The Trademark Registrar has issued new trademarks regulations in Iraq regarding registration, examination and related transactions. Application for Registration It is now obligatory to lodge a request for examination for trademarks before filing an...
The Trademark Registrar has issued new trademarks regulations in Iraq regarding registration, examination and related transactions. Application for Registration It is now obligatory to lodge a request for examination for trademarks before filing an...
Oman has adopted the new unified Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Trademark Law on 31 July 2017 by Royal Decree number 33 of 2017, which was published in the Official Gazette number 1204 on 30...
In order to improve patent examination system and accelerate the examination on particular cases, the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of China released the Administrative Measures for Prioritized Examination of Patent Applications on June...
On July 1, 2017, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Normative Instruction no. 70/2017 came into force, complemented by Resolution no. 199/2017 of July 11, 2017, which describes the new procedures for the registration...
On June 30, The Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trademarks (The Patent Office) published Revised Guidelines for Examination of Computer-related Inventions (CRIs). The guidelines are currently in force. This is the third time...
In India, the trademarks are registered under The Trade Marks Act, 1999. The Section 2(zb) of the TM Act 1999 defines trademark as: “trade mark means a mark capable of being represented graphically and...
On March 7, 2017, the European Patent Office (EPO) published its 2016 annual report. According to the report, in 2016 around 95,900 patents were granted – an incrementation of around 40% over 2015. Even...
China’s State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has released the new guidelines to patent the software and business methods along with the chemical inventions. With the enactment of the new guidelines, it is anticipated that...
Patentability / Novelty Search Novelty is one of the most paramount criteria that decide whether an invention can be considered to be patentable. The patentability search not only determines the scope of patent protection...
With the enactment of Patents (Amendment) Act 2005, the amending process of Indian Patents Act 1970 to bring it in line with the TRIPS Agreement has been consummated by the regime by incorporating the...
At TechSaras IP, we always strive to intervene, protect and enhance your inventions. In a first step, our experts define the patentability of your invention: what is its technical content? What is the...
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international agreement that avails to simplify the process of filing patent applications in several countries. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) provides a centralized application process for a...
What is a Patent? Patent is a sole right given to an inventor to make, use or sell his/her invention for a limited period in exclusion of unauthorized competitors. What kind of protection does...
The specification, which is also called the disclosure, is a written description of an invention, and is what appears in public domain once it is published. The patent specification is drafted both to satisfy...
