The scope or the extent of Patent Watch is defined in the claims of the granted patent. Patent filing agents inform the public about terms of the claims such as what is allowed and what is not allowed without the permission of the patent holder.

Usually, a party that  manufactures, sells, imports, uses, or offers patented technology for sale , during the term of the patent and within the country of issued the patent, is considered to infringement of the patent.

In response to allegations of infringement, an accused infringing party would normally assert one or more of the following:

ñ it wasn’t practicing the patented invention or infringing act in the territory covered by the patent;

ñ the patents term is expired;

ñ the particular claim alleged to be infringed is  not valid, because th...

Not many domestic and foreign companies know that the Government of India has revised its weighted tax deductions for in-house R&D centers to 200% in the latest Union Budget of 2010. This is more than compared to benefits provided in countries like Singapore, Hungary etc.

Companies which are engaged in research only at present but have plans to start manufacturing at a later date are also eligible for the recognition from DSIR

Through this service, TT Consultants will assist domestic and foreign companies in setting up R&D center and Intellectual Property units to undertake the procedure of the entire certification and tax deduction claims related activities of firm’s R&D center...

Patent registration is required to obtain legal right for an invention while Trademark registration enhances protection to distinguish your goods and services.

Patent registration and Trademark registration process

The owner of a registered trademark may also commence legal dealings or file a case to prevent unauthorized use of that trademark. Large number of people are still unaware of the numerous benefits of owning a trademark registration which is now becoming familiar with  customer satisfaction in India. The trademark is registered to create the goodwill, popularize, brand name, business name and logo as to discriminate and put aside the mark from competitors and fraudulent.

The patent registration process system in India is governed by the Patents Act, 1970 and is effective since A...

A good professional search will be far more thorough than any search an untrained individual will be able to conduct.

Key points of a prior art search by TT CONSULTANTS experienced professionals:

•    Keywords search

Identification of analogous terms with respect to your proposed invention is mandatory. Technical jargon has its own importance while conducting keywords search.

•    Classification codes search

Identify pertinent patent classification codes related to your invention. Presently, commercial patent search databases have access to utilize IPC-R (IPC revised) version and US classification maintained by WIPO. This facility allows conducting a dynamic search by collating advanced level; subclass level; core level and/or invention level searches.

•    Hybrid search (classif...