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July’2013Vol. 10,

Contents

1. Headlines 1

2. News India 2

3. News China 6

4. News Japan 9

5. Editorial 11

6. TTC Updates 13

7. Contact Us 15

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HEADLINES INDIA

• Biden u rges India to open up to U S c ompa nies

• TAC Open L etter to U STR R ega rding C onc erns with U S Pressu re to R es tr ic t India ’s G eneric Medic ines

Indus try

• India fai ls to get F DI becau s e of i ts weak IP pol icy : US report

• Global Innova tion Index 2013 - I ndia Ra nks 66th

• RIL c hief Muk esh A mba ni jo ins M&M boss to back Indiaâ €™s 1s t genre-s peci f ic c hannel 'E pic TV’

• I IT- Ka npu r earns $86,400 th rou gh intel l ectu al property

• Bajaj ’s two- wh eel er pa tent not to be revok ed

• India sh ows U.S . path to patent sta ndards

• Keba bs from Luck now may get geogra phical indica tion rec ognition s oon

• India wa nts c opyright l aws eas ed for v isual ly impa ired

• Intel l ectual Property A ppel la te Boa rd rul es ‘A yur ’ ca n’t be tradema rk

• India n inventor A jay B hatt h onou red for developing U SB

HEADLINES CHINA

• More foreign companies involved in Ch ina IPR su its

• Europe a nd China a gree to us e same patent c lassif icat ion s ystem (C PC)

• Chines e mus eu m fou nd with 40,000 fak e exh ibits forc ed to c los e

• BAIC mulls el ectric IP acqu isi t ion

• China G rants Patent F or Detect ion of Gastr ic C anc er

• Rules to ba n adv ertis ing ' wel l -k nown tra dema rks'

• Chines e f irm says A ppl e stol e th eir tech nology with Siri , f i les la ws uit

• Neu soft M edical Signed Tra nsfer A greement with Phil ips to Ac quire 25% E qu it ies in Phil ips-Neusoft

Medical Sys tems Joint Ventu re

• Germa n c ompa nies remain optimist ic in China

HEADLINES JAPAN

• Samsu ng trumps A ppl e in Ja pan patent f igh t

• Key M es ench ymal Prec urs or C el l Patent Granted in Ja pa n

• Government s eeks to rev iew pa tent ownersh ip to favor bu siness es

• Ja panes e-E ngl ish Mac h ine Translat ion for Pa tents G oes Live

• Custom Tech nology A nnou nc es S i l ic on Ph ilos ophies' Ac quis it ion of Cinema C ra ft(R)

• Ja pan- EU tra de talks end in Tok yo; nonta ri f f ba rriers d iscus s ed

EDITORIAL

• Members of Congres s: India 's Pha rma Indus try ' Protec tionis m' Is Harming U S Pha rma Industry's

Abus e of Patent System

• Inval idat ion Sea rc h es: scou rge th e earth for the “u nf inda bl e” prior a rt

TTC UPDATES

• Tal eem ink s MoU with Business India , TT Consulta nts

• Legal Proc es s Ou ts ou rc ing In India has Lot potent ial whic h is rea dy to be u nl eas h ed

INDIA

CHINA

JAPAN

EDITORIAL

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Biden urges India to open up to US companies

US Vice President Joe Biden urged India on Wednesday to improve investment conditions and remove obstacles faced by American companies which restrict trade between the world's biggest democracies. Biden the first US vice president to visit India in three decades, listed intellectual property concerns, requirements to buy local content and inconsistent tax treatment as worries for foreign investors.

"These are tough problems, but they have to be negotiated and worked through to meet the potential of this relationship," he said in a speech at the Bombay Stock Exchange focused on boosting annual trade from its current level of nearly $100 billion. He also noted that India's "instinct to protect your industries is understandable.

Read More>> Go to the top>> TAC Open Letter to USTR Regarding Concerns with US Pressure to Restrict India’s Generic Medicines Industry

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) of South Africa is extremely concerned with recent attempts by the US government to discourage and curb the globe’s supply of affordable generic medicines available from India. Specifically, we object to the placement of India on the US ‘Special 301 Watch List’ over objections to the country’s intellectual property system, as well as subsequent condemnation from Members of Congress stemming from US pharmaceutical industry pressure, and attempts by a group of US commercial businesses (under the banner of ‘Alliance for Fair Trade with India’) to influence Vice President Biden’s current meetings in India.

