Introduction A patent confers exclusive rights to a patentee to prevent others from making, using, importing, offering to sale, or selling any subject matter falling within the scope of the patent claims. The rights conferred by a patent are constrained Read more…
Introduction A prior art search can be conducted with various strategies, one of the most effective ways of searching for the promising prior art is by using patent classifications. Patent classification is a system of patent offices to categorize patent Read more…
Abstract Almost every company has some proprietary information that acts as a secret of their success. This information is always kept confidential from the competitors. This information is called trade secrets. Theft of the trade secrets is known as “Economic Read more…
Introduction A prior art search is conducted to identify relevant published work in a particular domain of technology. There exists a plurality of techniques to conduct a prior art search, among them the keyword and classification based searches are widely Read more…
The Indian Government has taken up initiatives to reduce the time taken to examine patent applications. One of these initiatives was the option of the expedited examination of patent applications in which the application examination is done within an expedited Read more…
IntroductionPatent File Wrapper, as the name suggests, is a file that wraps all the documents involved in prosecution as well as opposition (if any) of a particular patent application. It is the complete documentation of a patent application comprising all Read more…
Patent laws have a qualitative impact on the working of researchers, inventors, and attorneys. Even a single misconception regarding a rule can cause a big loss. The grace period is one of the important laws which play a very prominent Read more…
As a step of encouragement and increased ease of filing patents, The Indian Patent Office released a gazette notification on September 17, 2019 for implementation of the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2019. The notification is a modification/extension of the original Patents Read more…
Introduction Green technology or sustainable technology plays a very significant role in developing a positive environment. It helps to counteract the bad effects of pollution and climate change by producing green products. Intellectual property Rights plays a prominent role in Read more…
Human is the most intelligent species among all the living creatures. Human has evolved over time, starting from discovering fire during early age, till now it is continuously evolving. Creations and Inventions made by the human race have eased our Read more…