Patent

The United States Patent and Trademark Office is overloaded with thousands of applications a year, given an applicant can even get their patent filed. In the pharmaceutical industry, the patent process is in dire need of being reformed. A typical patent last twenty years and the process is a little different when it comes to manufacturing drugs compared to other industries. Partly because in the medical field research is more or less openly shared. However, on the pharmaceutical side the more concealed

TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE PROTECTION UNDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Innovations based on TK may benefit from patent, trademark, and geographical indication protection, or be protected as a trade secret or confidential information. However, traditional knowledge as such - knowledge that has ancient roots and is often oral - is not protected by conventional intellectual property systems. While the policy issues concerning TK are broad and diverse, the IP issues break down into two key themes: Defensive protection

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

knowledge economy. Intellectual property typically covers the areas of Copyright, Patents and trademark law. In recent years, firms have chosen to protect software based patents commonly used in smartphones. The use of patents to protect software-based technologies has increased exponentially in the past 10 years since the introduction of the iPhone in 2007 by Apple. Empirically, there is no clear correlation between patent protection and economic growth (Iwaisako and Futagami). However companies are

Regarding our partial discussion on Patents. I spoke to my patent attorney regarding what reveal at this time, you may recall I stopped short of explaining "Machine or Transformation Test" and how it relates to Gottschalk v. Benson which made software patents feasible. See below “ The Court looked to Gottschalk v. Benson and Parker v. Flook, and noted that both had explicitly refused to rely on the machine-or-transformation test as the sole test for patent eligibility.[4][5] The Court also rejected

Patents have always been a burning topic of discussion due to its mixed response in the human society. Some people eulogize patents at the same time some criticize it for the impact on public health. Companies that develop and market patented drug always commends about the essential benefits of developing drugs to the society. In contrast, consumer always complains about the patents being the rationale behind unreasonably high price of the life-saving drugs and its limited access. Although there

emergency calls priority on mobile networks. Patent and copyrights provide a set of rights granted by government to an inventor or assignee for period time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention.It enables people to earn regonition or financial benefits from what they invent or create. No party or group can take advantage of the invention for own interest without the permission of inventor. In this case, IPCom accused Apple violate its patent and Copyrights (technology solutions on

Plagiarism and Intellectual Property in the Academia and Software Industry The many consequences Daniel Choe Student from University of Utah United States stradius101@gmail.com Abstract — This paper discusses plagiarism and its many dire consequences in the realm of the computer science academia as well as the software industry. I. INTRODUCTION Plagiarism is an issue that cannot be taken likely both in the academia and the software industry. The consequences of plagiarism are widespread and the issues

The patent system protects the functionality of an invention for a limited term. Registration of an invention is necessary in order for any patent rights to exist in respect of it. An application is necessary for registration. The Patents Act sets out the procedures and requirements involved in such an application. A patent is a right that is granted for any device, substance, method or process that is new, inventive and useful. A patent is a legally enforceable right to commercially exploit the

IP Strategy for Greentech Ltd in the area of Low Carbon Technology By Name Presented to Institution Instructor Course Date IP Strategy for Greentech Ltd in the area of Low Carbon Technology Executive Summary Modern businesses cannot survive if they are unable to create, exploit, while at the same time ensure that Intellectual Property (IP) is protected; R&D efforts would be compromised, as well. In addition to the expertise provided by professionals, it is nowadays important for organizations