- Advertising
- Asia
- Bangladesh
- Biological Inventions
- BRAND VALUATION
- China
- Comparative Advertisement
- Copyright
- Copyright Infringement
- Copyright Litigation
- Counterfeiting
- Covid
- Design
- Digital Marketing Rights
- DRM
- Geographical Indication
- India
- Indian Patents Act
- Indonesia
- Intellectual Property
- Interim Injunction
- IP Commercialization
- IP Licensing
- IP Litigation
- IP Practice in India
- IPAB
- IPAB Decisions
- Japan
- Legal Issues
- Licensing
- Malaysia
- Myanmar
- NCLT
- NEPAL
- Net Neutrality
- News & Updates
- Office
- Patent Commercialisation
- Patent Cooperation Treaty
- patent infringement
- Patent Licensing
- Patent Litigation
- Patent Opposition
- Patent Prosecution
- Patent Rule Amendment
- Patent Term Extension
- Patents
- pharma
- Philippines
- Punitive Damages
- Section 3(D)
- section 64
- Singapore
- South-east Asia
- Technology
- Technology Transfer
- Thailand
- Trademark
- Trademark Litigation
- UAE
- Uncategorized
- USPTO
- Vietnam
- WIPO
Daedalus Blue Sues Microsoft For Patent Infringement
Recently Daedalus Blue LLC has sued tech giant Microsoft over patent infringement. The suit has been filed in Western District of Texas (case no 6:20-cv-01152, Daedalus Blue LLC v. Microsoft Corporation). Daedalus Blue claims that Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing product infringes its patents which essentially deals with cloud and cloud-based technology. Daedalus Blue is seeking … Continue reading Daedalus Blue Sues Microsoft For Patent Infringement
Read more »Technology Focus: Solar Heat Collectors
Providing the required amount of electricity and heat to society while respecting the environment is one of the biggest hurdles that humankind is facing now. The International Energy Agency predicts that energy demand will increase by 30% in the years 2016–2040 and U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects nearly 50% increase in world energy usage … Continue reading Technology Focus: Solar Heat Collectors
Read more »Twinstrand Biosciences Licenses Patented DNA Sequencing Technology To Foundation Medicine
Recently TwinStrand Biosciences entered into an worldwide non-exclusive agreement to sublicense its DNA sequencing technology to Foundation Medicine. TwinStrand Biosciences is a Bellevue, Washington based company working in the field of DNA sequencing technologies. Foundation Medicine is a US based company involved in the development and manufacture of profiling assays based on cutting-edge sequencing technologies. … Continue reading Twinstrand Biosciences Licenses Patented DNA Sequencing Technology To Foundation Medicine
Read more »Patent License Dispute Between Ericsson And Samsung
Recently, Swedish telecom company Ericsson has filed a lawsuit in the US against South Korean company Samsung for breach of contractual commitments and failure to negotiate the patent licensing and payment terms in good faith, essentially under FRAND (Fair, Reasonable and Non-discriminatory) terms. In the suit, Ericsson is also looking for a declaratory ruling that … Continue reading Patent License Dispute Between Ericsson And Samsung
Read more »Compulsory Licensing Under The Patents Act
Under the pre-2004 provisions of the Patents Act, section 55 of the Patents Act provided that an application may be made to court for the grant of a license after 3 years from the date of the grant of a patent, or 4 years from the date of filing of the patent application, whichever is … Continue reading Compulsory Licensing Under The Patents Act
Read more »The Incongruousness Between Competition Law And Intellectual Property Licensing
Intellectual property is the creative work of human intellect. The primary motivation to protect these ‘knowledge goods’ is promotion of innovation and creativity by striking a balance between protecting the inventor or creator’s rights and fostering follow-on or cumulative developments. Nations do this by granting statutory expression to the to the exclusive economic rights of … Continue reading The Incongruousness Between Competition Law And Intellectual Property Licensing
Read more »Easement of IP laws and the concerns of India and South Africa
Recently, India and South Africa have filed a joint submission to the Council of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIS), requesting the WTO to waive off certain provisions of the TRIPS Agreement, in order to make sure that developed nations do not hoard COVID-19 vaccines or other related medicines, and the same is … Continue reading Easement of IP laws and the concerns of India and South Africa
Read more »Patent Licensing in Sri Lanka
Introduction Patent legislation in Sri Lanka can be traced to the earlier years of this century. As pointed out by T.A. Blanco White “the basic theory of the patent system is simple and reasonable. It is desirable in the public interest that industrial techniques should be improved” (quoted by Banks Commission in its Report on … Continue reading Patent Licensing in Sri Lanka
Read more »