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Understanding Freedom to Operate (FTO) Concerning IP & Patents

Kashishipr

An FTO analysis always starts with searching the patent literature and documents for granted or pending patents. It implies that while a specific technology may be protected in the main markets of a company, it may lie in the public domain in some other countries. Conducting FTO Analysis Based on Patent Literature Search.

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Patentability in India

IP and Legal Filings

An invention relating either to a product or process that is new, involving an inventive step, and capable of industrial application can be patented.Provided the invention is not falling under the categories of inventions that are non-patentable under sections 3 and 4 of the Patent Act. Image Source: gettyimage].

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Understanding The Patent Specification Of An Invention

Intepat

A patent specification is a disclosure to the public at large regarding the invention as well as the scope of protection that would be granted to the invention. It provides an opportunity for the applicant to provide information regarding the invention in order to be entitled to claim protection. Complete Specification.

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Trade Secrets in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

Kashishipr

The North American Free Trade Agreement defines a trade secret as “Information having commercial value, which is not in the public domain, and for which reasonable steps have been taken to maintain its secrecy.” A person in every company should be in charge of controlling the accessibility of critical documents. ?

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 20-March 25)

SpicyIP

The respondent had rejected the application holding that the same does not meet the requirements of Section 2(1)(j) as the subject invention constitutes the elements of prior art(s) D2 with elements of D1 and D3. to hold that the subject invention is not a mere combination but is an inventive step. Case: Bennett Coleman and Co.

Design 105
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Rise of Patents in India and Amended Rules Of 2024

IP and Legal Filings

This allows the others to gain knowledge of the others invention and develop in the future. The patentee has exclusive rights over their invention for a particular period of time, that is 20 years in India. This represent that the patentee has the power to control the uses, makes, imports or sells of their invention.

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Prior Art

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Novelty means that the invention must be new or novel and must not have been anticipated by any published document in the world. In order to prove novelty, it must be proved that no other document in the world has any prior claim relating to the subject matter of the invention. Section 13(1)(b), the Act].

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