On January 17 2018, the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines issued its Guidelines on the Examination of Information Communications Technology (ICT) and Computer Implemented Inventions (CII ...

Professor V. Rajaraman, the doyen of computer science education and research in India, has recently written a book titled: “Groundbreaking Inventions in Information and Communication Technology”, ...

If the invention is initially claimed only in broad terms, the examiner may narrowly read the claims to avoid prior art. If such mistakes are made, the subject-matter is claimed too broadly from the ...

The Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee gave the green light to a proposal on 17 June on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions. The Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee gave the green ...

“What matters is defining the essential features that contribute to the technical effect of the invention at a sufficient level of detail, even if these features, considered individually, are of ...

Many software-related patent applications are rejected on the ground of non-obviousness. Yen-Bin Gu of Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices provides some tips for applicants The rapid ...

During my school days, a computer was a machine occupying a garage space, used only by engineers. Now, within 50 years, I hold it in my pocket as a mobile smart phone, as do 50 crore other Indians!