Sentences with phrase «very broad patent»

The CIVIX owns a very broad patent on any online service that provides «systems and methods for remotely accessing a select group of items from a database.»

But very broad patents have posed a problem in the technology field, where some firms amass vast portfolios of patents bought up from inventors and look for targets to sue.

Not exact matches

Two new industries, biotechnology and multimedia, are getting very upset about entrepreneurs who file broad patents on ideas that others in the industry regard as old and well known.

Lander is director of the Broad Institute and therefore someone with a very big dog in the patent fight.

In addition to these broad categories, the Register lists 79 very specific classifications for the program, stating: «In order to be eligible for the Green Technology Pilot Program, the application must be classified in one of the U.S. patent classifications («USPCs») listed below at the time of examination.»

Beyond its complex particulars, the case sets «a troubling precedent», says James Bessen, a lawyer at the Boston University School of Law, Massachusetts, «because you're patenting something that's very broad».

It is common in the United States for continuation or continuation - in - part patent applications to be filed having very similar or even broader claims than the original application.

Patent Assertion Entities, otherwise known as patent trolls, take advantage of broad interpretations of current law that allow them to file their lawsuits where local rules and practices, along with physical distance, make it very expensive for companies to defend themsPatent Assertion Entities, otherwise known as patent trolls, take advantage of broad interpretations of current law that allow them to file their lawsuits where local rules and practices, along with physical distance, make it very expensive for companies to defend themspatent trolls, take advantage of broad interpretations of current law that allow them to file their lawsuits where local rules and practices, along with physical distance, make it very expensive for companies to defend themselves.