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NEWS INDIA
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"After almost a decade of preparing notes and drafts, officials in the Department of Pharmaceuticals could come out with a draft proposal for a new drug pricing policy last month. That has at least put an end to the continuing uncertainty on the policy front. But it is an incomplete draft in many ways. However, some section of the pharmaceutical industry welcomed the proposals in the draft but healthcare experts and patients groups find it rather deficient in many aspects."
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The disease profile of the country has drastically changed over the years with lifestyle diseases have turned into major killers of the people in the country today. Yet, most of the drugs for diabetes, hypertension, cancer, cholesterol and mental disorders remained outside the price control as the government failed to bring them under price control periodically. The new draft proposal seeking to bring 348 drugs under price control as against 74 in the 1994 policy is definitely a welcome move".
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"Making former Indian President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam proud – one who sees technology as an instrument bettering the lives of countless Indians and world; a trio from IIT-Kharagpur have come up with an innovative and cheap water filtration system that may make the availability of pure water for millions of poor a reality. Priced at Rs 300, the filter uses four-stage purification process which uses combination of ultra violet (UV) disinfection and plant extracts among others. " |
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"And making it a true invention, the filter doesn’t require high maintenance, and electricity.
The three students from IIT Kharagpur -- Deepesh Kumar, Pankaj Agarwal and Shobhit Jain, worked hard for one year to come up with this filter. The trio has already applied for three patents — first on its filtration system, secondly the use of plant extracts, and thirdly sand filtration process."
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Electric vehicle controller specialist Sevcon has won a contract to supply pioneering drivetrain control technology for a new range of utility and all terrain vehicles being manufactured in China. Sevcon is to supply its specialist Gen 4 microprocessor controllers for an innovative powertrain platform developed by the Zhejiang Xinyang Industry Co. Ltd., an established manufacturer of UTVs, ATVs, Jeeps, Go Karts and amphibious vehicles..
The "bio-digester" toilet conceived by a DRDO unit in the city of Gwalior, works by mixing self-multiplying bacteria with human waste in specially-made tanks, resulting in the production of methane gas and water.
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It was meant for Indian combat troops deployed on Siachen, a 6,300-metre-high (20,800-feet-high) glacier in disputed Kashmir where temperatures can fall up to to minus 50 degrees Celsius (minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit).
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New Delhi: A new drug derived from citrus fruits can help people suffering from Alzheimer`s disease to improve their quality of life, claims a researcher of the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences.
Dr.Mahaveer Golechha, senior research fellow, Department of Pharmacology, AIIMS, who discoverd the anti-
he anti-Alzheimer`s potential of citrus fruits has been awarded the prestigious Alzheimer`s Drug Discovery Foundation`s, USA Young Investigator Scholarship Award.
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"CHENNAI: TVS Motor Company, leading two wheeler maker head quartered in Chennai, announced that it has innovated a green technology for scooter and byke that will enhance fuel efficiency by as much as 20 percent when compared to the conventional technology deployed.This technology also delivers the lowest CO2 in scooters while providing for low floor board and space for luggage."
"We will introduce the scooter and motorcycle from the second half of 2013. Engine capacity will be from 110 cc. It has fully automatic gearshift and 20 per cent better fuel efficiency compared to conventional technology, with significant reduction in carbon emission," TVS Motor Company (New Product Development) President Vinay Harne told media persons here on 28 Decemeber.
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"Recently in Kollam: Amrita University, among the largest private universities in South India has indigenously developed a low-cost insulin pump for diabetic patients. The university is in talks with two bio-medical devices companies for commercially producing the pump.The university claims that the pump will cost just 10 per cent of the current market price."
Patients suffering from chronic diabetes, require insulin injections at regular intervals during the day. The diabetic pump is an alternative to the injection. It is a small medical device about the size of cell phone, which the patient has to wear around his body. From the device a small needle is inserted into the patient's body just below his skin and the medicine is delivered. It works similar to a saline drip. The sensors in the pump detect the insulin level, in the patient's body and deliver the accurate dosage automatically. |
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"MUMBAI: Swiss drug company Hoffman La Roche has lost a patent infringement suit against Matrix Pharmaceuticals to prohibit the Indian firm from selling its anti-cancer drug Tarceva".
