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IP Risk ManagementDr. Kalyan C. [email protected]: www.bananaip.com
Blog: www.indianipinfo.blogspot.comRadio: www.sinapse.intellectureindia.com/radio
Risk Sources• Internal• Generation• Excavation• Protection• Management• External• Infringement• Transactions
•Patent Risks
•Patent Risks
Patent Rights
• Territory• Product Patent - Make, Use,
Sell, Offer for Sale and Import.• Process patent - Use
Infringement
• Types – Direct
•Literal•Equivalent
– Indirect
Direct Infringement
• Claim Construction• Comparison• Claim by claim - element by
element
Claim Construction• Claim
• Preamble • Transition• Body
• I claim a 'ceiling Fan' comprising of a base connected to a solid rod, which in turn is connected to a rotor with three wings.
Claim Construction
• Preamble - I claim a 'ceiling Fan'
• Transition - comprising of • Body - base connected to a
solid rod, which in turn is connected to a rotor with three wings.
Claim Elements
• Base• Solid rod• Rotor• 3 Wings
Is this product infringing?
• A ceiling fan having a base to be attached to the ceiling and which has a hollow rod connected to the base. The hollow rod is connected to a circular rotor having 4 wings.
• I claim a 'ceiling Fan' comprising of a base connected to a solid rod, which inturn is connected to a rotor with three wings.
Doctrine of Equivalence
• Equivalents of a claim• In substance equivalent• Function-Way-Result Test• Prosecution History Estoppel• Obviousness Test – Material
Effect – Part of prior art
Lalabhai v. Chimanlal
• Process of treating dry fruits• Comparison • Sulphuric Acid - Washing Soda• muriatic acid - Acetic acid• Sulphur dioxide fumes under
pressure - Sulphur dioxide fumes without pressure
Raj Prakash V. Mangat Ram
• Process - Printing picture films for use in film strip viewer
• Respondents - Film Viewers - Pictures and films of different dimensions
• Held liable - Substantially Equivalent
NTP v. RIM
• Black Berry Technology• RIM held liable for
infringement• Damages – 612 million dollars
Indirect Infringement
• Contributory Infringement• Inducement to infringe
Defenses
• Government use• Research Exemptions• Experiments or education• FDA approval• Other Defenses
Steps
• FTO Search and Analysis• Infringement analysis• Technology Landscape
Example• Flav sells fruits with flavours induced into them. Sells fruits
like grapes, apples and so on with orange, mango and any other flavour induced into them. Flav's process is as follows:
• Frozen fruits are sorted, sliced and de-frosted;• Water and/or acid treatment is given to the fruits to remove
their natural flavour by removing sugars, acids and other water soluble ingredients;
• Fruits are then immersed in sugar syrup and other flavoured liquids for about three hours; and
• Air is blown on the fruits with force to dry them.
• Flav wishes to avoid patent risks in India. What should it do?
Example• Claim
• A process for preparing a flavored dried fruit product said process comprising:
• (a) treating a dried fruit with an acidulant being selected from the group consisting of tartaric acid, malic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, phosphoric acid, and fumaric acid, in an amount and for a period of time which is sufficient to substantially remove the natural flavor of the dried fruit;
• (b) dehydrating the treated dried fruit to obtain a desired moisture content; and
• (c) treating the dried fruit during step (a) or after step (b) with a flavoring agent having a flavor which does not substantially correspond to the natural flavor of the dried fruit.
• Infringing?
• Trade Secret Risks
Misappropriation• Conduct which results in obtaining
trade secret information by improper means constitutes misappropriation.
• ‘Improper means’• Criminal Conduct• Breach of Contract• Tortuous liability
Defenses
• Reverse Engineeing• Independent Creation
Risk Management• Risk Assessment and Categorization
• Actions
• Search and FTO Analysis• Technology Landscaping
• Options
• Work around• Collaborate• License• Infringe• Defend
References
• Dr. Kalyan Kankanala, Arun Narasani and Vinita Radhakrishnan, Indian Patent Law and Practice, Oxford University Press, 2010 (ISBN No. - 97801 98067740.)
• AMAZIN' RAISINS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Vs. OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC., 306 Fed.Appx. 553, 2008 WL 5474244 (C.A.Fed. (Mass.)).
• Raj Prakash Vs. Mangat Ram Chowdhry, MANU/DE/0152/1977.
• Lalubhai Vs. Chimanlal, MANU/MH/0038/1935.• NTP Vs. Research in Motion• NTP, INC., v. RESEARCH IN MOTION, LTD.,, 418
F.3d 1282 (2005).• www.sinapseblog.com
•Thank you