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Intellectual Property Rights and Federally Funded Research

LexBlog IP

However, if the Contractor fails to report any inventions to the contracting officer within two months of preparing the corresponding patent applications, the Contractor risks losing ownership of those inventions. The nations in which the Contractor seeks to file the patent application. important;}}.

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Patent Opposition in India

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Types of Patent Opposition in India. In a pre-grant opposition, third parties are given the opportunity to oppose the grant of the patent, just after the publication of the patent application. In a post grant opposition, an interested party can oppose after the patent is granted.

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I was already like this before you got here: prior use as an exception to patent infringement

Garrigues Blog

The owner of a patent cannot enforce their rights against those who used the invention covered by the patent or made serious preparations for such use before the priority date. All of us at the Garrigues IP Blog would like to wish you a very happy new year. What is the right of prior use or “pre-use”?