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. […]
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, […]
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, […]
Compulsory Licensing– A Double Edged Sword
Licensing of a protected innovation or property implies permission or authority granted by the inventor or the protection holder to a third party to make use of their invention on pre-established terms. There can be a number of reasons for which a patent holder will opt to license their invention, for instance, in case the […]
A Win Over The Battle Of Trademark Infringement By Registered Mark Dealing Under A Different Class
The Delhi High Court in the matter of L’AIR Liquid Societe Anonyme Pour I Etude Et I Exploitation Des proceeded Georges Claude And Anr. v. M/S Liquid AIR & Ors. reaffirmed that even if a registered trademark is used as a business name or trading style, it will constitute infringement under section 29(5) of the Trademarks Act. […]
Significance of Universities in Filing Patent Application
Universities and Institutes are considered to be the most important foundation for the growth of any country. It is the place where most of the basic research is carried out, giving way to inventions. As Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)act as a shield to such invention from being misused by third parties and help in the […]
An Article On Shamnad Basheer V. Union Of India And Ors.
It is common to witness infringement cases in the intellectual property law sector but rarely there are suits which point out to the defects in the system managing the grant and working of patents, trademarks or other intellectual property rights. In the case of Shamnad Basheer v. Union of India and Others[1], a writ-petition was filed […]