Patent
hideA patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or his assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an invention.
The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements. Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims defining the invention which must be new, inventive, and useful or industrially applicable. In many countries, certain subject areas are excluded from patents, such as business methods and mental acts. The exclusive right granted to a patentee in most countries is the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or distributing the patented invention without permission.
Under the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, patents should be available in WTO member states for any inventions, in all fields of technology, and the term of protection available should be minimum twenty years. Different types of patents may have varying patent terms (i.e., durations).
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News tagged with patent
Study finds patent systems may discourage innovation
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study challenges the traditional view that patents foster innovation, suggesting instead that they may hinder technological progress, economic activity and societal wealth. These results ...
Microsoft Gets Patent for Patently Offensive Audio Content
Oct 28, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft recently obtained a patent designed to create an Automatic Censorship of Audio Data For Broadcast . The invention is intended to act as a filter for live broadcasts where it is impracticable to delete or make inaudible certai ...
Economists say copyright and patent laws are killing innovation; hurting economy
Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Abolishing patent and copyright laws sounds radical, but two economists at Washington University in St. Louis say it's an idea whose time has come. Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine see innovation as a ...
Lessons from Schon -- the worst physics fraudster?
May 05, 2009 |
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How did a 31-year-old physicist working at Bell Labs in New Jersey, US, get away with possibly the worst case of physics research fraud known? From claims to have made the world's first organic electrical laser to the fictional ...
Using math to design amazing mirrors
Jan 18, 2009 |
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Mathematician Andrew Hicks was in his Drexel University office, puzzling over some problem he can no longer recall, when colleague Ron Perline walked in with a challenge. Fresh from his morning bicycle ride, Perline was unhappy ...
Patenting melon juice? Not if India gets its way...
Dec 11, 2009 |
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Fed up with foreign companies patenting traditional medicine from India, the country's top scientific body is compiling a giant database of everything from yoga positions to medicinal fruit juice.
Amazon, Apple, Google, Yahoo! targeted in patent case
Oct 06, 2009 |
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A US technology company which won a patent case against software giant Microsoft filed suit on Tuesday against nearly two dozen other high-profile firms accusing them of violating the same patent.
Markets outperform patents in promoting intellectual discovery, say economists
Mar 05, 2009 |
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When it comes to intellectual curiosity and creativity, a market economy in which inventors can buy and sell shares of the key components of their discoveries actually beats out the winner-takes-all world of patent rights ...
Patenting human genes thwarts research, scientists say
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Rapid advances in biology and genetics are raising fresh concerns about the spreading practice of patenting human genes.
Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court
Nov 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections ...
China searches for high-tech leap forward
Aug 09, 2009 |
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The manicured lawns and carefully sculpted buildings of Huawei's headquarters are a far cry from the sweatshop image of southern China's factory belt.
Microsoft asks court to hold off on Word ban
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to allow it to keep selling Word software as it fights an unfavorable patent ruling.
Canadian firm predicts victory in Microsoft patent case
Sep 04, 2009 |
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A Canadian company in a patent dispute with Microsoft said Friday it expects to ultimately triumph in the case despite a court ruling allowing the US software giant to continue selling Microsoft Word.
Patent: Nintendo's Wii Football Controller
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nintendo has come up with yet another idea for an accessory to add to its list of Wii peripherals. This time it's a soft football-shaped controller that is said to simulate the feel and touch ...
Microsoft ordered to pay $200 mln in patent case
May 20, 2009 |
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A jury in the US state of Texas ordered US computer software giant Microsoft on Wednesday to pay 200 million dollars to a Canadian company for patent infringement.
