Patent or not to patent? Access to essential medicine in developing countries There has been a long-standing debate around the private right of owning an idea and monetising it versus the public good achievable through that idea. This is particularly relevant when the idea or innovation is one for a product or technology that can save lives or combat diseases. In this case, argument arise for a moral obligation to share such ideas which must be balanced against the right to commercialise these ideas
1.Introduction Patent indirect infringement,as the name implies,is opposite to patent direct infringement. Generally, the conception of patent indirect infringement is to meet the need of pantent protection. It expands the protection domain of the patent right to the no-patented products, improves patent protection’s horizontal and provides sufficient legal protection for patentees. Nowadays, more and more countries ordain the system of indirect infringement in their patent laws in order to protect
Overview of intellectual property rights and how it relates to Computing The purpose of the following essay is to discuss inttelectual property rights and its relation to software, I will then futher discuss the patentabillity of software. Since the use of the first computer, software has been considered as an addition to the hardware. The law was adapted to treat software as such. and as such law was made to treat it rightfully like so I.e. Example law (insert quote here ). An ongoing opening is
PATENT LAW PROJECT ON THE ISSUE OF 'PRODUCT OF NATURE ' IN PATENT LAW SUBMITTED BY: POORVI SHAH FOURTH YEAR SECTION-A ID- 211035 WBNUJS THE ISSUE OF 'PRODUCT OF NATURE ' IN PATENT LAW INTRODUCTION There exist several areas where further research and development is essential to promote the longevity of mankind and enhance the quality of life, and since the aim of the patent system is to promote innovation, it incentivises the same by looking after the financial aspect
Introduction IMAX is the film format and projection standards created by IMAX Corporation. This essay provides an insight into the status quo of IMAX, and engages in 3 questions. Before deep analysis, there are two primary question needs to be solved. First one is which strategy level is based within the essay. It can be seen that, the case is more focus on the corporate level strategy. The evidence is that the case has talked about diversification (from educational movies to Hollywood movies)
What is Science for Essay - Who Owns Science? Intellectual Property is not a tangible object that can be physically owned. However, it is an important issue in todays society. Many would feel the ownership of intellectual property is highly justified, whilst others would argue that intellectual property should not be owned. Such a controversial topic clearly needs to be examined carefully. There are 4 types of intellectual property: patents, copyright, trademarks and trade secrets, each with their
the matter of patents and intellectual property is an issue that also garners the views of scholars and others. It is rarely that one would find both sides of an issue benefiting from the arrangement, verdict and outcome. In some cases, no party benefits because they both cause potential harm and cannot gain at the expense of the other, in such cases, both of the parties cause the damage,” on one another; thus, it cannot be said that laws favor one above the other. This essay would discuss the
Contents Page Overview of intellectual property rights and how it relates to Computing 3 Introduction 3 What are Intellectual rights? 3 What is Patent? 4 What is copyright? 4 Why patent over copyright 5 Patentability for and against 5 Work arounds 6 Overview of intellectual property rights and how it relates to Computing Introduction An ongoing debate is rife in the world of law as to whether computing has its own law. However this debate had risen to both national and international levels before
HIV Informative Essay The United States is notorious for many things such as being one of the most powerful and wealthy nations on the planet. However, something that most people don’t know is that the United States has 1.1 million citizens ill with the HIV virus. Something even more astounding is that of those 1.1 million only about 200,000 are receiving medication and have the virus under control due to the high cost of the medication. Many pharmaceutical companies have begun to find gaps within
Few know the impact that patents have on the pharmaceutical industry development. The evolution of this industry is closely linked with the evolution of patent system (Salazar, nd.). Lehman (2003) explains in a simple way the definition of patents. According to him, patent is the property right that the creator has over his creation, if it is new, useful and not obvious. The reason for the existence of this protection is to safeguard products from being copied without compensation for the author