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Moderna sues Pfizer for mRNA Patent Infringement: when optics and profits reveal real issues in modern IP law usage

IPilogue

Moderna and Pfizer battle’s over the inventive process of their respective mRNA COVID-19 vaccines revisit the negative associations of profit, monopolies, and optics in patent litigation. Moderna claimed that they had registered foundational mRNA patents between 2010 and 2016. Code § 1498 (a).

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Protecting Your Brand: How to Remove Counterfeits from Facebook

Corsearch

Whether you’re looking to safeguard your established presence on Facebook or just want to prevent intellectual property infringement by third-party sellers and profiles, it’s critical to actively identify and remove counterfeits. In this blog, we outline the tools you can use to protect your brand reputation and prevent consumer confusion.

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Build a Consumer Base with Innovation; Protect Sales with Design Patents

IP Watchdog

In 2022 alone, the USPTO received more than 50,000 design patent applications. The Office has seen a 20% growth in design patent applications over the last five years. It is not hard to understand why inventors are seeking design patent protection at previously unseen levels.

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Patent Protection vs. Trademark Protection – What’s the Difference?

Larson & Larson

To be eligible for a patent, an invention must be novel, non-obvious and useful. Patents give inventors exclusive rights over their inventions. Some things that can be patented include mechanical devices, chemical formulas, software, pharmaceuticals, gene sequences and more. first appeared on Larson & Larson, P.A.

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Critical Analysis on Intellectual Property Rights and its components.

IIPRD

The brand image is created of the company. Patents : – It is a right which is granted to protect the interest of an invention, to protect the interest of the inventors for their new inventions. There is a law in India, which protects patent infringement that is Patent Act, 1970.

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When Is Trade Secret Protection the Right Choice?

The IP Law Blog

Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. IP rights come in several forms: copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) states, ” a trademark protects brand names and logos used on goods and services.

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When Is Trade Secret Protection the Right Choice?

LexBlog IP

Companies rely on intellectual property (“IP”) rights to protect their valuable information, creations, and branding. IP rights come in several forms: copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. A patent protects an invention. This is the tradeoff an inventor makes with the public. As the U.S.