Sentences with phrase «given by a patent»

I still believe that the monopoly grant given by a patent should be subject to more restrictions.

Not exact matches

«By clarifying the definition of what can be patented, we are giving New Zealand businesses more flexibility to adapt and improve existing inventions, while continuing to protect genuine innovations,» New Zealand's Commerce Minister Craig Foss said.

Canada's Federal Court could be given greater powers to combat unacceptable behaviour by domestic and foreign «patent trolls» — companies that do not make or sell a product but sue other companies for patent infringement based on existing patent rights the troll has secured.

It is hard to believe, for example, that Canada could not in the end find common ground with the US on some extension of patent protection for pharmaceuticals, since it was able to do so in the just - completed negotiations with the EU, or that an extension of the term of copyright protection from 50 to 70 years from the agreed baseline would have much if any real practical impact on Canada although it would be seen as a gain by the US given the heavy copyright portfolios of US entertainment companies, allowing them an additional period of time to exploit their copyrighted content.

And the court has given states broad immunity from being sued in any court for money damages — for example, for infringing a patent or discriminating against older or disabled state employees — even though the Constitution limits this immunity only to suits in federal court by a citizen of a different state.

This then, is not the case of a manufacturer, after the expiration of a patent, availing himself of the right to make the identical article patented and claiming the right to identify it by the name given to it by the inventor, or acquired by it as identifying the patented article.

Even had McIlhenny not abandoned his patent but continued to use the patented process, it does not necessarily follow that the defendant, on the expiration of the patent, would have had the right to give to a sauce manufactured by him by the patented process, the name «Tabasco.»

The use of the name «Tabasco» preceded the patent by about two years, and, as similar sauces with the same ingredients have for many years been on the market, it is clear that it was the name and the intrinsic merit of the article, rather than the patent, which gave the sauce its value.

Given the circumstances, Busch had one of two options before the checkered flag waved: 1) He could wait and hope a golden opportunity presented itself to pass Larson, or 2) force his way by executing a patented bump - and - run move where Busch would use his bumper to nudge Larson up the track allowing him to go by.

It claims to be able to do this by using their patented Capilsana Complex, which is giving a really nice blend of 18 different amino acids and essential vitamins.

The patent - pending process eliminates the need to use any petroleum by - products, hydrogenated oils, or chemical processes and includes aeration giving Waxelene a smooth texture that won't clog pores.

Give West the raw census data from your city — regardless of its history or geography — and he can tell you everything from the number of gas stations in it to the number of patents produced by its inhabitants.

When asked about the general outlook for hiring in patent law, all of the «associates» (junior lawyers in a firm) and «partners» (senior lawyers in a firm) interviewed by Next Wave for this feature gave upbeat answers.

Given the importance of hard data to reinforce the value of federal funding to NIH, the Academy is finalizing a follow - on analysis that looks at patent output through a number of additional metrics, such as by mechanism and study section.

There were certain boundaries we wanted to erect: no pregnancy except to give birth to a child; no human embryos placed in animals for any reason; no fertilization of a human egg by animal sperm or the reverse; no buying or selling or patenting of human life at any stage; no child conceived except by the union of one egg and one sperm, both taken from adults.

The patent goes on to give detailed plans for a space module that is launched into near - Earth orbit by rocket, and then blasted into space by onboard solid - propellant engines.

The patent gives California - based Geron Corp. exclusive rights to animal embryos prepared by transferring the nucleus of a quiescent diploid donor cell into a suitable recipient cell up to and including the blastocyst stage.

(To be fair, Monsanto assisted by giving the rice's developers royalty - free licenses to use some of its patent - protected processes, and its charitable arm has helped to support several of the independent nonprofits.)

They argued that rejecting the university's claims could undermine 3 decades» worth of patents under the U.S. Bayh - Dole Act, the 1980 law that gives universities and other institutions the right to exploit government - funded discoveries made by their staff.

Hundreds of documents have now been filed by both sides, and after hearing these oral arguments on key points of contention, the judges are expected to make a ruling that could divide the intellectual property, give it all to one side, or even decide that neither party deserves the patents.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded the company its first patent in 1997; by 2000 the patent office had awarded it eight more, in effect giving Myriad ownership of the Patent and Trademark Office awarded the company its first patent in 1997; by 2000 the patent office had awarded it eight more, in effect giving Myriad ownership of the patent in 1997; by 2000 the patent office had awarded it eight more, in effect giving Myriad ownership of the patent office had awarded it eight more, in effect giving Myriad ownership of the genes.

A tip given to me by a trainee patent agent is to include a piece of written work, such as a short description of a kitchen implement (mine was about 100 words), with your application.

It is interesting to note that Federal law was specifically altered in 1984 to strike reference to patent agreements between fellows and government funding agencies (35 USCS 212): «No scholarship, fellowship, training grant, or other funding agreement made by a Federal agency primarily to an awardee for educational purposes will contain any provision giving the Federal agency any rights to inventions made by the awardee.»

Instead, the act attempts to sidestep the issue by establishing exemptions that give scientists free access to patented «inventions,» including genetic material, for research.

