Amazon’s Alexa has turned out to be a household name for several consumers to do everyday chores. Demographic statistics show that Amazon’s voice-activated […]
Victory of Amazon over grocery voice-ordering feature of ALEXA
Patent
Surrender of a Patent Cause and Effect
Voluntary surrender of a patent and its revocation in a court are two distinct actions through which a patentee loses its right to […]
Women Inventors _ Series 8_ Anna Mani
There are innumerable weatherman jokes – about how their predictions never come true. But we must recognise that the science of meteorology has […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR PATENT APPLICANTS
What is a Power of Attorney? Why is a Power of Attorney required for filing a patent? For patent application, the Power of […]
Women Inventors _ Series 7_ Mary Elizabeth Anderson
An internet search for wipers for glasses yields many results. If you wear glasses and go out on a rainy day you might […]
Changing trends in claims category
It is understood from the statutory reading of Section 2(1)(j) of the Indian Patents Act, 1970 that different statutory classes of the invention […]
Protecting patent rights in the life sciences in India
The life sciences industry in India has improved significantly in the past three to four decades. It generates about $10 billion of trade […]
Defences of public interest in patent infringement
The second onslaught of covid-19 infections finds generic drug manufacturers putting patented drugs onto the market, hoping that courts will not grant temporary […]
Pre-grant Order Appealable: IPAB Precedents Lost?
Judiciously speaking precedential value of every decision of a higher court is high for deciding the similarly placed cases in lower courts. Lower […]
Pre-grant Order Appealable: IPAB Precedents Lost?
Judiciously speaking precedential value of every decision of a higher court is high for deciding the similarly placed cases in lower courts. Lower […]