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Tuesday, 6th October 2026

Articles

― Wednesday, 26th November 2025
Patent Blind Spots in India’s Startup and MSME Landscape

Abstract

India’s innovation economy is undergoing rapid expansion, powered by a thriving startup ecosystem and an extensive micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) sector. Despite their pivotal contributions to GDP, exports, and employment, the participation of these entities in the patent system remains disproportionately low. This underutilization exposes innovations to risks of misappropriation and constrains the nation’s ability to monetize intellectual property effectively.

Through policy analysis, sectoral mapping, and comparative international observations, this research identifies systemic weaknesses spanning capability gaps, structural constraints, and missed opportunity pathways. Key barriers include prohibitive costs, procedural complexities, limited awareness, and sector-specific exclusions. The paper proposes strategic reforms aimed at embedding IP capability within entrepreneurial ecosystems, reducing procedural friction, enabling effective enforcement, and creating viable monetization channels. Strengthening patent engagement emerges as a critical lever for enhancing India’s technology sovereignty, global competitiveness, and long-term innovation resilience.

― Monday, 24th November 2025
Sovereign Patent Funds and Private Investment Funds: Strategic Instruments for Innovation-Led Growth in Emerging Economies

― Wednesday, 8th October 2025
"Funding the Fight: How TPLF can Empower Patent Infringement Battles for Startups & Individual inventors�

Is Third-Party Litigation Funding the key to leveling the playing field for Indian Startups?

It's about democratizing patent rights. While the global market for TPLF is projected to reach $59.78 Billion by 2034, India needs a balance between enhanced access to justice and regulatory safeguards

Should India implement mandatory disclosure and profit share caps to ensure responsible adoption?

― Wednesday, 1st October 2025
The IP of AI Chip Design and TPU Patent Settlement: Shaping the Future of Semiconductor Innovation

― Wednesday, 23rd July 2025
Electrical Vehicles & Battery Market - Technology, IP Strategy & Litigation

Electric Vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) rely heavily on battery and charging systems for zero-emission transport.

A deep dive into the IP landscape of this industry reveals unique IP filing and litigation strategies that are fostering market growth and business advantage.

NethravathiD of IPpro analyzes these trends, offering key takeaways and learnings for industry players.

#ElectricVehicles #EVs #BatteryTech #IntellectualProperty #IPStrategy #Patents #TradeSecrets #Litigation #Innovation #SustainableMobility #Patentpools #SEP #StandardessentialPatents

Tuesday, 6th October 2026

IP Speak

― Tuesday, 6th October 2026
Pre-Suit Validity Investigation: When Must a Patentee Look Before Suing?

― Tuesday, 6th October 2026
Federal Circuit Issues Mixed Ruling on Infringement of Powered Cover Plate Patents

― Tuesday, 6th October 2026
Pro Se Inventor Asks CAFC to Rehear Decision Invalidating Remote Device Finder Claims

― Monday, 5th October 2026
China’s Patent Filings Dwarf America’s. What It Means For The Tech Rivalry

― Monday, 5th October 2026
‘Indefiniteness is Not the Same as Impossibility,’ Says CAFC

Tuesday, 6th October 2026

Current News

― Tuesday, 6th October 2026

Poolbeg Pharma secures South Korean patent for cancer therapy side effect prevention

Poolbeg Pharma has obtained a South Korean patent for POLB 001, a treatment designed to prevent cytokine release syndrome (CRS), a serious side effect of cancer immunotherapy.

― Tuesday, 6th October 2026

Korean Chipmakers Face Record U.S. Patent Suits

Semiconductor patent lawsuits in the United States involving Korean companies have hit a record high this year. As chips emerge as a core industrial asset for nations around the world and Korean chipmakers post their strongest earnings ever, disputes over patent infringement are also multiplying.

― Tuesday, 6th October 2026

Kerala HC has ruled Centre can step in when patented medicines are too expensive. How will it work?

This judgment is important because this is the first judgment that actually discusses Section 100 of the Patents Act in the context of the exorbitant pricing of patented medicines. All the other judgments, or the High Court judgments, the courts have made only passing remarks about Section 100.

― Monday, 5th October 2026

One of Disney’s NEW Patents Is Entirely About Machine Learning

Disney has just filed two new patents for very DIFFERENT things, and they’ve got us intrigued.Both patents were filed October 1st, 2026. One of them is US 2026/0300277 A1 and is for domain-specific intelligence using natural language. While the words artificial intelligence aren’t used in this patent, it does use the words machine learning, which is a subset of AI techniques.

― Monday, 5th October 2026

First Solar Takes Its TOPCon Patent Fight to a Chinese Plant on American Soil

By suing JA Solar and the Corning subsidiary that now runs its former Arizona factory, First Solar signals that assembling modules in the US no longer insulates a TOPCon maker from patent risk.

Tuesday, 6th October 2026

Patent Office Update

― Tuesday, 6th October 2026
John F. Duffy appointed General Counsel and Acting Solicitor of the USPTO

― Monday, 5th October 2026
EPO publishes first implementing measures for fully digital patent granting process ahead of 1 April 2027 transition

― Thursday, 1st October 2026
U.S. IP Update – September 2026

― Wednesday, 30th September 2026
The United Arab Emirates Opens Class 33 Trademark Filings for Alcoholic Beverages

― Tuesday, 29th September 2026
Ten Years of the Marrakesh Treaty: Turning Access into Action