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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 ...