What are Patents and Why Do We Have Them? What is a patent anyway? A patent is a government issued grant which confers on the inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale ...

Businesses are often founded upon a new invention or unique product designs that set the company apart from competitors. A patent is a type of intellectual property protection that gives inventors of ...

Discover how plant patents protect unique varieties through asexual reproduction. Learn key characteristics, application needs, and how to ensure robust IP protection.

CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. April 09, 2024 - There are four types of intellectual property rights: patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.

A common method for determining the patent status of medicines internationally is highly imprecise and complicates medicine access by obscuring the true medicine patent landscape for policymakers and ...

Munich, 19 November, 2019 – The European Patent Office (EPO) has today released the new Espacenet, a substantially revised and improved version of the Office’s patent information search tool. New ...

On Thursday, October 6th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a 79-page notice in the Federal Register regarding new rules surrounding Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) and ...

Masato Iida of Shiga International Patent Office calls for greater clarity in the Japanese patent linkage system in comparing it with US and Chinese practice Generic products have been ‘growing the ...

Bengaluru: Over 700-plus patents have been filed by Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) assisted IP cells in the last three years. More than ten patents have been granted and ...