Through the development of its effective generic manufacturing industry, India has become an essential source of affordable medicines, producing over 80% of medicines, and as many as 90% of paediatric medicines used in the developing world.

Read More>> Go to the top>> India fails to get FDI because of its weak IP policy: US report

India has become an “outlier” in the world community because its recent policy, regulatory and legal decisions have deteriorated the intellectual property rights in the country, a US report has said. The report ‘India: International Outlier on IP’ by the US chamber of Commerce said if India strengthens its intellectual property regime and increase its score on GIPC IP Index by 14.9 per cent, it can reach the level of FDI similar to Brazil, Russia and China.

“India has been less able to attract FDI than its BRIC (Brazil, Russia, and China) peers since the 1980s. Also in regards to FDI, India is noticeably weaker than other emerging economies, which started off at similarly low levels of investment and....

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Global Innovation Index 2013 - India Ranks 66th

India ranked 66th in the Global Innovation Index 2013, published by Cornell University, INSEAD, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as a knowledge partner. The study ranked 142 economies across the world on their innovation capacity and efficiency. This year's report casts additional light on the local dynamics of innovation, an area which has remained under-measured globally. It shows the emergence of original innovation eco-systems, and signals a needed shift from a usual tendency to try and duplicate previously successful initiatives. "The local dynamics of innovation varies considerably across the globe and influences innovation measurement at the unit level. Learning from the local innovation systems adds newer dimensions to....

Read More>> Go to the top>> RIL chief Mukesh Ambani joins M&M boss to back India’s 1st genre-specific channel 'Epic TV'

After Anand Mahindra, it's the turn of India's richest billionaire Mukesh Ambani to once again turn a venture capitalist and back a new media venture that is due to go on air mid-August. "Epic TV" - a niche entertainment pay channel will be India's first to showcase genre specific content related to history, folklore and mythology. Set up in October 2012, Epic Television Network is being led by Mahesh Samat, former managing director of Walt Disney Company who left the multi-national last year after a four year stint. But interestingly, through this investment Mahindra and Ambani each have a 25.8% stake in the company and together have financial control. Even though the quantum of their investments and other financial details are not yet disclosed, according to industry sources there is an initial…

Read More>> Go to the top>> IIT-Kanpur earns $86,400 through intellectual property

Apart from educating students, teachers at IIT-Kanpur are also actively engaged in doing research work. At the same time, high end research work is carried out and patents are filled. The institute also enters into Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with various educational institutes and industries in the interest of students so that they get worldwide exposure. The institute has also earned a whopping amount through intellectual property. All these tasks take place every year. Director, IIT-Kanpur, Prof Prof Indranil Manna, threw light over the earnings it made through intellectual property while addressing the students at the 45th convocation of the institute on Friday which was presided over by President.

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Bajaj’s two-wheeler patent not to be revoked

The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) here on Thursday dismissed an application of LML (Lohia Machines Ltd), seeking to revoke patent granted to Bajaj Auto Ltd. in respect of an improved two-stroke engine for its two-wheelers. The Board comprising its chairman Justice Prabha Sridevan and member D.P.S. Parmar held that “LML has not made out a case for the revocation of Bajaj’s patent.”

During 1990s, manufacturers such as Bajaj, LML and Piaggio were producing two-stroke scooters with monocoque chassis and engine positioned on one side of the vehicle. Since it was a big challenge to manufacturers to improve fuel efficiency and reduce emission from scooters, Bajaj developed an invention to mitigate such disadvantages.

Read More>> Go to the top>> India shows U.S. path to patent standards

Headlines have been trumpeting the Indian Supreme Court’s decision to deny a new patent for the cancer drug Gleevec as an attack on intellectual property rights and a win for patients in need of cheap drugs. Those headlines are misleading. What the ruling actually demonstrates is that India has set a high bar for determining what is “innovative.” The United States could learn a thing or two from India – particularly since Washington’s excessively liberal patent system led to a ridiculous spat last year between Samsung and Apple over whether a rectangular cellphone screen with rounded corners was patentable.

