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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) treaty is a 12-nation trade pact that is designed by the US and that aims to eventually include all of the Asia-Pacific countries. At present, the TPP member countries are:...
What is Crowdfunding? An inventor may now review the market worth of his invention much before spending any money on its commercialization and securing IP protection for it, thanks to the concept of crowdfunding....
It is a proven fact that vague software patents are far more likely to be involved in litigation, particularly with patent assertion entities, than other types of patent and drain companies of millions of...
The Madrid System refers to the system of the international registration of marks and its biggest advantage lies in reduced costs. As such, Korea also became a member country of the Madrid Union in...
Until recently, copyright was not regarded as being of much relevance to the software developers/inventors but things have changed drastically. Copyrighting has become an extremely important weapon in preventing piracy of computer software and...
• Opponent has to file 3 Copies of the TM Opposition Notice in Form No. TM-5 within 3 months from the date of publication of the Trademark with fee of Rs. 2500 at the...
Micromax-Ericsson Lawsuit Soon after Micromax refused to sign a FRAND license agreement and a 3-year negotiation with the company failed, Ericsson was quick to file a patent infringement lawsuit against Micromax. In March 2013,...
In our blog article titled “Nokia is on a Suing Spree”, we explored many of the patent wars initiated by Nokia over European Patent number 0998024 and its other patents. HTC emerged as the...
In India, Karnataka Tops with 32 GIs Karnataka has notched the top slot among all Indian states with 32 GIs (Geographical Indications) according to the Trademarks & GI Registry attached to the Intellectual Property...
Google’s new-found interest in amassing thousands of patents contradicts previous statements by Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt that condemned other companies who use patents as tools for filing lawsuits. But then Google is under...
