Category: Patent

Global Business Summit

November 9, 2024 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 2:34 pm

The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), established in 1853, is one of India’s oldest and most influential chambers of commerce. Based in Kolkata, it has played a pivotal role in eastern India. BCCI has invited Biswajit Sarkar, Advocates – IP Attorneys, a leading

ARTHROGEN V. PATENT CONTROLLER, INDIA

March 11, 2024 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 3:37 pm

BACKGROUND Arthrogen filed for a patent on a process for manufacturing protein-enriched blood serum using gold particles. The Controller of Patents raised objections under Sections 3(c) (mere discovery of a scientific principle), 3(d) (mere discovery of a new form of a known substance), 3(e) (substance

Trouble for Ozempic

November 8, 2023 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 7:22 pm

Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic, also known as semaglutide, is a drug generally used to treat type-2 diabetes. However, the market for Ozempic is facing major shortages in supply globally due to its off-label use. The drug has gone viral over social media due to its side

Large Language Models

October 11, 2023 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 7:18 pm

In the patent and innovation industry it is important to be updated on the same level with the emerging technologies and trends for both the companies and the innovators. Due to the large amounts of data involved this can become quite challenging and time

Proposed Patents Rules

September 27, 2023 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 4:11 pm

August 22, 2023, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, proposed the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023. The proposed amendment is an attempt at expediting the process of patent applications and regulation of the same, which are

Sonos V. Google: Patent Wars

September 20, 2023 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 6:20 pm

Sonos and Google have finally ended their long patent infringement disputes. The primary contention here is that Google was accused of infringing Sonos’ patents covering their sound technology and smart speakers. Sonos, initially known as Rincon Audio, is an American company based in Santa

No Patent for Facebook

July 10, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 6:16 am

Recently the Delhi Patent Office dismissed Facebook’s patent application titled ‘analyzing a query log for use in managing category-specific electronic content.’ The Mark Zuckerberg led company had filed the patent application in 2007. This case is a classic example of how software-related innovations are entangled

IMB Patents foldable smartwatch

July 9, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 10:46 am

Tech giant IBM patented smartwatches which unfold into tablets on June 11, 2019. IBM had filed for this patent in 2016. This patent build on 9100 patents that the company received in 2018. Currently IBM does not manufacture any consumer devices. However, the smartwatch-to-tablet