Sateesh’s Weblog


Good news for people filing patents
June 20, 2008, 4:47 am
Filed under: Patent news

*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.

More information here



Patent download
June 9, 2008, 8:30 am
Filed under: Patent Sites

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



Free online course-Basics IP
June 3, 2008, 11:01 am
Filed under: Patent course

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.