CROSSING DEADLINES – WILL THE PATENT APPLICATIONS SURVIVE?

CROSSING DEADLINES – WILL THE PATENT APPLICATIONS SURVIVE?

Will the patent survive ? – The answer is Yes and No. Its clearly a mixed bag because of the precedence set by the Indian Courts and the practise adopted by the Indian Patent Office.

Maintaining strict deadlines is sometimes difficult for the applicants who are dependent on the attorneys to send them reminders. The attorneys are further dependent on the software’s and other work … Read More

CROSSING DEADLINES – WILL THE PATENT APPLICATIONS SURVIVE?

Will the patent survive ? – The answer is Yes and No. Its clearly a mixed bag because of the precedence set by the Indian Courts and the practise adopted by the Indian Patent Office.

Maintaining strict deadlines is sometimes difficult for the applicants who are dependent on the attorneys to send them reminders. The attorneys are further dependent on the software’s and other work … Read More

Food for thought – Can Recipes be Patented?

CAN RECIPES BE PATENTED? 
Food Patent in India
Food Patent
Recipes Patent
CAN RECIPES BE PATENTED?

Can Recipes be Patented? – Interestingly, if provided the right protection the good food can feed the pockets too. The concept of actually protecting recipes in India is quite recent, as for centuries cooking in India is more of a heartfelt affair i.e., contrary to the west where cooking is more industrialized, more methodical and scientific.

Indian cooking is more towards … Read More

Avoid Mistakes in Patent Drawings

Mistakes to avoid in Patent Drawings
How to avoid mistakes in Patent Drawings

A patent application may contain drawings,  patent drawings or patent illustration, primarily used for illustrating an invention, its specific embodiments or differentiating over the prior art. Drawings that comply with the formalities of the patent office specifications are essential in obtaining a granted utility or design patent from the patent office, which is why it is important avoid … Read More

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) – INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO BE NAMED AN INVENTOR IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS?

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) – INTELLEGENT ENOUGH TO BE NAMED AN INVENTOR IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS?

The fathers of the field, Minsky and McCarthy, in 1950s described artificial intelligence as any task performed by a program or a machine that, if a human carried out the same activity, we would say the human had to apply intelligence to accomplish the task.

Artificial intelligence (AI) a legal inventor?

In this blog we look at the outcome of a prominent case in … Read More