Attacked by a mysterious swarm of mechanical space bees, the crew becomes marooned separately, the better to give each member their own special screen time, Kirk engaging in his patented brands of derring - do with an adoring Chekov (Anton Yelchin) by his side, Spock and McCoy bonding in their uniquely prickly way as they argue over emotion versus logic, and Scotty (Pegg) confronted with a plucky alien woman (Sofia Boutella, triumphing over the stylized makeup and pert ponytail) who is just as mechanically inclined as he is.

We've been given one of the best looks yet at the 2015 Porsche 911 GT3 RS thanks to a series of patent drawings published by Car magazine.

«Autonomous police vehicle may determine the threshold speed for a given section of road by searching a local traffic laws database for a legal speed limit for that section of road or by querying remote central computing system,» the patent says.

In addition, given that many products will include multiple ornamental features that could be covered by design patents, this raises the possibility that a company could get hit for multiple judgments for all its profits.

Microsoft has asserted for quite some time that they own patents that are being infringed upon by the Android operating system — and has often given the suggestion that it could all be made better if licensing was in place (read: Microsoft gains a revenue stream from something other than actually innovating their own mobile products).

... and the moral of this story is books printed on paper will always be better — they don't require battery power, they don't require frivilously expensive «readers» protected by patents, they don't require recurring subscription payments, once read, they can be put on the bookshelf for later reference, for sharing or giving to a friend, for selling at a yardsale, for donation to a thrift store.

Two puppies born with birth defect called Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) were given a second chance thanks to lifesaving surgery performed by two of our surgeons at Veterinary Specialty Center.

Given the patent and process know how developed by Calisolar to produce efficient, low cost, mc - Si solar cells using 100 % UMG - Si, I expect Calisolar will need to license the process technology to most companies interested in buying their solar silicon.

«Since the patents are owned by the main defense contractor for the US government armed forces or the US department of defense itself and given the history record it is obvious that current climate manipulation programs are organized and directed by the United States government.

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.

The three other finalists given recognition were Destin AI, a startup founded by Nargiz Mammadova calling itself «the first AI based chatbot to support individuals in the immigration process,» Legalicity, a startup founded by Yaroslav Riabinin whose NLPatent program seeks to perfect the automation process of examining millions of patents quicker and more efficiently and Loom, a startup founded by Mona Datt which finds and sorts case law files and classified information in a shorter period of time.

For example, ordinarily patent applications are not published until after an 18 - month period, which gives inventors a commercialization runway by reducing the risk of competitors being able to immediately develop competing technology.

As you probably know by now, Apple gave Samsung a historic courtroom beat down over a host of patents used in smartphones and tablets.

However, it was the second authorization of enhanced cooperation in the area of the EU unitary patent which was more controversial and which gave rise to legal actions by Spain and Italy seeking an annulment of the authorizing decision.

The United States International Trade Commission just gave notice that it will review in part — actually, in many parts — a preliminary ruling that held Apple to infringe a wireless standard - essential patent (SEP) held by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility.

Indirect utilisation means, for example, that the owner gives a license to a manufacturer in order to produce and sell products that are protected by a patent of the owner.

In the ensuing trial, the PTAB construed the claims by giving them the «broadest reasonable construction in light of the specification of the patent in which it appears.»

Recommendation 5: provide consumer guidance on Digital Rights Management (DRM) Given the increasing use of DRM with CDs and DVDs, Gowers advised the government to provide consumers with more information on DRM and to make it easier to file DRM complaints by allowing them to be filed through the Patent Office website by the end of 2008.

I / P Updates links to a story that says the United States «could take a leadership role in negotiating an agreement under which countries would give full faith and credit to patents granted by an international organization or one of the three largest patent offices in the world: the U.S. Patent Office, the European Patent Office, or the Japanese Patent Office.&patent offices in the world: the U.S. Patent Office, the European Patent Office, or the Japanese Patent Office.&Patent Office, the European Patent Office, or the Japanese Patent Office.&Patent Office, or the Japanese Patent Office.&Patent Office.»

This metric was given the name «Pagerank», patented by Stanford, and licensed exclusively to Google.

On the one hand, Standard Setting Organizations (SSOs) have been exploring changes to their licensing policies, in particular in relation to the commercial implications of FRAND pledges given by holder of Standard Essential Patents («SEPs»).

Mr. Duan explained that design patent litigation isn't nearly as widespread as software patent litigation, but depending on what happens in Apple v. Samsung and other design patent damages cases, design patents could give rise to many lawsuits by patent trolls in the not too distant future.

The invention of the computer would then have the unexpected result of giving a new dimension to the Patent Act by rendering patentable what, under the Act as enacted, was clearly not patentable.

But a recent decision by the current European Patent Court that animals and plants obtained from bio-engineering can not themselves be patented may give our Brexit negotiators pause for thought.

I've been giving some thought to patent law since Simon Chester posted «Appeal Granted by Federal Court for Amazon.com 1 - Click Patent Application» (Slaw: October 14, patent law since Simon Chester posted «Appeal Granted by Federal Court for Amazon.com 1 - Click Patent Application» (Slaw: October 14, Patent Application» (Slaw: October 14, 2010).

The Patent Act and the regulations promulgated by the USPTO regulating AIA trials do not expressly identify redundancy as a ground for denying institution of review on a particular claim or ground, but give the USPTO authority to prescribe regulations.