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

'INDIAN THATHA'- A MONITISABLE IP

  The movie ‘INDIAN’ directed by Director Shankar; released in the year 1996 was a mammoth block buster. Actor Kamal Hassan in the role of the daring & dashing old man or what the fans fondly call as ‘INDIAN THATHA’ out did himself (naturally). The celebrated character ‘INDIAN THATHA’ with the very intriguing costume had also become quite famous. Nevertheless, the potential of the character as a monitisable intellectual property is quite under played by the makers. However, the characters potential has been clearly displayed in the sequel ‘INDIAN 2’ in its grand and pompous song THATHA VARARU. That being said, I wonder whether the authors are contemplating to exploit the character sooner or later. If the character is copyrighted, the protection given under Indian copyright law for an artistic work is author's lifetime plus 60 years after their death. Which means the character/artistic work is awarded protection for nearly 120 years.  In my opinion, I can clearly see a nativ
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D.Gowthami Reddy, Partner, M/s.Pentallect Partners

EXAMPLES OF INVENTIONS AND PATENTED PRODUCTS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY




INVENTIONS FROM INDIA:

1) Motorised continuous raw mango cube cutter – 1200/DEL/2005

APPLICANT -  ICAR

Inventors : SURESH CHANDER MANDHAR and GOPAL SENTHIL KUMARAN

 

2) A process for the preparation of sugar-free bread - 251558

Owned by : CSIR - COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH


3) Home-maker from Pune bagged a patent for her ragi-walnut soup which is preservative-free and ready-to-eat - 201621034764

Owned by : SHUBHANGI PATIL

INVENTIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD:

1) POP ROCKS – Carbonated candy patented in 1961

Inventor - Kremzner Leon, William A Mitchell


Owned by - General Foods Corp


2) Multicoloured pasta

Patented MULTI‐COLOURED PASTA - US5114724


A flat sheet of pasta having outer surfaces of two colours that extend through the sheet to the opposite surface.

RN – IMITATION MEAT

AVAILABLE IN 14 COUNTRIES

Inventor - Robert A. Marsh

Owned by - Ranks Hovis McDougall Ltd


4) CALZONE PIZZA  - US4283431


A patented take on a CALZONE PIZZA:

1. Apply tomato sauce and ingredients to a pre‐baked pastry layer

2. Coat with mozzarella and provolone cheese

3. Stretch a second layer of rolled out, unbaked pastry over the entire surface of the layer of cheese

4. Partially bake

5. Cool

6. Apply a layer of ingredients to the second layer

7. Bake

This must be the PIZZA PIE Dean Martin was envisioning in That's Amore.


5) OLIVE OIL CAVIAR

Invented By Ferran Adria And Patented. 

Olive Oil Creates A Thin Capsule Of Gelatin Around The Olive Oil Drop.



6) Sandwich loaf - US1797856
An invention even better than Sliced Bread ‐ a SANDWICH LOAF!! This one's my all‐time favourite:

"A baked loaf with: slices of food transversely embedded at regular intervals in the loaf; and external markings intermediate the slices, indicating where the loaf should be cut into sandwiches."

Cutting a loaf into sandwiches! Why didn't this make $$$$?

7) Beyond Meat  - Vegetable Burger & SAUSAGE

8) Kosher pet food - US6277435
A pet food composition comprising:

15‐60% (by weight) kosher meat washed in cold water and salted,
Carbohydrates,
Fiber,
Fat,
>2.44% omega‐6 fatty acids, and
>0.49% omega‐3 fatty acids."

Kosher food is any food or beverage that Jewish dietary laws allow a person to eat.

Spiritual reasons! This guy should cut down on whatever he's taking.

9)  Soybean jam - PATENT NO: US6833152 

 




10) Pasta sheet - US2686720

La Rosa patented a corrugated LASAGNA PASTA SHEET:

"Elongated pasta sheet with longitudinally extending ribs on at least one of its faces".

It may not look like much, but the corrugations made the pasta sheets less prone to breaking. Corrugated lasagna proved very popular … and profitable.

11) Invention of ice cream cone - Inventor - Italo Marchiony  



























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