Sooner or later we might
see additional patent holders assert their rights.
Not exact matches
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.
For Pied Piper and all of the real startups in this country, we have only just begun to
see meaningful improvements to the
patent system, and it is essential that the startup community continues to defend these wins and fight for
additional progress.
See the For Inventors - Resources page of this website for
additional information on
patents and copyrights.
«We are
seeing tremendous growth in our global Intellectual Property and
Patent Litigation practices, and these new partners give us
additional capabilities and critical mass in one of the most important technology and IP markets in the world,» said Hogan Lovells Co-CEO Warren Gorrell.
What we need to do is pull together
additional stakeholders and
see if we can build some
additional consensus on smarter
patent laws.
As MacRumors noted earlier in 2017, Apple has filed
patents for modular bands that could add
additional functionality to the watch, including
additional battery life, haptics, health sensors, and more, though it's hard to bet on when (if ever) a
patented product will
see the light of day.