Read More>> Go to the top>> Kebabs from Lucknow may get geographical indication recognition soon

Soon after the Lucknow Zardozi was accorded geographical indication (GI) recognition, the delicious kebabs from the city of nawabs, the petha and marble from Agra and dress material and cotton bedsheets from Mau are next in line to get the GI tag, a form of Intellectual Property Right (IPR), from the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks.

A total of 17 applications from the state were earlier sent to New Delhi for GI registration, said KP Misra, joint director, Export Promotion. Of these, three were given GI registration. These included Zari-Zardozi of Lucknow, Panja Dari of Agra and block printing of Farrukhabad, he added. However, the rest others were returned by the agency with objections.

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India wants copyright laws eased for visually impaired

Home to one-fourth of the world's visually-challenged persons, India will play a key role in negotiating a historic international treaty next month that will ensure that the community's access to globally-published material is not stymied by rigid copyright rules. The Extraordinary General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has called a diplomatic conference in June (17th-28 th) 2013 in Marrakesh, Morocco, to conclude the WIPO Treaty for Visually Impaired Persons/Persons with Print disabilities.

Read More>> Go to the top>> Intellectual Property Appellate Board rules ‘Ayur’ can’t be trademark

Can anyone in India, the home of Ayurveda, claim exclusive intellectual property rights over the word ‘Ayur' for selling a product? Or contend that ‘Ayur,' a word derived from ‘Ayush' (life), is an ‘invented word' that can be used as a trade mark? The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has ruled that it cannot be done and directed the removal of the word ‘Ayur,' registered in the name of Three-N-Products (P) Ltd., New Delhi, from the trade marks registry. In its order delivered on Friday, the IPAB said: “Ayur is a generic word; to hoard it as ‘mine-own-forever' is not in public interest, and such a monopoly was never intended by the Trade Marks Act, 1999.”

Read More>> Go to the top>> Indian inventor Ajay Bhatt honoured for developing USB

The European Union today honoured India-born inventor Ajay Bhatt-led team at the US tech-giant Intel that developed the Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology, one of the most important advances in computing since the silicon chip. The European Patent Office announced the winners of the European Inventor Award 2013, which honours outstanding inventors for their contribution to social, economic and technological progress.

Some 500 guests attended the award ceremony at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, including Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Michel Barnier, the European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services. Ajay V Bhatt-led team, comprising of Bala Sudarshan Cadambi, Jeff Morriss, Shaun Knoll, Shelagh Callahan of the United States won the award for inventors from Non-European Countries, for creating and developing USB technology, one of the most important advances in computing since the silicon chip.

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More foreign companies involved in China IPR suits

More foreign companies involved in IPR cases China's top court has seen an increase in intellectual property lawsuits involving overseas companies in the first five months of the year amid economic globalization and rising domestic awareness. From January to May, judges nationwide announced verdicts in 24,544 intellectual property rights cases, up by 36.6 percent year-on-year, according to the Supreme People's Court. About 2 percent of those cases or 504 lawsuits involved overseas litigants. Last year, 1.7 percent of 83,850 such lawsuits nationwide were foreign-related, according to the top court. “With fiercer global competition, as well as a tendency for trade protectionism in certain countries, we have seen a remarkable increase in cross-border IPR conflicts,” said Kong Xiangjun, president of the top court's intellectual property tribunal.

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Europe and China agree to use same patent classification system (CPC)

EPO and SIPO sign a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance cooperation in patent classification: The EPO and the State Intellectual Property Office of the P.R.C. (SIPO) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance their cooperation in the area of patent classification. Under the terms of the MoU, as of January 2014, the SIPO will start classifying its newly published invention patent applications in some selected technical fields into the CPC after receiving dedicated training from the EPO, and will strive to classify its new invention patent applications according to the CPC in all technical areas from January 2016. The corresponding classification data will be shared with the EPO. The CPC is the most refined classification system for patent documents in the world (250 000 subdivisions) …...

