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Fresh twist over patent on Cancer Drug

The fight over the steeply priced cancer drug XTANDI(enzalutamide), used in prostate cancer has taken interesting turn, with a clutch of civil society, organisations including Union for Affordable Cancer Treatment and Health Global Access Project, urging University of Califirnia to withdraw its case and cease efforts to obtain patent in India. The drug was [...]

By |2017-09-07T16:48:40+05:30June 1st, 2017|Patent|0 Comments

Interesting Patent Grants

Uber patents driverless car technology The USPTO recently published a patent with application no. 15/358,033 titled “Controlling Autonomous Vehicles In Connection With Transport Services” assigned to Uber Technologies Inc. which discloses a system that allows a rider to instruct an autonomous vehicle to perform nondriving operations through a mobile computing device. The operations that [...]

By |2017-09-07T16:56:13+05:30May 29th, 2017|Patent|0 Comments

We’re one step closer to on-screen fingerprint scanners, CrucialTec obtains US patent

CrucialTec has secured an in-display fingerprint solution patent in the US, according to a new report out of The Investor. According to the report, CrucialTec has confirmed the patent approval which revolves around what the company calls its “Display Fingerprint Solution” (DFS). This solution is expected to allow smartphone users to unlock and/or authenticate [...]

By |2017-09-07T16:57:28+05:30May 29th, 2017|Patent|0 Comments

No Evidence that stronger Patent mean more innovation

Those who want "stronger" patents (i.e. patents that are easier to get and/or harder to invalidate) often use this rationale to justify changing patent laws to make patents more enforceable. For example, a former Judge on the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently suggested that "America is in danger because we have [...]

By |2017-09-07T17:02:25+05:30May 26th, 2017|Patent|0 Comments
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