What does “defensive purposes” mean in IPA?
A: Defensive purposes means that you can defend yourself should another party try to initiate patent litigation against you or your customers or users. Under the IPA, it also means that you can use these patents against anyone who has…
INNOVATOR’s PATENT AGREEMENT
Sample agreement taken from “Innovators Patent Agreement” © 2012 Twitter, Inc, used under a Creative Commons Attribution Unported license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ INNOVATOR’s PATENT AGREEMENT (IPA), Version 1.0 This INNOVATOR’s PATENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made between the person(s) named below (collectively referred…
Sample Patent Agreement
Innovators Patent Agreement The Innovators Patent Agreement (IPA) is a new way to do patent assignment that keeps control in the hands of engineers and designers. It is a commitment from a company to its employees that patents can only…
Start-Ups and Intellectual Property Protection
Scheme for Facilitating Start-Ups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) in India is further extended for a period of three years with effect from 01.04.2017 to 31:03.2020 by Indian government. Under scheme for Startups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) is to facilitate protection…
e-filings of trademark in India by digital signature
The fee for online filing has been kept at 10 per cent lower than that for physical filing. Overall fees have been rationalised by reducing the number of entries in Schedule I from 88 to just 23. in new rules…
Government Open Data License released
After completion of four years of its initiation, Open Government Data (OGD) Platform in India has a new feather in its cap. Government Open Data Licence – India (GODL) has been gazette notified on February 13, 2017. This Licence provides…
Patent Searching & Mapping
A workshop on Patent Searching & Mapping is designed for IP Strategists, Patent Re-searchers, Patent Attorneys, R&D professionals at CSIR National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Kerala on 16th May 2012.