Background Back in August 2020, Apple Inc. lost against the patent infringement suit (for two patents) brought by Optis Wireless Technology, filed in Texas. This claim was related to the use of 4G telecommunications technology used in Apple’s iPhone. As per a report by This is Money, Apple doesn’t own the technology used in iPhones. …
In today’s technology-driven world, innovation is of paramount importance. Innovative products and processes reduce manufacturing time, streamline the supply chain process and ultimately allows for the production of cheaper, more efficient goods that are accessible by more consumers. The importance of innovation is so much, in fact, that over the past few decades the major …
Background It is an accepted practice in the corporate sector that the company will file a patent application by relying on the inventions by its employees, under the company’s name. This is done mostly due to the existing employment contract, which has a specific clause for the company’s ownership over any invention made during employment. …
What is Evergreening? With the introduction of several vaccines against COVID-19, there have been debates over a controversial topic in the IP regime: the Evergreening of Patents. Evergreening denotes the practice where the players in the pharmaceutical industry try to extend the term of a granted patent which is about to expire by making some …
Patent trolls are one of the natural (if obstructive) offshoots of a highly competitive, saturated patent market. These entities typically possess a patent not to exploit or sell it, but to use it as a litigation tool for what many other parties would call a frivolous lawsuit. The objective of the troll is not to …
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It’s no secret that different countries have different requirements when it comes to transport. However, practicality doesn’t always gel with public perception, which is influenced by factors as diverse as culture and fashion. Worldwide, there has been a greater surge in the number of larger vehicles. The trends disregard norms such as road capacity, distance …
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Second waves of the COVID 19 pandemic have been encountered by many countries around the world. The number of cases and the death toll are unexpectedly staggering, especially in developing countries like India. The first wave of the pandemic in 2020 had resulted in huge damages to livelihood, but the actual intensity of the disease …
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The second wave of Covid-19 has hit many countries particularly hard, and none more so than India. We hear horror-movie level stories social media everyday- of families wiped off, of people begging in the streets for oxygen, and of cremation grounds that more closely resemble wildfires. Thousands of people are ill, recovering and dealing with …
It has become evident over time that inventions, in general, are more likely to be incremental or at the very least, not flashy. On occasion, however, we do get inventions which feel like they come straight out of a story. A patent application was filed for one of these inventions in early March. Auto manufacturer …
Covid 19 bought the world to a standstill in 2020, and we are only now starting to take permanent steps towards recovering from the pandemic. Imminent recovery also forces us to address the many social and logistical issues laid bare by Covid-19 restrictions- matters such as the viability of work-from-home arrangements and greater questions about …
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