Read More>> Go to the top>> Chinese museum found with 40,000 fake exhibits forced to close

A Chinese museum has been forced to close after claims that its 40,000-strong collection of supposedly ancient relics was almost entirely composed of fakes. The 60 million yuan (£6.4 million) Jibaozhai Museum, located in Jizhou, a city in the northern province of Hebei, opened in 2010 with its 12 exhibition halls packed with apparently unique cultural gems. But the museum’s collection, while extensive, appears ultimately to have been flawed. On Monday, the museum’s ticket offices were shut amid claims that many of the exhibits were in fact knock-offs which had been bought for between 100 yuan (£10.70) and 2,000 yuan (£215). The museum’s public humiliation began earlier this month when Ma Boyong, a Chinese writer, noticed a series of inexplicable discrepancies during a visit and posted his findings online.

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BAIC mulls electric IP acquisition

A Senova electric car by BAIC Motor is on display at this year's Shanghai auto show. The automaker now is looking to the US market for advanced green technologies. Driven by an interest in green vehicles, BAIC Group is joining a host of other companies that are considering buying assets from the ailing Fisker Automotive Inc. According to domestic media reports, the Beijing-based automaker recently sent a delegation to visit the US electric car company in Anaheim, California, because it plans to buy the intellectual property and patent for Fisker's Atlantic plug-in hybrid car. The reports said that BAIC expects to accelerate the development of its own electric car business through the possible deal. Currently, BAIC makes the E150 electric vehicle, a 4-meter-long compact hatchback, which began use in taxies and car rental services in the capital city this year.

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China Grants Patent For Detection of Gastric Cancer

China, with one of the highest incidences of stomach (Gastric) cancer in the world, has granted Pacific Edge Limited (the Company) its patent, ‘Detection of Gastric Cancer’. This patent defines technology that can be used for the diagnosis of gastric cancer. The granting of the Company’s patent in China is a further addition to the Company’s suite of intellectual property that includes accurate tests for the diagnosis and prognosis of several hard to detect cancers including those of the bladder, alimentary tract, stomach and melanomas. Earlier this year, Pacific Edge achieved a significant milestone in the commercialisation of its molecular diagnostic technology with regulatory approval to launch Cxbladder, its non-invasive detection test for bladder cancer, in the world’s largest health market, the United States.

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Rules to ban advertising 'well-known trademarks'

Owners of products recognized as well-known Chinese trademarks can no longer use the legal designation on their product packages or advertisement, according to the second draft version of an amendment to the trademark law submitted to China's top legislative body on June 26. Some law experts said that the purpose of the well-known trademark system is to protect brands, but it now serves more like a tool to confuse consumers and create unfair competition. Zhao Hu, an intellectual property rights lawyer and partner of EastBright Law Firm in Beijing, told China Daily that the identification of a well-known trademark is "a legal process to settle disputes based on factual evidence of individual cases", and different cases can lead to different results.

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Chinese firm says Apple stole their technology with Siri, files lawsuit

Apple is once again locked in an intellectual property rights dispute in China, with a Chinese company accusing the US electronics giant of infringing its patent on voice-activated digital assistance technology. Representatives of Apple appeared in a Shanghai court yesterday to respond to the case filed by Shanghai Zhizhen Network Technology Co, the developer of a voice technology called Xiao i Robot. The Chinese firm alleged that Apple’s Siri infringed the patent it holds related to “a type of instant messaging chat robot system.” Siri, included in Apple’s iPhone 4S, responds to a user’s commands through voice-recognition software. “We noticed iPhone 4S’ digital assistance Siri copied Xiao i Robot’s artificial intelligence technology when it came out in 2011.

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Neusoft Medical Signed Transfer Agreement with Philips to Acquire 25% Equities in Philips-Neusoft Medical Systems Joint Venture

Neusoft Corporation ("Neusoft", SSE: 600718), a leading IT solution and service provider in China, announced that Neusoft's wholly owned subsidiary, Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd. ("Neusoft Medical") has signed agreements with Royal Philips Electronics and its affiliate company ("Philips") on the equities and assets transfer, intellectual property rights, contracted manufacturing and supply, components supply, customer service and support of Philips & Neusoft Medical Systems Co., Ltd. ("PNMS"). According to the agreement, Neusoft Medical will acquire 25% equities in PNMS held by Philips, and become the holding company of the original joint venture. PNMS was jointly established by Neusoft Medical and Philips in 2004. Neusoft Medical and Philips held 49% and 51% equities in PNMS respectively. Upon the completion of the transaction, Neusoft Medical will hold 74% equities in PNMS, and therefore become the holding company of PNMS.

