Patent Trolls or Innovation Partners?

Patent-Trolls

Introduction Imagine a technology company, with about 10 people working for it. They just launched an application that a lot of people are using. One day they get a notice in the mail. It says their application is using an idea, like a way to send notifications or make pictures smaller. The notice requires them […]

Patent Examination Process In India

Patent Examination

INTRODUCTION In India the stages of the patent examination include the steps that must be followed to obtain a patent from the time an application is filed till the time the authority grants or rejects it. The following is a brief glance at the major stages of the patent examination process in India[i]: Filing of […]

Biotechnology Patent Landscape in India: Analyzing Emerging Legal Issues and Challenges

patent bio technology

INTRODUCTION Biotechnology Patent means the legal power given to the innovators to prevent third parties from producing, using or importing biotechnological inventions. A biotechnology patent, as described by Moore et al. (2019), comprises inventions pertaining to genetic material, living things, and procedures involving the manipulation of biological components.[1] It encompasses a wide range of technologies […]

Patent Infrigement And Protection: Global Scenario

Patent Infringement

Introduction A patent application is a formal form of request pending approval from the authorized patent office for the granting of a patent for an invention that is described in the patent specification. In the Indian subcontinent, the complete patent registration process includes a series of steps that need to be compulsorily followed to get […]

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 […]

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 of blockchain can […]

Khurana & Khurana Opens Jalandhar (Punjab) Office

Upon successful practicing in the area of Intellectual Property (IP) and Commercial Litigation over the decade, Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys together with its IP Asset Management Practice, IIPRD, feels immense pleasure to announce the recent opening of its 8th branch in Jalandhar. With years of helping corporates identify, create, protect, promote and commercialize their IP […]

Curious Case of Corporate Viel in Revocation Petition

This case pertains to a suit filed by Galatea Ltd. & Anr (Petitioners), against Diyora & Bhanderi Corporation (Defendants) and thirteen other defendants, for infringing of its patent IN 271425 (suit patent) for a ‘device which eliminates presence of gas bubbles from the immersion medium”. Along with the suit, the plaintiffs filed an application under […]

Does Focusing on Single Embodiment Limits the Patent Specification?

This issue was handled by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the SCRIPTPRO LLC, SCRIPTPRO USA, INC., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. INNOVATION ASSOCIATES, INC., Defendant-Appellee decided on August 15, 2016. This was an appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Kansas in No. 2:06-cv-02468-CM, Judge Carlos Murguia. United […]