About Scotch Whisky Scotch Whisky is made in Scotland for more than 500 years and it has grown from a cottage industry, where farmers distilled their left over barley to prevent it going to waste, to one of the UK’s…
Overview This blog covers the role that patents play in access to pharmaceuticals -HIV/AIDS in Thailand along with steps taken by the government to overcome the current status of HIV/AIDS drugs. These measures may help to improve access to HIV/AIDS…
With respect to the expedition of the examination process of international applications filed under the Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT), an amendment is proposed u /r 24[C][1]. It explicitly states: An applicant may file a request for expedited examination in Form…
The patents rules can be amended by the virtue of section 159 of the Patent Act 1970, the following changes were proposed by the Central government on 4th of December 2018 through the Department Of Industrial Policy And Promotion. 1.…
IPO published Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2018 for public comments The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has notified Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2018 dated 4th December 2018 for objections and suggestions from any person.…
School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi organized a half day workshop on 11th December 2018 to acquaint faculty and students with interesting domain of Intellectual Property Rights. The workshop aimed at introducing the participants with purpose and processes involved with…
Introduction Cross-border counterfeiting and infringement of goods can have severe long-term consequences for an economy. In order to protect the IP rights of the holders as well as to secure the economy from such breaches, the government formulated Intellectual Property…
Introduction Recently in the last week of November 2018, the Finnish telecommunication giant Nokia announced inking a patent licensing agreement with Oppo. Oppo is a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communication company that is popular for its smartphones. Oppo has…
Introduction After a patents row that escalated between Nokia and Apple in December last year and was settled in May. Nokia sues Apple for the infringement of several patents claiming that Apple has been using Nokia technologies without the proper…
Introduction Nokia began in 1865 as a single paper mill operation. Since then, the Finnish company has seen sector-by-sector success and the same speaks volumes about its global rise as well. Post Nokia’s acquisition of Alcatel- Lucent, its position has…