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A (special, alienable, prima facie) legal right granted by the government to use, or at least (in the case there are other patents which your use of your patent would infringe) to bar others from using a device, design or type of plant that you have created. (In the US restrictions last for 17 years for useful devices, and 14 years for designs.) To patent a device one must prove that it is useful, original and not obvious. Patents are subject to challenge in court and may be upheld or overturned.
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Sat Jul 4
- New Linux patch could circumvent Microsoft's FAT patents - Ars Technica: An explanation of the contents of the Linux patch to circumvent MS patents.
- Collective personal articles tracking - Patent 7088242
- United States Patent Application: 0070143345
- Online machine data collection and archiving process - US Patent 7330871 Full Text
- United States Patent Application: 0030028685
- esp@cenet ? Home page
- A Brief History Of Intellectual Property In China And India | Techdirt
Fri Jul 3
- How much does a patent cost? - Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers
- Patent Searching and Inventing Resources
- Ipod and Nike sued by PhatRat " Techzoogle
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