Sentences with phrase «valid patent for»

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For this reason, Myriad contends that hundreds of its patents are still valid, and has sued competitor test - providers Ambry Genetics and Gene by Gene for patent infringemeFor this reason, Myriad contends that hundreds of its patents are still valid, and has sued competitor test - providers Ambry Genetics and Gene by Gene for patent infringemefor patent infringement.

Writing for the majority, Judge Alan Lourie concluded that Myriad's basic patents on BRCA1 and BRCA2 sequences were valid because they applied to «isolated DNA,» or complementary DNA (cDNA)-- not DNA as found in the body.

The deal clears one of the final political hurdles on the way to a one - stop shop for patents to be granted in a single place and be valid across 25 countries.

Our frequent traveler hotel lodging loyalty and rewards program, InnDependent InnCentives ™ is patent pending and is for guests aged 18 + who signed up with a valid email address.

German utility models are sort of second - class patents: they are valid for only ten years, and they are not examined.

For a patent to be valid in Canada, the invention claimed must be new and inventive; if the claimed invention is not inventive, it is deemed to be «obvious» and, therefore, not patentable.

The first part of the decision finds the defendant liable for the infringement of two wireless patents granted by the European Patent Office and valid in Germany.

Here, excess fees have three valid purposes: to pay for indirect PTO costs, like employee retirement benefits, which are currently funded through the general treasury; to make up for future shortfalls in the event that PTO costs outpace the fees generated; and to deter undesirable patent applicants, like inventors who are only trying to kneecap their competition.

It is possible to obtain Chinese design patents for cars and automobile designs generally, but the design must be sufficiently distinctive from other designs in order to be valid.

The law of the land on induced infringement is that if there is (1) a direct infringement of a patent and (2) you knew of the asserted patent and (3) you knew that the acts you actively encouraged would infringe that patent, you're liable for infringement whether or not you thought that patent was valid or invalid.

For example, if the owner of a European bundle patent valid in the UK chooses to opt out that patent, any litigation will be in the UK courts.

I don't mean to suggest that the Federal Circuit is always right, and in the injunction context the Federal Circuit presented kind of a moving target, but the fact that she, unlike all of her 18 colleagues who looked at slide - to - unlock, deemed it a valid patent is nothing for her to be proud of.

In the aforementioned December 2, 2011 decision, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California deemed this design patent valid (with a narrowed scope) and infringed, calling it a «close question» and denying an injunction for balance - of - hardship reasons.

Section 58 of the Patent Act allows for a valid claim to survive despite one or more invalid claims, but this section applies only after the invalidity analysis, including whether disclosure requirements have been met.

«We are asking the court to hold Shipping & Transit accountable for its improper tactics, and also rule that the patents aren't valid and were not infringed.

Suppose I want to use a blockchain for registry of a first idea, invention or patent, how do we know that I was really the first with this invention or idea and that my idea is valid?

Given the high costs of litigation and a lack of bargaining power for those being sued, patent troll lawsuits can result in high settlements for the trolls (even when the patented claims are not valid).