USPTO Patent Data Now On Google
Till recently you could “Google” patents and perhaps find some of what you were looking for but just as you would for just about any other information. Now with the announcement of Google and the USPTO having entered into an agreement to make the following USPTO products available on Google there is a vast amount of patent data which […]
An Insight Into WIPO 2009 International Patent Filings
The WIPO Patent Filings Report was published last month and at first glance 2009 seems like a year when innovation was held back by the economic turmoil especially across developed countries. Overall the report shows a 4.5% decline in filings from the 2008 figures but despite the decline, it also reveals some interesting insights into […]
The Battle On Software Patents Continues – How Would You Resolve It?
It’s everywhere! Blogs are buzzing with opinions and views on it, Twitter is flowing with tweets and references to it and IP professionals, innovators and the software industry are glued to In re Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw v. Kappos where the battle for patent rights for software and in particular business methods has […]
Tech companies find a way to fight “Patent Trolls”
Over the past few decades, the patent system has grown progressively. Today almost anything under the Sun that is made by man is considered patentable. Fuelling this is the increasing number of inventions made everyday. Organizations are seeking patents even for the minor modification they make in their original invention. Though this looks like a […]
Patent Filing Rises in India
Texas instruments, one of the largest chip makers in the world has seen a dramatic shift in the patent filing from their Indian R&D Offices. Since 1985, the Bangalore office in India, has filed over 500 patents. Another chip maker – NXP Semiconductors, also seems to have a similar story. Patent Application filed by Indian […]