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| Patent Prosecution refers to a process of interaction between an applicant and a patent office with respect to the patent application filed in the said patent office. Patent prosecution process involves high level of negotiation with the patent office and therefore has high-impact value for the client. We understand, analyze the technology in hand, and undertake preparation of responses for patent applications in a professional manner. |
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| We are providing professional services to Inventors for securing exclusive IP rights for their creations. |
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| Our services include |
- Filing Provisional, Ordinary and Convention Applications in India
- Direct filing of PCT application at IB or at the Receiving Office, India
- Foreign filing of applications through a network of associates
- Filing PCT National Phase application in India
- Filing of Copyright, Industrial designs, GI and Trademark applications.
- Meeting all Formal Requirements before the Patent Office
- Filing Response to Examination Reports
- Prosecution and maintenance of IP registration in India & abroad.
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| Patent |
| Patent rights provide incentives to innovation by offering them recognition for their creativity and material reward for their marketable inventions. Patents provide not only protection for the owner, but also valuable information and inspiration for the future generations of researchers and inventors so that none has to reinvent the wheel again. |
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| Patent is an important tool for creation, up-gradation and protection of technology; it helps industry to improve existing technology to give cheaper and better products. |
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| Copyright |
| Copyright protection encourages creativity, and enables those creative minds to profit from their work. Under this system of rights, creators are assured that their works can be disseminated without the risk of being copied or pirated. This in turn would help increase the access to such works and enhances better cultural exchange, knowledge, and entertainment all over the world. |
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| Though CR registration is optional, it is advisable to go for it. Violation of CR is a cognizable offence, and registration of the same would help in establishing the ownership of the work, in the event of any infringement attempts by others. |
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| Unlike the other forms of IP, which are territorial in nature, CR is a global right. |
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| Industrial design |
| The purpose of design registration is to ensure that the creator of a design is not deprived of his reward, for the aesthetics he has created, and prevent unscrupulous people from unreasonably profiting out of the aesthetics created by some other person. |
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| An Industrial Design is that aspect of a useful article, which is ornamental, or aesthetic. Two-dimensional features like patterns, lines, colors etc ad three-dimensional features like shapes, surface of the article etc when applied to jewelry, furniture, textiles, clocks etc becomes eligible for protection under industrial design law. The owner of the Industrial Design can prevent unauthorized copying or imitation of the design if it is registered. |
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| The design aspects are solely judged by its appearance to eye and have nothing to do with the functionality of the article. A design must be new, original and industrially reproducible in order to become eligible for protection under The Designs Act 2000. Protection of ID is territorial. |
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| Geographical Indication & Appellations of Origin |
| GI is an indication to the customer that the product comes from the specified geographical area. Therefore GI protects the commercial interest of the people in the region where the product originates eg. Kancheepuram silk, Sheffield shield etc. |
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| All the producers in the particular region can use a GI indication even though they have different trademark. |
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| Appellations of origin are a more precise type of GI. It indicates the information that the product has certain qualities because it originates from that area. Eg. Nagpur orange, Roquefort cheese. |
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| Trademark |
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| A trademark is a sign that distinguishes the goods or services of an enterprise from that of its competitors. A trademark indicates the source of manufacture or trade origin of the goods or services and hence protects goodwill of the undertaking. It can be a word, expression, logo, letter, number, slogan, color, sound, smell or a hologram. The trademark must be distinctive and should not be deceptive. It indicates the purchaser as to the manufacturer or quality of goods. |
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| A person acquires a right on trademark particularly in two ways: (i) by constant use of that particular trademark for a long period of time. This procedure automatically established to some extent an exclusive limited right of using that trademark. However, it is understood that prior to its use it has not been used or registered by a third person (ii) by registration and thereafter suing it and then renewing it, as and when required. |
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| Registration of new trademark is necessary because an unregistered trademark acquires sufficient distinctiveness and reputation in the market place only after a long period of its launching. |
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| Your Intellectual Property may be your most valuable asset, and failure to protect it may put your business at risk |
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