Software patents are the patents given for the codes written on computer and used to run different programs. Software patents have become a trend for MNCs nowadays as almost every company is trying to get as much patents as they can get on their softwares. One of the reasons is to safeguard their intellectual [...]
Stem cells are in news now days and this is because a British researcher John Gurdon and a Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on 8th October, 2012 for discovering that ordinary cells of the body can be reprogrammed into stem cells, which then can turn into any [...]
Research & Development stands as one of the most important areas of corporate affairs. The basic foundation of a company in terms of its technical and organizational know how grows with the help of research and the development that follows. It plays a vital role in defining the progression of a corporate entity and [...]
The patent war between two giants which are Apple and Samsung isn’t new. They have been fighting like Tom and Jerry, just to show the world who is stronger with respect to intellectual property. Many lawsuits have been filed by one on the other and by other on the first one. This patent par [...]
In a recent judgment given on 25th September, 2012 Karnataka high court quashed Controller’s General order of banning a person with ‘Overseas Citizenship of India’ from practicing as a patent agent. The court also gave the Controller General, liberty to conduct a new inquiry and determine if he should be in Register of Patent Agent [...]
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is an American multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. J&J filed for a patent on 9th June, 1999 which was granted to them on 10th April, 2001. The patent was US6214815 titled, “Triphasic oral contraceptive”. Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. a subsidiary of Lupin Limited works [...]
