The criteria of patentability are more or less consistent across jurisdictions. The patentability criteria in India or other jurisdictions such as US or Europe are primarily based on the logic that your invention should be a unique solution to a particular technical problem. It is critical to understand the criteria…

Before understanding how to patent a research paper, we first need to understand whether a research paper can be patented. Can you patent a research paper? The legal treatment on patenting a published vs an unpublished research work is different from each other. This can be understood by 2 scenarios in order to patent a research…

Patent filing for startups is a critical consideration in protecting innovation. Additionally, patent filing costs is an important factor you are filing patents ( Read this to know why you should file patents). In this article, let’s look at how you can optimise patent costs as a startup or as…

There used to be a time in my life when I used to despise oatmeal. In fact, the very first time I had oat meal was by boiling oats in milk and directly eating it. Needless to say, I hated the bland taste. …

Patent drafting refers to writing a patent application to apply for a patent. While writing a patent application, there are a certain factors that, when implemented, can result in a well-structured patent application. While a patent application results into a patent grant or not, is largely dependent on the merits…

A stock or share, at the simplest level, is a unit of ownership in a company. If you own a stock, you own a percentage of the company whose stock you own. As the company grows over time and increases its profits, investors keep valuing the company more. This means…

Having been a night owl all my working life for the past decade, I never found anything special in being a morning person. My usual routine was getting up at 9–9:30AM, getting ready and going to office by 10:30AM, which meant that my work started at 11AM and I got…

I used to read a lot, a few years back. However, I had lost touch with my reading habits from the past couple of years. Parenthood and a full-time busy job kept me extremely occupied despite the lockdown and I could not catch up with all those books that I…

Imagine you are going to launch a product commercially but you do not know what is patent infringement and how to avoid patent infringement. For anyone facing this situation, it is important to understand the meaning of patent infringement, know if you are infringing on a patent (read this…