Sentences with phrase «enforce patents far»

Not exact matches

For instance, the Arbitration Ordinance (AO) was amended in 2013 to allow expressly Hong Kong courts to enforce interim relief granted by emergency arbitrators (whether made in or outside Hong Kong), and this year the AO has been further amended to specifically provide for the arbitrability of intellectual property rights disputes (a key development given China's increase in patent applications) and to expressly provide that third - party funding will be permissible for arbitration and mediation.

So far, the only tech company (besides Apple) that I've seen enforce a design patent is Microsoft (in its patent spat with Corel), and Microsoft may consider iOS the «lesser evil» among competing operating systems than Android.

Moreover, NPEs have reportedly devised efficient systems by which to enforce patents against possible infringers thereby further disincentivising a defendant from contesting the validity of the patent.