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German companies remain optimistic in China

Despite China's economic slowdown, German companies operating in the nation expect increased profits and sales this year, according to a survey released on Monday. Finding qualified employees remained the biggest challenge, in addition to concerns in the protection of intellectual property, the survey by a German business organization found. "The interviewed German companies generally held that the economic environment this year will significantly improve from last year," Joerg Mull, chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China and executive vice-president of the finance department of Volkswagen (China) Investment Co Ltd, told a news conference on Monday. "Companies in South China and Southwest China are especially optimistic and Chinese exports…….

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Samsung trumps Apple in Japan patent fight

A Japanese court said Tuesday that Apple Inc.'s patent infringement claim against Samsung Electronics Co. is invalid, giving the upper hand to the South Korean tech giant in a series of legal battles over patents, a Japanese news agency reported. Upholding a lower court's verdict, the Intellectual Property High Court ruled that Samsung, the world's largest smartphone maker, did not infringe upon Apple's technology on transferring media content from computers to smartphones and tablets, according to Kyodo News Service. The patent is one of two intellectual properties the iPhone maker addressed in its August 2011 claim against Samsung. In 2011, the iPhone maker argued that Samsung's Galaxy S and Galaxy S2 smartphones and its Galaxy Tab tablet infringed upon its synchronization technology.

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Key Mesenchymal Precursor Cell Patent Granted in Japan

Patent coverage provides for exclusive, long-term commercial rights in major established healthcare market. Regenerative medicine company Mesoblast Limited (ASX:MSB; USOTC:MBLTY) today announced that it has been granted a key patent by the Japanese Patent Office. Japanese patent number 5265190 provides Mesoblast with exclusive commercial rights in Japan through to September 2025 to all compositions-of-matter and uses of its Mesenchymal Precursor Cell (MPC) technology platform, irrespective of the MPC tissue source, including bone marrow, adipose, placenta, umbilical cord and dental pulp. The granting of the Japanese patent follows the recent extension of compositions-of-matter patents by the United States Patent and Trade Mark Office to March 2029, and two key patents from the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic…..

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Government seeks to review patent ownership to favor businesses

Bowing to strong pressure from the business lobby, the government is set to consider a policy change that would assign patents on in-house inventions to companies instead of employees. The move is intended to bolster the competitiveness of Japanese companies, but analysts say it could backfire and spur a brain drain overseas, ending up undermining their competitive edge. A review of the existing system was specified in the basic policy concerning intellectual property, compiled by the intellectual property strategy headquarters, led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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Japanese-English Machine Translation for Patents Goes Live

In another significant move to break down the language barriers to technological information, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Japan Patent Office (JPO) today announced the launch of the Japanese-English component of the EPO's automatic translation service Patent Translate. This means more than a million Japanese patent documents available via the EPO's global patent database Espacenet (www.epo.org/espacenet) can now be instantly translated into English free-of-charge at the click of a mouse. This major step offers access to Japanese patents in the full-text version, while Japanese inventors can read European patents in their own language. "The launch of the Japanese-English machine translation tool is a major step forward for patent information," said EPO President Benoît Battistelli, at a bilateral meeting of the two offices at the sidelines of the IP5 meeting in Cupertino, California.

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Custom Technology Announces Silicon Philosophies' Acquisition of Cinema Craft(R)

Custom Technology Corporation (CTC) today announced the completion of an agreement granting full ownership plus exclusive Intellectual Property (IP), development and worldwide distribution rights (except for Japan) for CINEMA CRAFT(R) AVC/H.264, MVC and Standard Definition video encoding products, to their former European distributor Silicon Philosophies. CINEMA CRAFT(R) products are considered the fastest, most accurate and efficient encoders for DVD and Blu-ray (BD) production, out-performing all competing brands and generating encoded content 100% compatible with Authoring applications, software and hardware players. They have long been entrusted and utilized by leading Video Post-Production studios (Imagion, MSM-studios, Paramount, Warner, MGM, Deluxe Digital, Pixar), and Broadcasters (FOX, HBO, Turner) as well as video enthusiasts in Hollywood, Europe and Asia to satisfy their….