When a user
does a search on Google for BharatMatrimony.com or related matrimonial
sites of the company, the user is served up advertisements of its
competitors, Consim CEO Murugavel Janakiraman said in a telephone
interview on Monday. Consim objects to Google offering Consim
trademarks as keywords for bidding in its advertising program,
Janakiraman said. "This certainly translates into loss of business for
us," he added.
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"NEW DELHI: India has foiled an attempt by a British pharmaceutical company to claim a patent on using ginger for the treatment of cold."
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While Indians have been gulping down 'adrak chai' for generations as a home remedy, Nicholas John Larkins, London, filed a patent application (GB2436063) titled "Pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of excess mucous production" on March 16, 2006 at the British patent office. The firm claimed a "unique finding" in the use of ginger ( Zingiber officinale)and kutki (Picrorhiza kurroa) for the treatment of cough and lung diseases. Within two weeks of India providing evidence, the attempt to pirate India's traditional medicinal knowledge was struck down by the UK patent office in 2011,a health ministry official said. |
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New Delhi: India’s big guns are having a bazaar battle.
Kishore Biyani, one of the biggest names in domestic retail, has locked horns with one of India’s richest men, Anil Ambani, over a small name with big stakes: Big Bazar.
When a user
does a search on Google for BharatMatrimony.com or related matrimonial
sites of the company, the user is served up advertisements of its
competitors, Consim CEO Murugavel Janakiraman said in a telephone
interview on Monday. Consim objects to Google offering Consim
trademarks as keywords for bidding in its advertising program,
Janakiraman said. "This certainly translates into loss of business for
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"The "patent cliff" has begun. Dreaded by leading pharmaceutical companies of the West for years now, it could potentially make millions of dollars of profits for Indian companies."
It is a phrase used to describe the ongoing expiry of pharmaceutical patents on a range of blockbuster drugs.Between 2011 and 2012, many drugmakers will lose patent protection on their best selling products opening up the market to cheaper copy-cat drugs made in countries like India and China. |
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"MUMBAI: Swiss drug company Hoffman La Roche has lost a patent infringement suit against Matrix Pharmaceuticals to prohibit the Indian firm from selling its anti-cancer drug Tarceva"
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted it permission to sell a generic version of anti-cholesterol drug Lipitor.Lipitor, manufactured by Pfizer, has sales in excess of $10bn (£6bn) a year, almost 70% of which come from the US.The approval came after Pfizer lost a patent protection on the drug.
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Lipitor-like exclusivity awaits Indian drug companies as 46 patents expire in 2012-15. On Tuesday, India's leading drug maker Ranbaxy announced the launch of an authorised generic version of Pfizer drug Caduet in the United States. A week earlier, the same company had launched a low cost generic version of Pfizer's biggest revenue earning drug, Lipitor, in the US market.
The launch of these two cholesterol-lowering drugs was made possible by a series of patent litigations waged by Ranbaxy against Pfizer. Ranbaxy now enjoys an exclusive or semi-exclusive limited period marketing opportunity for low cost versions of Rs 40,239 crore Lipitor and Rs 1,728.9 crore Caduet.
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"SHANGHAI, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) on Tuesday conferred 15 patent certificates to the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology (SAST), developer of the docking mechanism for China's first space docking mission.Unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8's docking with space lad module Tiangong-1 on November 3 was considered a great leap forward for China's space program."
Led by the SAST, Chinese scientists developed the docking mechanism and ground-experiment systems for the successful mission. Forty five patent applications regarding the docking technology have been submitted to the SIPO.China has been researching docking technology since 1994. The country plans to conduct two more |
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more space docking missions next year, one of them manned, and plans to complete a manned space station around 2020. |
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"Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has confirmed it is in talks with Microsoft about its use of Android software.
Microsoft claims that Google's Android operating system infringes its intellectual property rights. It has already convinced Samsung, HTC and others to pay it patent royalty fees."
