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Are the final stages of a product’s lifecycle protected by patent?
This is a follow up to this question: International patents
Consider the following stages of a product’s lifecycle:
Manufacture
Sales
Import/export
Use
End of life/disposal
It is presumed that in a ...
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Does a WIPO patent supersede a US patent?
If a United States utility patent has expired but a virtually identical World Intellectual Property Organization patent is still in effect, would the WIPO patent prevent any US manufacturers from ...
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Question concerning the legality of Software Patents
I have a question concering the public reveal of new patents filed by Nintendo Co., Ltd., and how such patents are legal given how general the concepts are, and how this would effect development of ...
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Contracting with a prototype maker in China from the USA [closed]
I have a product that I want to build a prototype for.
How do I protect myself if I am contracting a company in China to develop the product? I am in the US. How do I prevent them from stealing my ...
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What countries enforce patent licensing deals with royalties beyond expiration of the patent?
I heard that in the USA, licensing deals that involve royalties beyond 20 years is no enforceable.
Is this common? Are there countries that allow royalties in perpetuity or beyond expiration at least?
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Why do the manufacturers using an operating system have to pay patent royalties based on the operating system?
https://rcpmag.com/articles/2014/08/04/microsoft-sues-samsung.aspx
In 2011, Samsung signed a contract agreeing to pay Microsoft royalties
for using the Linux-based Android mobile operating system in ...
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Does secret or semi-secret prior art invalidate granted patents when presented?
An example would be inventions from the former Soviet Union that were officially secret, then some became semi-secret as they leaked into the public realm but so obscure that only very narrow circles ...
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What are the advantages of applying for a patent in each major region instead of going through the Patent Cooperation Treaty?
What are the advantages of applying for a patent in each major region instead of going through the Patent Cooperation Treaty? A lot of companies still decide to submit a patent application to each ...
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Applying for a patent in one country using a patented invention beloning to some else from another country
Let's assume certain invention is patented in country A, but not in B (in the latter it should be considered novel and non-obvious). Can a random person (not the original inventor) apply for and be ...
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What effect does the EU Biopatent Directive have if there is the independent European Patent Office with its own law and court?
The EU Commission and the European Patent Office (EPO) are currently fighting over whether plants that are not registered varieties are patentable.
The EPO exists independently from the EU as an ...
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How to ensure that no one can copy my app design and name
Can an application developer from outside the USA prevent other developers in the US from copying the name and design of the application? How will this work?
How can a developer who has published a ...
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If I don't patent my invention, how closely can a competitor copy my product?
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I had an idea for how to make a certain product much better. I'm currently in the prototyping stage for a product based on that idea. That idea (the solution to the problem of improving ...
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Is there reliable intellectual property protection in overtly international markets?
Say I have a device I wish to sell to airlines. This device provides incredible value for commercial flights, and I'd like to start a business selling it. I have a problem. Where do I patent my device,...
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How to protect my idea in another country?
I have an idea about possible creation of a product that in my opinion would be on demand among smartphone users. I have found a potential company In Switzerland and I think about offering them my ...
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