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D.Gowthami Reddy, Partner, M/s.Pentallect Partners

IP UNFOLD MONTHLY IP INFO-APRIL, 2025

1. Viva Holdings, along with its 37 subsidiaries, has signed the Ecommerce MOU to strengthen protection of its digital content and retail products against piracy. IPOPHL sees this as a major move encouraging more creatives to protect their IP rights. Viva emphasized that piracy threatens a large portion of its revenue, and stronger collaboration with platforms is crucial for sustaining the creative industry.   2. The USPTO has granted a patent to Ramper, a Web3 startup under Vietnam's Ninety Eight, for its social login feature that simplifies access to Web3 apps using platforms like Google and Facebook. This innovation addresses accessibility barriers in Web3 and signals strong progress for Vietnam’s blockchain sector. The patent also highlights Vietnamese startups’ growing global ambitions in the tech space.   3. The Supreme Court of New Zealand ruled that while copyright is relationship property under the PRA, Sirpa Alalääkkölä retains sole ownership and control of her artwo...
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D.Gowthami Reddy, Partner, M/s.Pentallect Partners

WEIRD PATENTS


Here are few weird but interesting and wonderful patents which will either trigger laughter or make your eyes pop in wonder.

This air-cooled rocking chair is for you. Patented by Charles Singer in 1869, this invention boasts “air-blowing attachments” and an elaborate mechanism preventing “the seat from moving back and forth on the rails, or rocking too far either way”. Lean back and feel the breeze!


Hot or cold feet?

This gravity-powered shoe air conditioner could be the solution for both: incorporated into a heel of a shoe, the device uses the “gravity pressures upon the shoe which occur naturally during walking” to cool or warm up the shoe. And it does not stop here: Israel Siegel, who patented the device in 1994, added that “varieties of the invention may be used in other temperature changing systems”, such as household air conditioner and refrigeration systems. With this accessory, you’ll be the coolest person around.


 
Is making your bed every morning one of your long-running New Year’s resolutions? If so, then Tabor Browder and his “Automatic bed maker” have you covered. Designed to “free people up from the time-consuming, daily task of making beds”, the device “extends the bed covers over the pillows”, “automatically tucks in the covers”, is “very accurate in aligning the covers with the bed” and “includes ventilation of the covers for greater comfort”. Where can we get one?!



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