Huawei Device's chief marketing officer, Victor Xu, said the discussions are "in progress".He also revealed that the firm plans to open a new design centre in London.Huawei has picked the UK as the launch point for its international roll-out of smartphones and tablet computers. |
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"SiliconCore Technology, a leading silicon based technology provider, today announced its breakthrough 1.9mm pitch LED display panel technology for indoor applications. Such fine pitch designs have not been possible until now due to several limitations, including high power dissipation resulting in overheating, and the lack of high integration LED Driver circuits. The breakthrough technology is enabled by a high integration, low power LED Driver integrated circuit developed by SiliconCore Technology.
The device can drive up to 128 RGB (Red-Green-Blue) LED pixels resulting in a drastic component count reduction. The fine pitch technology also pioneers the use of "Common Cathode" RGB LED topology which |
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image elimination, true 16-bit color, drastic reduction of EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) emissions and scan refresh rates of up to 16 KHz. SiliconCore Technology has patents pending in both the US and China on the key technologies developed for the fine pitch panel. |
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The Chinese University of Hong Kong announced on Dec. 15 that it has achieved a major technological breakthrough and completed the world first human case series of robotic-assisted endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), which treats early gastric cancer..
CUHK Professor Philip Waiyan Chiu said on Dec. 15 that conventional treatment for gastric neoplasia involves resection and anastomosis (removing a diseased section of the intestine and sewing it shut), and carries certain risks of morbidity and mortality, while ESD is a new and effective technique for treatment of early stomach tumor. |
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Electric vehicle controller specialist Sevcon has won a contract to supply pioneering drivetrain control technology for a new range of utility and all terrain vehicles being manufactured in China. Sevcon is to supply its specialist Gen 4 microprocessor controllers for an innovative powertrain platform developed by the Zhejiang Xinyang Industry Co. Ltd., an established manufacturer of UTVs, ATVs, Jeeps, Go Karts and amphibious vehicles..
The new electric range of UTVs is being developed for sale in Europe, USA and Southeast Asia and is powered by a 48V, 5kW motor, which will be controlled by a Sevcon Gen4 size 4 motor controller. The new vehicle, which will have a top speed of 45kph and a range of up to 80km, attracted considerable interest at its recent launch at the EICMA show in Milan". |
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China's satellite navigation system has become operational, according to an official. Beidou now offered location, timing and navigation data to China and surrounding areas, announced the project's spokesman Ran Cheng
China has been working on the system since 2000 to provide an alternative to the US government run Global Positioning System (GPS).The move should make China's military less dependent on foreign.technology.A launch earlier this month delivered the 10th of Beidou's satellites into orbit. |
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"IBM is helping a Chinese state-owned firm to monitor food safety in the country, by building a new system meant to prevent tainted products from being sold to consumers."
The 195 million yuan (US$30.5 million) system will allow the Chinese company to track food products across the supply chain, from farms up to retailers.If a consumer becomes sick after consuming tainted food, the system can better pinpoint which products should be removed, while keeping the safe products in stock. |
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"The victory by Chinese high-tech company Aigo Digital Technology Co Ltd in a
lawsuit against international electronics giant Toshiba over its USB Plus patent
changed the attitude of a number of foreign companies, according to Aigo's
intellectual property supervisor Huang Jing.".
Before the case, many overseas electronics makers ignored Aigo's patent, said Huang. "The logic was like this: I have occupied your house, but you can't sue me, and whether I stay or leave, it's none of your business," he said. "They just don't realize it's actually your house." "Many foreign companies have a strong stereotype of China - linking it only with piracy and commercial espionage," said Li Dong, Aigo's chief engineer and solution center manager. |
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Dec. 13 – Apple has recently hit a roadblock in its key growth market China, as a local Chinese court rejected the company’s ownership claim of its iPad trademark. The giant California-based technology company may therefore be forced to either change the name of its tablet computer products in China, or pay a large sum as compensation to its Chinese rival.
Apple's loss in the legal case – where the U.S. company sued the Hong Kong-listed Proview Technology (Shenzhen) for trademark infringement – has been the latest development in a series of back-and-forth lawsuits between the two parties since 2006 |
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Innovation is a decidedly tricky thing to measure. Patents are the most widely used yardstick, but they are an imperfect gauge of innovation at best. A report by Thomson Reuters, published on Tuesday, tries to draw a more accurate link between corporate patent filings and real innovation. It does so by measuring not only the number of patents a company files, but also the influence, global reach and success of its patents..