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Japan-EU trade talks end in Tokyo; nontariff barriers discussed

Japan and the European Union ended their second round of free-trade negotiations Wednesday in Tokyo, having discussed the elimination of nontariff trade barriers and setting the stage for starting talks on specific articles of the envisioned pact. During the round that began June 24, Japan detailed its progress in deregulation in such areas as auto safety standards, medicine and medical equipment, according to a government source. The talks for facilitating economic exchanges between the two major economies also covered investment and intellectual property.

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Members of Congress: India's Pharma Industry 'Protectionism' Is Harming US Pharma Industry's Abuse of Patent System

From the towards-a-forceful-homogenization-of-worldwide-IP-law dept We recently discussed the US Chamber of Commerce's incredibly strange

statement on the state of India's IP protection (or lack thereof). The CofC first applauded the success of India's Bollywood industry, achieved without strong IP protection, before insisting the only way it would survive was by implementing strong IP protection. This, of course, was the CofC advancing its own agenda, despite being faced with evidence to the contrary.

It's the sort of doublespeak frequently deployed by IP-reliant industries in the US in their attempt to force the world to align their laws with ours. The argument always seems to be for more "protection," even if foreign industries are thriving without it. In a Congressional letter sent to the administration by 170 "concerned" members of Congress, India's IP laws come under attack again. This time it's the pharmaceutical industry being defended from India's supposedly inadequate protections.

Under the umbrella of claiming that policies of the Government of India favor domestic producers over U.S. Exporters – in other words, that India is protectionist – the Members of Congress claimed that “the intellectual property (IP) climate has become increasingly challenging in India.”

What's so challenging about it? Well, it seems that India actually practices some sort of quality control on patents, much to the dismay of American pharmaceutical companies looking to exploit the system the way they do domestically.

Under the WTO TRIPS Agreement, India has every right to define standards of patentability so long as they satisfy minimum standards of patentability set forth in TRIPS, namely novelty, inventive step, and industrial activity. India has elected to define and apply standards of patentability rigorously. When this rigorous standard is applied in India, it prohibits patents on secondary patents involving new uses of existing medicines or minor modifications of existing medicines/active ingredients that do not significantly enhance therapeutic efficacy.

This raises the bar for American companies, who are finding it harder to extend patents past the 20-year exclusivity through evergreening (or as pharma companies refer to it: "patent lifestyle management"). While a majority of patents run through the process smoothly, some just don't meet the Indian standard.

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Invalidation Searches: scourge the earth for the “unfindable” prior art with TT Consultants

A shrinking global economy and rapid growth in emerging countries, infringement analysis has poised to become an essential tool for companies. Patent troll, another concept which has emerged over the years, has further contributed in the rise of infringement cases. As a preferred choice of the world’s leading companies and law firms, TT Consultants is committed to world class client satisfaction through its cost effective and best in place invalidation searches, when you need to scourge the earth for the “unfindable” prior art. With an experience of conducting 5000+ prior art searches, TTC is continuously working to reduce patent prosecution and litigation costs for our clients. Here are 6 reasons to work with TT Consultants:

1. Multilingual searches: We provide patent searches beyond the borders of English language through our in-house native searchers in Taiwan. We also have tie-ups with several international law firms to provide patent searches in Chinese (Traditional and Non Traditional), Taiwan, Japanese, French and German languages.

2. Databases: We have access to databases covering more than 100 jurisdictions. The non-exhaustive patent and non-patent databases employed by the companies include Questel Orbit, TI, DWPI, Total Patents LexisNexis, KIPRIS, TIPO, CIPO, AUSPAT, Espacenet, PAJ, SIPO, IEEE, IP.com, Science Direct, Springer, Pubmed, NCBI, Scirus and many others. We employ technology and country specific databases depending on the requirement of each search.

3. Search Strategy: We have a robust search methodology to uncover the most relevant prior art. This included in-depth analysis of file wrapper, inequitable Conduct Search by default in all invalidation projects, patent webbing & citation analysis, along with an extensive keyword & class based search, inventor/assignee search.

