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Patentability in India

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

A patent is an exclusive right granted to the owner of an invention, that allows him to prevent others from making, using, or selling the invention without the consent of the owner. The patent law in India is governed by The Patent Act, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). 2(1) (ac)].

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Prior Art

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

As stated in the previous blog on Patentability in India, Novelty is one of the essential criteria required for a patent to be granted in India. Novelty means that the invention must be new or novel and must not have been anticipated by any published document in the world. a) Prior Publication [Section 29(1), the Act].

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The US Constitution as an Interpretive Tool for Obviousness Law

Patently-O

Justice Douglas goes on: It is worth emphasis that every patent case involving validity presents a question which requires reference to a standard written into the Constitution. The Congress does not have free reign, for example, to decide that patents should be easily or freely given. John Deere Co. of Kansas City , 383 U.S.

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False Patent Marking as False Advertising: Overcoming Dastar

Patently-O

In Dastar , the defendant had copied footage from an old television series that had entered the public domain, made minor edits, and sold the resulting videos as its own product without attribution to the original creators. The briefs also discuss, to a limited extend, patent law’s false marking statute, 35 U.S.C. §

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Patentability Search of Software in India

IP and Legal Filings

A patent is an intellectual property right granted by a government to the inventor, to protect their invention and allow the fullest commercial exploitation of the patented invention. Importantly, only those who have developed new technologies and created a product can file for a patent on the new technology.

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My Word! Design Patents on a Typeface

LexBlog IP

Utility patents are for functional inventions. Design patents protect the look of something functional, regardless of whether the functional aspects are new. Because of this, a popular use of design patents is to protect the outside of common consumer products. What’s more common than the written word?

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IP as a political instrument in Russia

The IPKat

The common denominator is the use of changes to the IP law as a political instrument towards states taking “unfriendly” actions against Russia. Article 1360 enumerates situations in which the Russian government can allow use of an invention, utility model, or industrial design without the patent owner’s authorization.

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