Patent Landscape is a comprehensive analysis of the available insights into a specific technology, either within a given country or region, or globally. The Patent Landscape search and analysis is amalgamation of Human Mind and software analysis. It is also known as State of Art Analysis or Patent Mapping. The patent mapping can be done of existing, pending, and active patents, in a specific area of interest.

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) on February 09, 2021 has issued the Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Patents Rules, 2003. Please follow the article to know the critical amendments that have been made.

As per the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), China is now leading as the country with the greatest number of patent applications filed globally. Since the commencement of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in 1978, the United States of America has held this position, which has now been taken over by China.

As we witness the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the digital transformation is at its peak and is in harmony with software development. Thus, the software industry and the development of various software-based technologies are anticipated to grow exponentially to sustain the transformation. From transportation to healthcare and from services to education, the software based inventions play a significant part in the transformation process across all industries.

The World Health Organization (WHO) explains COVID-19 (coronavirus) as the infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered coronavirus. This new virus and disease were unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It is popularly referred to as the cousin of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).

Off late there has been a lot of attention on the Intellectual property Policy of China. In relation this aseries of round table discussions (AS IN THE TITLE)was held at the USPTO headquarters on the 20th of November, 2019. The participants were from law schools, American Intellectual property law Association, the USPTO, Law firms, Business Schools and Business council amongst others

At the cellular level, all our senses keep ticking along neural pathways from one neuron to another in a series of electrochemical spikes and neurons connect with each other through their various tendrils. These connect with each other over tiny gaps called synapses. And they communicate between these gaps by firing ion signals along with tiny amounts of electricity. These are called action potentials. The ability to hear, communicate or see when they are not able to is actually a beautiful idea and that’s what Neuralink is doing.

Accelerated examination refers to the provision to fast-track patent applications to obtain patents for their inventions in different patent jurisdictions. The procedure to get a patent is tedious involving a great deal of intellectual and budgetary endeavors. Most often, Applicants look forward to avenues that can reduce this time in order to enjoy their IP rights. Accelerated examination in different geographical jurisdictions have different criteria and administrative requirements that need to be satisfied for a successful outcome.

While drafting the patent claims, one needs to consider the scope, characteristics, and structure of the claims. Claims include independent claims and dependent claims, where all the independent claims should be presented covering the broadest scope of the invention in light of the specification.

Patent Cooperation treaty or PCT is an international agreement that simplifies the process of filing patent applications in different countries. Administered by the WIPO, PCT is a seamless route to file an International application, provide an international filing date for a patent application and to facilitate the Applicant to formulate a suitable IP strategy before embarking into different jurisdictions.