I made a presentation on FICCI Seminar

On April 27th, I made a presentation at FICCI seminar on IPR and INNOVATION - A Way forward for SME.

Presentation focussed on my experience  about making progress using innovative ideas and how IPR can help protect innovations and result in sustained profits.

Just for records I have files three patents and applied for trade mark "Joy-n-Freedom"

I filed my third patent on April 18,2009

I filed my third patent on Cable TV Network Management on April 18,2009. This patent was drafted by Pooja Bhatia (pooja.bhatia@sanshadow.com) a qualified team member of sanshadow. This company has created technical documents for SUKAM, IIT Roorkee, IIT Delhi and recently over 50 patents for Amity.

Samsung Vs An engineer from Madurai in Patent Case

An engineer from Madurai filed a patent for DUAL SIM CARD long time back. He was granted the patent last year. This year he filed a case that resulted in all imports of dual sim card phones getting held at airport.

Chennai High Court has rejected the SAMSUNG petition.  Engineer from Madurai has demanded a royalty of Rs 35/- per piece from importers.

I am not sure what will be the outcome, yet it shows that Indians are getting aware of IP rights and taking actions to protect it.

See the complete articles in Economic Times March 23,2009

and Livemint March 13,2009

Second patent and application for grant under TePP

On Jan 6th, I filed for my second patent on "TRAFFIC SIGNAL FAULT MONITORING AND REPORTING".

This was done online, ie created documents, digitally signed using class III digital signatures procured from TCS and paid thru SBI net banking.

Idea for this patent came when I saw a news article on Dec 12th in Times of India and saw a good potential of converting my skills and knowledge into a commercial product. I am also in process of applying for grant from Ministry of Science and Technology which provide grant of upto 60L for entrepreneur under TePP scheme. Dr A S Rao heads this deptt. He also maintains a blog.