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Strategizing your patent filing is an important aspect for an
inventor. This aspect must be analyzed by the inventor thoroughly
since this will help in building an effective strategy around the
invention. European Union has been a favorite destination for
inventors to seek protection for their invention. There are several
ways for achieving the protection for the invention in the EU, the
study of which will greatly benefit the inventor in their prospects
of strategizing the patent filing.
International Patent Protection
There is no such protection that grants international
Politici ze všech koutů světa chrlí nápady, jak urychlit očkování v chudých zemích a zabránit tak šíření nových mutací koronaviru po celé zeměkouli. Bezpochyby je k tomu povzbudily také zprávy z Washingtonu. Skutečným šokem totiž byla změna postoje Spojených států – administrativa Joea Bidena otočila o 180 stupňů a vyslovila se pro dočasné uvolnění patentů na vakcíny. Část světa americkému postoji tleská, část ho považuje přinejmenším za prázdné gesto.
COVID-19 Vaccine IP Waiver Will Benefit Foreign Rivals Like China, Critics Warn
WASHINGTON The debate is growing over whether developed countries including the United States should temporarily waive intellectual property (IP) and patent rights on COVID-19 vaccines to expedite global vaccination efforts.
The Biden administration on May 5 announced that it would support the waiver of those protections for vaccines “to expand vaccine manufacturing and distribution” around the world to end the pandemic.
Experts, however, believe waiving patents wouldn’t resolve the vaccine shortage problem, due to the complexity of producing the mRNA-based vaccines. They also argue that the move would allow countries such as China to exploit American innovation and technology to their advantage.
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Mobile apps can certainly be profitable, especially if you
maintain in-app purchases and freemium business models,
and so it is worth your while to protect them from imitators and
copycats. Fortunately, apps can be patented in some
jurisdictions.
Suppose you have developed a trail-blazing mobile app or
feature. In that case, the question you ultimately need to answer
is whether it makes sense, from a commercial point of view, to
pursue patentability or whether other Intellectual Property (IP)
protection might suffice, namely copyrights, design rights or
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The extent to which certain apportionment principles, such as
the entire market value rule and related doctrines, may constrain
damages theories in patent infringement cases remains uncertain.
This article reviews the current state of apportionment law through
the lens of semiconductors and electronic components-ideal
archetypes for such issues-and proposes a framework to help
reconcile governing precedents that, at times, seem to
conflict.
Introduction
We often define the state of human civilization by the materials
we use to make tools-the Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, and so