Tag: Patentability

Fintech Innovations – Shaping the future of Financial Services

Fintech innovation covers a wide range of technological advancements and developments in the financial industry. Certainly, the field of fintech (financial technology) has been rapidly evolving and experiencing numerous innovations.

Fintech innovations provides financial products and services, that disrupts traditional financial systems, and improve the efficiency of financial transactions.

Some of the notable fintech innovations that were shaping the fintech landscape are as follows:

  • Blockchain:
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Gene Patent – is it possible or not?

Gene Patent - Is it possible or not?

Gene

A gene is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity and are made up of DNA that encode proteins

Gene Patents

A gene patent is the exclusive rights and ownership to a specific DNA/RNA sequence by an individual, organization, or corporation, who claims to have originally isolated a natural gene sequence and altered through gene engineering technologies to obtain a known function.

Well-known examples of … 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

Freedom to Operate – Logical and Legal

Understanding Freedom to Operate (FTO)

Even at an early stage of planning and developing a technology or invention, a company’s main objective is to patent the technology and commercialize it to make profit. Seldom do inventors or entrepreneurs pay attention whether the recently developed technology is likely to infringe any existing enforceable patent. Technology domain wherein exclusive patenting is the norm one has to really … Read More