In today’s innovation-driven industries especially telecommunications, consumer electronics, and software companies rarely rely on a single patent. Instead, products often incorporate dozens or even hundreds of patented technologies owned by different entities. This creates a fundamental challenge: how do companies efficiently access all the rights they need? Two dominant models have emerged to solve this problem: patent […]
Patent Term Extension in Different Jurisdictions Across patent systems, one feature is common: while the duration of patent protection is fixed by law, the process of examination and grant is administrative and often slow. When this process takes several years, an obvious question arises, should time lost due to state delay be compensated in some way? Jurisdictions
The Reality of Patent Duration in India Indian patent law provides for a patent term of twenty years. Section 53 of the Patents Act, 1970 states that every patent shall be granted for a period of twenty years from the date of filing of the application. This aligns with Article 33 of the TRIPS Agreement
Introduction Freedom to Operate (FTO) refers to the ability of a company or individual to develop, manufacture, use, sell, or import a product without infringing existing intellectual property rights, particularly patents held by others. An FTO search evaluates whether a proposed product, process, or technology may violate active third-party patent rights in the jurisdictions where
Eligibility for Trademark Registration in India The law takes a broad and inclusive approach when it comes to who may apply for trademark registration. Under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (“the Act”), any person or legal entity claiming to be the proprietor of a trademark is eligible to file an application. Who Can Apply for a Trademark in India? You
Tear-down analysis is the process of systematically disassembling a product into its components in order to understand its construction, design, and functionality. This detailed analysis examines each part, how they are assembled, the materials used, manufacturing techniques, and often includes cost and process evaluation. Tear-down analysis can be performed on one’s products or competitors’ products.
India is a booming innovation market, supported by a fast-developing technological environment, a strong intellectual property (IP) protection legal framework, and increasing investor trust. India is the world’s fourth-largest economy and has emerged as a preference destination for foreign companies and inventors to protect their innovations and develop their technologies. This Article discusses the available
Inventors, entrepreneurs, and companies tend to hurry to file patents in the thrill of realizing a new concept. But before you spend time and resources on the patenting process, there is one step that is never to be forgotten: the Patentability Search. The patentability search can be the difference between a successful patent and a
