IP Intelligence
Inventor's Red Flag Checklists
Short, honest checklists to run before you disclose, file, respond, license or launch.
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Before filing outside India
The twelve-month priority window is effectively immovable, and section 39 catches Indian residents in a way most people never hear about.
Before you publish or submit a paper
For researchers, the order of publishing and filing is worth more than almost any other decision. In India, publishing first usually destroys novelty in your own wor…
Before you brief a patent drafter
A specification can only contain what the drafter was told. These are the things drafters most often are not told, and most often need.
Before signing a research collaboration
Collaboration agreements decide ownership, publication and control years before anyone knows what will be invented.
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