The result is a list of the 100 most innovative companies in the world, not ranked, just in or out. Most of the names on the list are no surprise. Forty percent are from America, including I.B.M., Apple, Microsoft, Boeing, Exxon Mobile and Intel. |
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| NEWS JAPAN |
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Walking into glass is bad enough, but what if glass was truly invisible? Well, the Japanese firm Nippon Electric Glass Ltd showed off their "invisible" (glare-less) at the 2011 FPDI International… basically giving birth to a new breed of videos of people walking into glass.
The glass has anti-reflection film on the front and back of the glass substrate. This invisible glass will let 99.5% of the light pass through while reflecting 0.5% of it. This is an improvement compared to normal glass substrate, which reflects 8% of the light that hits it, essentially making the the surface virtually glare-free. |
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Japan has been known for advancements in key sectors that include the electronic and nutraceutical industries. Its global brands especially in these sectors have been extolled for excellence.
Japan has as of late made dramatic inroads in the nutraceutical industry, having succeeded in brands manufactured for health, beauty, vitality and longevity — from ginseng to shark oil to the state-of-the-art in anti-aging: Hyaluron & Collagen, both purely organic and with tested effectiveness, most especially for the discovered potency of Hyaluronic acid in restoring youthfulness not just of facial skin, but also of other body parts. |
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Auto maker Honda on Tuesday unveiled an updated version of its ASIMO robot, which the company said can run faster, recognize faces and voices, and navigate unsteady terrains, among other things.
The 4-foot tall ASIMO was developed by the Honda Robotics division, but don't expect to see the helmeted humanoid at your local Best Buy anytime soon. Honda is still perfecting its technology, which it hopes to put to "practical use" in the near future. |
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This news is significant for Cyclone Power technologies (OTCQB: CYPW), because Japan is one of the last industrialized nations to issue a patent on the Cyclone Engine (18 other nations have done so), and also one of the most important for the company's strategic growth plans.
In addition to its manufacturing strength in the automotive sector, Japan leads the world in small-scale combined heat and power (micro-CHP) for home usage. Micro-CHP is an area of power generation ideally suited for Cyclone's compact, clean burning and multi-fuel capable engine. Recently, Cyclone presented its technology at the national CHP conference in Houston, Texas. |
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Intellect Neurosciences, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of disease-modifying therapeutic agents for the treatment of Alzheimer's and other neurological diseases announces today that the Japanese Patent Office has granted the company two new patents for its Alzheimer's immunotherapy programs. Behind the United States, Japan is the second largest pharmaceutical market worldwide based on total revenue.
Building our intellectual property portfolio across the globe is an essential part of our overall business plan," commented Daniel Chain, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO of Intellect Neurosciences. "As we continue development of these technologies, through significant milestones in the near future, we anticipate continued interest in our pipeline from strategic partners and additional revenue-generating partnerships."
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The controller for Nintendo's new console, the Wii U, combines a touchscreen with buttons and analogue sticks to create an interface that's a cross between a tablet and more traditional gaming systems. Players will also be able to use their old Wii remotes, but a recently published patent application suggests these may also be getting an upgrade with the addition of a touchpad.
Current Wii remotes contain an infrared (IR) sensor that detects the position of an IR beam mounted on your television - that's what lets you point and click at objects on the screen. Nintendo's patent describes a touchpad add-on that slips over the existing remote and uses the IR sensor in a similar way.
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Here's an interesting question for you: which automakers are currently leading when it comes to electric and hybrid car development? Like us, you might have the inclination to chose Toyota or perhaps Nissan. After all, the Renault-Nissan alliance has already spent over $5.6 Billion on electric car development.
German patent law firm Grünecker disagree. According to a list combined by its in-house specialists on patent law, Toyota is well ahead, filing 2,454 patents in the past five years for hybrid and electric car technology. Nissan, in second place, has filed just 899. |
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The recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan did great damage to the Fukushima nuclear power plant, so much so that the site now has radiation levels considered "fatal to humans." No bueno
But Japan, resourceful and tenacious as ever, has been making do with 130 pound tungsten suits and short clean-up shifts to work at salvaging the site.
