What Should Be Your Key Considerations While Licensing From Patent Pledges?
Toyota, a Japanese MNC recently decided to grant approximately 24,000 ‘vehicle electrification’ patent licenses on the technologies used by them in making of their cars, specifically in “green” cars i.e. Prius, world’s first mass produced electric car. The ideology behind this, is that the team at Toyota believes to foresee beyond just producing finished products. […]
Vodafone Becomes a Part of Via Licensing’s Consortium
Via Licensing’s Consortium’s LTE Patent pool is a holistic platform in itself that drives all innovators of vital LTE patents towards a single offering. A huge announcement was made by Via on 22nd July 2019 wherein the company went public with the news of Vodafone, to license their standard-essential patents for the 4G Long Term […]
Broad Institute Decides to Share Non-Exclusive Licenses for CRISPR IP?
CRISPR IP has been the talk of the town amongst life scientists. Where, Harvard Broad Institute of MIT and Millipore Sigma have finally decided how they will be offering intellectual property rights relating to CRISPR in the form of non-exclusive licenses for commercial usage and further enhancement of the product.[1] What is CRISPR? CRISPR […]
Korea’s Biggest Credit Card Firm Wins Patent For Blockchain Credit System
INTRODUCTION The word “Blockchain” is one of the most trending buzzwords of this decade. Everyone is talking about it. So, this term is worth the discussion in order to explore how it works and its potential application in this fast changing environment. 1. About Blockchain Technology a. What is blockchain? The concept […]
Critical Analysis : Malaysia’s Trademarks Bill 2019
INTRODUCTION Malaysia is in the process of acceding to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol), adopted in Madrid on June 27, 1989, in order to take advantage of the anticipated growth and development in the domain of trademarks owing to the exponential increase in established global […]
Intellectual Property Tax Regime In India
1.1 INTRODUCTION The relevance of intellectual property as an asset has just surged in the last few decades and has become a strong foot for the economic development of the nations. Reasons like global competition, high innovation risks, short product cycle, need for rapid changes in technology, high investments in R&D, production and marketing & […]
Patent Term Extension In Different Countries
ABSTRACT A patent is a legal document granted by the government giving an inventor the exclusive rights to make, use and sell the invention for a specified number of years with a usual term of 20 years. This term can be extended by following both constitutional and conventional laws that are either implied or expressly […]
Dominance Of Huawei In 5G Technologies And It’s Implications On Global Stage
INTRODUCTION: In the latest development related to Huawei, It has been found that the company is the holder of the largest 5G Patent portfolio. 5G is the next big thing in the telecom sector and currently, it is in the development process across the globe before it emerges into the relevant market. US and China, […]
After a decade long wait, finally The Classic KohlapuriChappal successfully granted a GI
The Kolhapuri Chappal Logo The Kolhapuri Chappal, which is a popular ethnic wear, has been finally granted the GI tagafter a decade long wait. The tag was granted by the controller general of patents, designs and trademarks to the Chappal which is manufactured vastly in the districts of Maharashtra (Solapur, Sangli, Satara, & Kolhapur) […]
Copyright v. Design: Where is the Balance Line?
It’s not surprising to note that there is ambiguity concerning the overlap between copyright as well as design laws in India. The effect has touched the art industry as well as works leading to the design of commercial products. All types of legal queries come into the picture when there is the commercialization of a work of […]