A question I get asked rather often — what
does International Patent Protection mean?
You may need to do an invention patent search, a patent number search, or even
do an international patent search.
Not exact matches
The biggest reason given for opposition to a Sinochem sale was that China
does not observe
international patent and commercial laws.
Hence, the PIM1 mouse, which is
patented in the US and marketed by Genpharm
International,
does not have the «high background» of tumours seen in the Harvard onco - mouse.
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I became intrigued by this topic when as an author with two dozen e-books on Smashwords I read founder Mark Coker's «2013 Book Publishing Industry Predictions — Indie Ebook Authors Take Charge,» Among other things, Coker noted that «If Amazon could invent a system to replace the author from the equation, they'd
do that,» and went on to describe how one innovative publisher, ICON Group
International has already
patented a system that automatically generates non-fiction books, and he worries that as the field of artificial intelligence increases, «how long until novelists are disinter - mediated by machines.»
In case you don't recall or happened to miss the story, the United States
International Trade Commission ordered an import ban on many different Motorola devices running Android due to infringing a Microsoft
patent.
Xbox 360 doesn't violate a
patent owned by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility, a judge at the
International Trade Commission has said in a preliminary decision.
It
does not currently include
patent applications,
international patents, or U.S.
patents issued over the last few months, but -LSB-...]
This is typically
done in the petition for the
patent or equivalent under the international Patent Cooperation Treaty rules at the time of f
patent or equivalent under the
international Patent Cooperation Treaty rules at the time of f
Patent Cooperation Treaty rules at the time of filing.
It
does not currently include
patent applications,
international patents, or U.S.
patents issued over the last few months, but an explanatory note says that coverage will expand.
Not
doing so may also result in denial of
international patents, should you want those.
You can
do just a US
patent search, or expand that to a Canadian
patent search, a European
patent search, or a broader
international patent search.
About a month ago, the Administrative Council of the European
Patent Organisation, the
international body running the European
Patent Office, expressed «concern at an incident unique in the history of [the] EPO» without saying clearly whether this related to the controversial decision by EPO president Battistelli to «suspend» a member of a board of appeal (a judge in all but name) for disciplinary reasons or whatever the suspended judge might have
done.
In order to avoid confusion: an
international patent does not exist.
Let's start with doctrine: — Current copyright literature Next to Genie Tyburski and the wonderful Virtual Chase — Virtual Chase Legal Research guide: Intellectual Property Law From Slaw's own Ted Tjaden, some Canadian links — Intellectual Property Law — Canada Pausing only to suppress my occasional cynicism about the length of time that Canada's policy - making on copyright has been going on, at least they have good resources explaining the process — Copyright Reform Process A few comparative links: the United Kingdom — Copyright on the UK
Patent Office Site Next New Zealand — New Zealand Copyright Law How to
do research on Australian copyright law — Intellectual Property Research in Australia Now two important US sites: first the authorized version — The US Copyright Office Next, a wonderful site that reflects some of Larry Lessig «s thinking at Stanford — The Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center And finally, reflecting the fact that so much law in this area reflects not domestic policy - making, but hard - fought
international consensus, an Index to what the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency has accomplished — WIPO Index And to conclude with an American and a European take on international copyright, since I was just in Chicago, look at Irene Berkey's links — International Intellectual Property and finally a European source (actually it's Swiss, but that's not obviousRobert Kraft, in his Diaries, quotes Stravinsky, la justice — c’est une invention suisse)-- Swiss Legal Research Center International IP Links, run by CMS von Erlach Henrici And finally, a nice and quirky piece on the oddities of copyright called — Digital Copyright & Copywrong by
international consensus, an Index to what the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency has accomplished — WIPO Index And to conclude with an American and a European take on
international copyright, since I was just in Chicago, look at Irene Berkey's links — International Intellectual Property and finally a European source (actually it's Swiss, but that's not obviousRobert Kraft, in his Diaries, quotes Stravinsky, la justice — c’est une invention suisse)-- Swiss Legal Research Center International IP Links, run by CMS von Erlach Henrici And finally, a nice and quirky piece on the oddities of copyright called — Digital Copyright & Copywrong by
international copyright, since I was just in Chicago, look at Irene Berkey's links —
International Intellectual Property and finally a European source (actually it's Swiss, but that's not obviousRobert Kraft, in his Diaries, quotes Stravinsky, la justice — c’est une invention suisse)-- Swiss Legal Research Center International IP Links, run by CMS von Erlach Henrici And finally, a nice and quirky piece on the oddities of copyright called — Digital Copyright & Copywrong by
International Intellectual Property and finally a European source (actually it's Swiss, but that's not obviousRobert Kraft, in his Diaries, quotes Stravinsky, la justice — c’est une invention suisse)-- Swiss Legal Research Center
International IP Links, run by CMS von Erlach Henrici And finally, a nice and quirky piece on the oddities of copyright called — Digital Copyright & Copywrong by
International IP Links, run by CMS von Erlach Henrici And finally, a nice and quirky piece on the oddities of copyright called — Digital Copyright & Copywrong by Peter Jacso.
Patent trolls don't just demand money from innovators; they can actually interfere with
international trade and block imports from entering the country.
Daniel Nazer, a staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an
international nonprofit digital rights group, believes the bill is an important first step in addressing low - quality
patents, but that more needs to be
done.