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Trademark Filing in India- Importance and Analysis of the Market

Written by adminDecember 27, 2019

The Government of India has been taking significant steps to develop favorable arena for Trademark filing. With registered trademark, one can stop others from using the trademarked business name/logo/word with respect to goods or services. Trademarks serve as a mark for identification of good or services and provide a better way to reach out to the huge audience. Trademarks influence the customers’ purchasing decision, reputation and acceptability such brands represent. Trademarks function as a valuable asset as they serve as a life-long support for business expansion. Even the giant companies like Apple protect their important assets for the business by means of trademark.

Recent amendments in Trademark Rules 1999, notified in March 2017, not only simplified the trademark registration process but also removed a number of redundant provisions thus making the overall process extremely user-friendly. Major changes that were brought in by Trademark Amendment Rules 2017 include –

1) reduction of number of Forms needed to be filled from 74 existing forms to 8 consolidated forms.

2) Single application form isrequired to file all type of trademark applications.

3) inclusion of online mode of service.

4) concession in fees to start-ups, individuals and small enterprises.

Trademark Filling in India- Importance and Analysis of the Market By Amit Aggarwal
Co-Founder and Director, Effectual Services

http://www.licensingcorner.com/know-how/trademark-filling-in-india-importance-and-analysis-of-the-market/

Article was 1st published On Licensing Corner

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How patents have transformed the Health Care Sector

Written by adminDecember 27, 2019

Currently India is aggressively adopting ‘Smart life’ where everything is driven by smart technology like artificial intelligence and IoT, but a grave reality still haunts most of the population is lack of basic healthcare facilities.

Currently India is aggressively adopting ‘Smart life’ where everything is driven by smart technology like artificial intelligence and IoT, but a grave reality still haunts most of the population is lack of basic healthcare facilities. In recent years, many projects and initiatives have been undertaken to improve the quality of life of common people, however, more concrete steps are still required to achieve the dream of ‘Healthy India’.

In a developing country like India, cheaper drugs & affordable healthcare infrastructure models can work wonders because the more it is affordable the more it is accessible. To make things affordable, we need innovation in drugs, developing therapeutic domain and building healthcare facilities. In last couple of decades India has developed a strategy of delivering highest quality drugs at lowest cost to patients within the country and other developing ones.

India revised the patent regime in pharmaceutical sector to comply with the WTO agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in 2005,which excluded certain types of chemical entities such as polymorphs and salts combination of drug patentability so as to prevent patent ‘evergreening’ by large pharmaceutical companies, which can make drugs unaffordable to the general population. Below are the changes that Indian Pharmaceutical Industry has gone through during the pre-compliance (till 2005) and post compliance(after 2005) phases. Read More

How patents have transformed the Health Care Sector By Amit Aggarwal
Co-Founder and Director, Effectual Services

https://health.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/how-patents-have-transformed-the-health-care-sector/68721028

Article was 1st published On ETHealthworld

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Why Patent Drawings are accepted in One Country and Rejected in Another?

Written by adminJune 26, 2014

Are you frustrated by patent drawings rejection in a country while the same patent drawings has been already accepted and approved in another country?

E.g. China Patent Office rejected your design patent drawings which were already granted in the US.This is not a misfortune; it’s all regarding the variations in rules for patent drawings between China and US jurisdictions. In this case, a common reason for rejection could be the usage of shading in drawings as US allows shadings in patent drawings, but in China, shading is not permitted. If you have submitted patent drawings in an application inconsiderately of patent drawing rules, then there is a probability of your drawings getting rejected.

Most of the Jurisdiction guidelines are universal for patent drawings in all countries apart from few rules, such as:

Most of the Jurisdiction guidelines are universal for patent drawings in all countries apart from few rules, such as:

  • Differences in sheet size, PCT and EPO can only be filed on A4 size paper while the USPTO can be filed on A4 or letter size papers. Margins (top: 2.5cm, left side: 2.5cm, right side: 1.5cm, bottom: 1.0cm) remains the same whether filings are done on A4 or letter size pages.But in Korea, patent drawings are filed on B4 size paper that is larger than A4 and A5 with minimum margins of 2 cm at the left side, 2.5 at the top, 1.5 cm on the right side and 1.5 cm at the bottom.
  • Shading requirements, as USPTO and PCT allows shading in patent drawings, however in China, shading and dotted lines are not permitted. In Korea shading is not allowed except it can be used in the reference views such as the perspective view. It’s not permitted for the other views of the drawings.

The above are just a few parameters, which if not followed properly might lead to rejection of patent drawings.

To increase the probability of acceptance of your patent application or the quality of your drawings, hiring a professional patent illustrator can assist you refine the drawings and provide valuable contribution in the development of your patent application.

We at Effectual Services have team of experienced Patent Illustrator who provides patent drawings in wide range of domains including-Utility, Design, Mechanical, Flowcharts, Graphs, Photographs, Biochemical, Biotechnological, Medical/Surgical device drawings, Electrical, electronic, Books, etc. as per USPTO, PCT, EPO, CD, JPO, CPO, KIPO, India and various other patent office requirements by following step-by-step jurisdictions guidelines to avoid office action on drawings in future.

Effectual Illustration team helps in drafting sophisticated views like Perspective, front, rear, right and left sides, top, bottom, sectional views, etc. as per client’s and jurisdictions requirements by using latest versions of software’s including AutoCAD, CorelDRAW, Visio, SolidWorks, etc. in numerous formats such as .PDF, .TIFF, .JPEG, word, etc. within the requested time frame to law firms and corporate legal departments.

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