Good news for people filing patents

*ISA(Indian Semiconductor Association) announced a scheme -Support International Patent Protection in Electronics and IT (SIP-EIT)-to support International patent Protection by SMEs and Technology Start up Units.
*Financial support: Up to 50% of the total patent cost. The support will be in form of reimbursement of expenses in actual to the applicant. Support will be limited to Rs.15 lakhs or 50% of the total expenses incurred on filing each invention whichever is less.

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Mobile voice commoditization

In all the brouhaha over the new iPhone and its features, one thing that’s particularly promising is that with the cellular carriers really focusing on data as a source of revenue growth, voice minutes are bound to get cheaper. If I understand it correctly, the iPhone voice minutes are not going to be priced higher than any other phone’s, but the data plan is more expensive.

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Patent royalties limited by Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court applies what it calls the “doctrine of patent exhaustion” and says LG can’t go about suing everyone up and down the supply chain for patent infringement.

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Patent download

One of my friend suggested that Patent retriever is fast and simple database used to download patents.

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Free online course-Basics IP

Intellecture offers a free online course which provide basic knowledge on the concepts of Intellectual Property. The course gives an introduction to intellectual property and explains the protection offered by different species of IP. The course delves into scope, extent, term of protection and rights granted by each type of IP.

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