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Review Of Patenting Of New Technologies

REVIEW OF PATENTING OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES

Mr. L. Chandra Sekaran Dr. S. Balasubramanian

Research Scholar Research Supervisor

Anna University Coimbatore Anna University Coimbatore

Coimbatore, India Coimbatore, India

e-mail: lcskaran@gmail.com e-mail: s_balasubramanian@rediffmail.com

ABSTRACT

Nanotechnology involves the manipulation of matter at the level of individual atoms and molecules. Nanotechnology attempts to go farther than natural mechanisms controlling molecular structures that are not manipulable by organic means. Patents conflict with traditional scientific norms of open sharing. Scientists seek to patent more and more inputs of biomedical experimentation earlier in the development chain. New technology requires technology-specific legislation if there is no possible way to interpret it according to old legislation and so courts typically place an emerging technology in an existing context by analogizing it to previous technologies. Taking into account that one is not allowed to patent solely abstract ideas, nanotechnology as a new field creates problems because patents on basic inventions are inclined to cover larger areas than the final products, with the expectation of developing them in the future into more explicit inventions.

Patents in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

Information technology products, such as computers, telecommunications equipment and software, have become a cornerstone of modern life. The economies of developed and developing countries have benefited greatly from the growth of information technology industries themselves, as well as the enhanced competitiveness most industrial sectors enjoy as a result of adopting information technology. Critical to the growth of information technology, however, has been intellectual property rights. Patents, copyrights, designs, trade secrets and trademarks are all used to protect the significant investments that go...