A patient receives medicines at a clinic in New Delhi. File image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI Some clauses in the draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023 have triggered fears that important public health safeguards against patent evergreening and unmerited monopolies will be diluted. Civil society organisations, academics, and intellectual property and … Read more
New Delhi: Generative artificial intelligence, the technology engine powering the popular ChatGPT chatbot, seems to have a limitless bag of tricks. It can produce on command everything from recipes and vacation plans to computer code and molecules for new drugs. But can AI invent? Legal scholars, patent authorities and even Congress have been pondering that … Read more
Indian biomedical tech entrepreneur Bhargav Sri Prakash has been awarded the first patent globally by the US patent office for a ‘digital vaccine’, a platform that prevents real world health issues through the metaverse. Digital vaccines use applications via smart-phones, tablets, and other similar devices for nudging positive human behaviour through neurocognitive training. Sri Prakash, … Read more
Apple persuaded a federal judge to throw out a $308.5 million (roughly Rs. 2,298 crores) jury verdict it lost to a privately-held licensing firm for infringing a patent associated with digital rights management. In a Thursday night decision, US District Judge Rodney Gilstrap said Personalized Media Communications LLC (PMC) intentionally delayed filing its application with … Read more