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Public-Use Bar: What Startups Need to Know

IP Watchdog

Two such pressures that are frequently at odds with each other are the need to adequately protect the intellectual property that will be the basis for future revenue and investment, and the need to bring such revenue and investment into the business to allow for continued technology development and commercialization.

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Patent Opposition in India

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

However, this raises question of the misuse of opposition to prevent patents with great competitive value thereby affecting the business of competitors. Once a granted patent passes the opposition procedure it acquires a higher patent value. Publication of invention before the priority date.

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