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Prior Art: The Patent Pitfall

Larson & Larson

The term covers anything that was sold in public, used publicly, described in a magazine or similar publication, or already has a patent on file with the patent office. It also includes designs that have been published anywhere in the world or things that have been used anywhere in the world. Exceptions.

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Implementing Article 15 of the CDSMD into the Greek legal order: “creative” or further confirmation of the EU press market’s fragmentation?

Kluwer Copyright Blog

2 of the CDSMD, stipulating that the above rights cannot be invoked to prohibit the use of works or other subject matter for which protection has expired, has been transposed slavishly into the Greek provision (para. Unsurprisingly, the restriction of Art. Regulating the “appropriate share” of the authors: lobbying v.