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 […]
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 […]
Trademark Licensing in Singapore
Abstract Trademark is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression which identifies products or services of a particular source from those of others. Trademarks licensing is an agreement through which the Trademark owner permits the licensee to use the trademark for commercial purposes. This article deals with the Trademark […]
Patent Licensing In Singapore
Intellectual property rights (IPR) have come to be a crucial asset in improving businesses in today’s global economy. They’re pivotal with regard to the success of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) by way of providing a safeguard to their innovations and generating income. One such vital source of income is licensing and assignment of IPR, wherein the […]
Review Of The 4th Amendment Of China’s Patent Law
On 17 October 2020, twelve years after the third amendment of China’s Patent Law, the fourth amendment (hereinafter, ‘the Amendment’) was approved by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. The Amendment will come into effect on 1 June 2021. Many of these changes were a part of the proposed draft amendments released in […]
Patent And The Law – Licensing Of Patent In India
Patent licensing is a concept that provides that patent holder can further delegate his/her rights to a person who can further use it according to the patent holder and take his invention forward and in return pay royalty or remuneration to the holder. PATENT LICENSING A patent license is a right granted to a person to protect […]
Patent License Agreement
A patent license agreement is an arranged understanding between a patent holder and a licensee. When the parties have arranged the particulars of an understanding, the parties enter into an agreement where the patent holder (licensor) consents to permit the licensee to utilize, make, sell, or import the protected development to the US in return for a […]
Innovation in France amidst COVID-19: A Step toward a Greener Future
It started in 2015 when representatives of 196 state parties at the 21st Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC in Le Bourget, near Paris, France agreed to fight climate change by keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C and signed Paris Agreement. Though some countries took it lightly and […]
Patent Royalty Agreement
INTRODUCTION The royalty agreement of patent means that a person having the patented products is ready to delegate his exclusive rights to some extent in the form of license to a person who shall be known as a licensee who would further use, manufacture, or whatsoever under the provided patent and would pay royalty amount to the […]
Protection Of Acronyms Under Trademark Law
Acronyms are defined as the abbreviations of longer words formed by the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase. While the trademark is defined as “A mark capable of being represented graphically and which is capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one person from those of others.” From […]