4. No Stone Unturned search: A “No Stone Unturned Search” is an extended invalidation search conducted by a team of 4 resources for the duration of four weeks which can be further expedited based on the client’s requirement. Further, native searches are performed as and when required. This gives a broad coverage to any relevant prior arts that may exist.

5. Joint Defence Groups (JDGs): TTC has worked on several critical litigations – often with Joint Defense Groups. We are a trusted search provider for many top companies. Some of our recent JDG cases include cases involving: 26 defendants in digital imaging, 15 defendants in mail marking case, 7 defendants in Lighting case, 10 defendants in Telecom and several other important cases.

6. Pricing: Our quality services are priced at the most competitive rates ($50-55/hour).

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Taleem inks MoU with Business India, TT Consultants

Punjab based Taleem India has signed a memorandum of understanding with Business India Group and Talwar and Talwar Consultants to set up Centres for Media Studies and Intellectual Property Rights.

Co-Founder and CEO Taleem India, Jaiprakash S. Hasrajani told media persons after the MoU signing that "idea is to support and boost all facets of entrepreneurships by reaching out to people and offering them advisory services by experts." He said that the proposed Centres are the initiative of Taleem College of International Studies. The Memorandum of Understandings was signed by Executive Director, Santosh Goenka on behalf of Business India Group and Jitin Talwar on behalf of TT Consultants. While the Media Centre at Taleem would facilitate students to contribute to research in new areas along with interaction with industry leaders, the IPR Centre would help in proprietary technology, cloud based IPR systems and knowhow for smooth functioning of this first of its kind Centre.

COO, Taleem India, Ms Gursharan Kaur observed that the upcoming Centres at TCIS are a way for the Taleem India to give back to the industry and society as a whole and form part of its Corporate Social Responsibility concept.

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TTC UPDATES

Patent Watch

The patent alert service is for clients who wish

to remain updated about the latest patents filed in their preferred

field of invention. It is a practical step taken by most of the companies

who desire to keep track of the new and

improved formulations and adjuvant relating to their field of interest or

in respect to a competitor's patents.

Accordingly, we endeavor to observe

patents continually and provide regular updates to our clients. Further,

our search includes online product

directory and other non patent literature

available.

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Legal Process Outsourcing In India has Lot potential which is ready to be unleashed

One of the recognized way for the law firms, business to cut their litigation and prosecution cost is to outsource their legal products. Nowadays Companies are focusing more and more on new technologies and strategies to get their search done through recognized resources. The requirements now are to cut the cut while proving effective in case of all legal aspects.

Currently India is the home for more than 100 of LPO vendors working on the cases in field of IP. The legal processes of rich and developed countries have announced that the next outsourcing windfall is for India. The total worth of the legal industry is around $20 billion and we are in the way to grab the biggest part of it. This is because quality of work along with competitive rates that is the focus of the work done in India. Mitch Kowalski, author of the book on change in the legal profession and an adjunct professor with the University of Ottawa Said in context of legal process outsourcing that LPO’S is starting to move up in the food chain. They are more geared up with technology and are well versed with lean six sigma principles (improving the business efficiency with well defined criteria).

India has a potential in IP industry but needs investments. Last Friday, a held conference on intellectual property rights, 2013 planned IPR portfolio growth and new paradigms. Dr. KS Kardam, Deputy controller of said, india has a huge potential, but is way behind other countries such as patent application in Japan 344598, EPO 150961 and 59254 in germany. These all recorded 24 percent growth as compared to india at 12 percent growth.

Miss Komal Talwar Founder, TT Consultants, knowledge partner in conference reportedly said that there are not enough patents which are filed from india as compared to other countries. Whereas there is a huge scope and potential.

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TTC UPDATES

Patent Acquisition Services

Patent Acquisition/ In-Licensing

We work closely with our clients for acquiring the right patents at the

right value. The support ranges from landscape, evaluating

patent strength to gauging enforcement

value.

Patent Out-Licensing We help our clients to license their patents to the right purchasers for

the right value. This includes identifying the

right buyers, performing

infringement analysis and other important

aspects.

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