Patent filing by research institutes promotes their research works actively to the public domain. Since the patents can be licensed, it is therefore possible to derive financial value from them for conducting further researches. As the innovations evolving from institutes come out of strong fundamental knowledge, it is highly recommended to secure the same.

The most important entry that a startup needs to add to its to-do list is “File Patents”. Patents are very important for individual inventors and startups, since they play a key role when it comes to aiming at a large recognition in initial stages. In another perspective, patent is also an additional tool in order to set up a business based around the invention...

“Can the genes be patented or not has been pondered since the commencement of the Human Genome Project. Numerous questions about whether discovery of a gene is sufficient to claim an invention and whether gene patents promote or asphyxiate research and the clinical use of genomics have been lifted up since then. In a landmark...

In a commendable initiative, world’s first comprehensive open database on curcumin has been created by Indian scientists from Kolkata with an aim to create substitutional innovation strategy and generate public awareness. The Curcumin Resource Database (CRDB) or portal is a collaborative effort of the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G), Institute of Advanced Study on Science...

Software patentability and the rules associated with it suffer from the lack of uniformity and subsequent ambiguity across the globe. The USA, Singapore and Australia to name a few have encouraged software patentability by granting liberal patents, Europe in general has been opposing on the ground that they are based on established mathematical formulas and...

The emblematic, soft hearted-cheesy-sugar syrupy filled rasgulla has again become a victim of a bitter debate with respect to its origin and continues to bamboozle its admirers. Both Odisha and West Bengal have been making claims over the origin of the delicacy and attempting to get the geographical indication tag for this mouthwatering sweet. The...

The Delhi high court issued notice to the Government of India on Sep 1st 2015, in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) on working of patents filed by eminent IP professional, Shamnad Basheer and the matter is now listed for November 17th. The PIL was filed based on the outcome of a survey undertaken...

Patent can be defined as a right granted to the owner of an invention that prevents others from making, using, importing or selling the invention without his permission. Such a privilege is granted as a reward for giving a technical solution to a problem. Grant of a patent involves a huge task for the inventor...

A recently published report in Azonano.com dated 13th September 2015, states development of a breakthrough device that can significantly reduce the cost of sophisticated lab tests for medical disorders and diseases and glorified credit goes to engineers from Rutgers School of Engineering, New Jersey. As proposed, the medical device could reduce cost of sophisticated tests...

The much awaited patent from Google about the self-driving car has been published today. This talks about the driving control that shuttles between the self-driving car and the drivers. The Google’s Self-Driving car, a project by GOOGLE X involves the technology which aids in developing autonomous cars and the software instigated is called “Google Chauffeur”....