Sentences with phrase «afforded by a patent»

Because of uncertainties as to the scope of patent protection to be afforded by patents on ESTs.

In your interview with James Dyson he argues that without the protection afforded by patents inventors would not invent (11...

In this environment, the monopoly afforded by a patent is next to worthless.

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But in order to be of value, a granted patent must be strong and the rights it affords must be protected by law.

Instead, they helped Myriad Genetics, the company that studied those tissues, to establish broad gene patents and achieve large profits by selling tests that many donor families could not afford.

«The majority today departs from the settled approach separating patent and antitrust law, weakens the protections afforded to innovators by patents, frustrates the public policy in favor of settling, and likely undermines the very policy it seeks to promote by forcing generics who step into the litigation ring to do so without the prospect of cash settlements.

In recent years, decisions by the U.S. SupremeCourt and other developments in the law have circumscribed the once broad protection afforded to patent holders as well as remedies available to patent holders.

In the meantime, app developers all over the world, many of who can not afford legal counsel, face the uncertainty long - felt by the victims of patent trolls and are left wondering what they can and should do to protect themselves.

EFF's ability to file this petition was important because many of those targeted by the patent owner — small podcasters — would be unable to afford the $ 22,000 filing fees to challenge the patent, let alone the attorneys» fees that would come along with it.