Invalidity search or validity search is a prior art search conducted after the grant of the patent. The sole purpose of the invalidity search is to validate an enforceability of the granted patent’s claims. Invalidation searches provides prior arts that challenge the validity of the granted patent, where such prior arts were not cited by the examiner at the time of patent prosecution.
Intellectual property litigation is changing. In common with the rest of the business world, litigation is becoming more digitized and this is enabling smaller teams to conduct litigation as effectively as large teams, but at lower cost.
Litigation in the India has historically been expensive due to certain features of common law litigation that have been deemed indispensable.
What is patent opposition?
Patent opposition is a right created under Patent Act allowing any person to raise issues against the grant of a patent. Patent oppositions can be made against an accepted patent application or a granted patent.
IP prosecution is the process of drafting, filing, and negotiating with the Patent and Trademark Office in order to obtain patent protection, trade mark protection, and design protection.
IP prosecution is a cooperative interactive process in which the applicant and the applicant’s representatives work with the Patent and Trademark Office examiners to address various concerns regarding an invention’s patentability, trade mark or design.
What is IP infringement?
An intellectual property infringement is the infringement or violation of an intellectual property right. There are several types of intellectual property rights, such as copyrights, patents, trademarks, and industrial designs.
BOOSTS IN SOFTWARE PATENT PROTECTION IN INDIA
Computer programs per se, algorithms and software are not patentable in India, However, Indian courts have analysed the need for change to how software patents are examined in India, leading to clarity on the patentability of those inventions. There have been numerous instances in which patent applications have been initially refused owing to non-patentability and, after appeal,
Will India ever beat China in AI Patent filing?
According to Forbes AI is evolving in a faster phase with one motive to change the world and to provide improved lifestyle. A well know example is a personnel assistant which helps people get more quality time while carrying out various many tasks of the people.
Virtually every business creates intellectual properties incidental to the development and implementation of its competitive strategies. Some properties may relate to new products, chemical compositions, or manufacturing processes that are protectable under the patent laws. Product names or other indicia that help to identify a product or service may be protectable under the trademark laws.