakara Rao, the chairman of Nuziveedu Seeds, was trying to knock down the world’s largest seed company “Monsanto Co”, […]
Export under section 107A of Indian Patent Act, 1970
Introduction: It always has been a well-known fact that the markets in India are targeted by a large number of counterfeit products/goods. Popular brands like LV, GUCCI, […]
Meizu – Qualcomm License Agreement Deal
Qualcomm and the Chinese consumer electronics company Meizu recently announced that they had signed a licensing deal with each other. With this deal, they ended a yearlong […]