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FROM TT's DESK |
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Validity search
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.
"According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, there has been a 76% increase in claims for trademark and patent infringement in the past 10 years."
The prime solution -
Validity/Invalidation search.
Conducting a prior art search could be a daunting task for most people. Only an experienced searcher equipped with professional tools and access to appropriate databases can perform a search to an adequate degree.
With 2000+ validity searches to its credit, TT Consultants distinguishes itself with innovative SOPs and numerous awards alongside. The non-exhaustive databases employed by the companies include Thomson Innovation, Micropat, Orbit, KIPRIS, TIPO, CIPO etc.
TT Consultants, with plenty of competitive IP services offering has invalidation searching leading the portfolio of company.
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Invalidation Search at TT Consultants |
Search By Native Searchers: We have in-house Native Searchers and tie-up with several native searchers/firms and have Chinese (Traditional and Non Traditional), Taiwan, Japanese, French and German search capabilities.
No Stone Unturned search: A validity search is an extended invalidation search conducted by a team for the duration of four weeks. Further native searches are performed as and when required. This gives a broad coverage to any relevant prior arts that may exist.
Inequitable conduct search:We offer Inequitable Conduct Search by default in all invalidation projects. Using sophisticated and innovative databases, we uncover priceless patents that were not reported to the one or the other patent office but were cited during prosecution in other countries.
Additional Analysis: An additional analysis is a complete analysis of all the patents and prior arts studied during the search. The trends and pattern for filing and publication activity of various active assignees and inventors are studied for the technology domain. This analysis is represented as graphs and charts making the data easy to analyze.
Report on Rolling Basis: The company provides the additional facility for the client to receive the prior arts as they are identified. This lets the client to better analyze the probability of finding the most relevant prior arts.
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TT Consultants has added to its growing awards collection by winning the India's biggest business award of CNBC TV 18 and ICICI Bank leading SME, 2011. The award focuses on small and medium entrepreneurs striving for world-class facilities, setting the highest benchmarks and optimising opportunities across the globe. The award encourages the SMEs who are the next generation of India's business leaders. |
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Lead by a young and dynamic woman entrepreneur, Mrs. Komal Talwar, the company has received numerous accolades which include TIE Woman Entrepreneur, Leading LPO by Black Book, Business Top 30 Entrepreneurs and many more.The company which stresses extensively on overall growth of its employees has not only sustained itself during recession times, but infact has achieved a tremendous growth rate of more than 100% in last fiscal year. The flexible approach, innovative ideas and sheer ability of Mrs. Talwar to shift the paradigm made it possible to achieve this feat.The awards were presided over by some of the biggest Indian Business Personalities including Mr. Mukesh Ambani, Mrs Chanda Kochhar and many others. |
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Continuing the company's innovation culture, TT Consultants will now provide more enhanced results for its prime Prior Art Search service. The new innovative feature added in the portfolio is.
Inequitable Conduct Search – With an experience of 5000+ prior art searching, the company has introduced this feature as a default search in its invalidity search methodology. The feature is employed by the use of more sophisticated databases, which uncovers priceless patents that were not reported to the one or the other patent office but were cited during prosecution in other countries
"In one such recent case, an Important Prior Art was NEITHER cited during prosecution NOR during RE-Exam by an NPE but WAS cited in foreign prosecution – this led to an excellent settlement in favor of our client."
This feature has added into one of the many USPs of the company which includes:
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- Foreign Language Searches
- Excellent Non Patent Literature Search
- Native Language Searches (Add on)
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A new service added in the portfolio of the company is, Patent Acquisition Support.
The economic slowdown has forced many companies to raise funds by selling their prime patents, which includes Nortel Networks, Drent Goebel, Nokia, latest in line Kodak and the news rolling around for Canadian smartphone maker Blackberry.
With many small and large companies putting their patents on sale and vice-versa willing to acquire, TT Consultants will work closely with its client for acquiring right patents for right value.
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- In-Licensing - Includes support of technology landscape, patent strength analysis and infringement analysis.
- Out-licensing - Includes identifying right buyers, gauging enforcement value and performing market research.
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