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Intersection of Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law with respect to Cross Licensing Agreements

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Hence, the concept of cross licensing agreement has originated with the intent to help various organizations in sharing patent licenses along with their rights and liabilities leading to their easier access to masses and reduction of monopolistic market tendencies. Cross-licensing agreements can both restrain and advance competition.

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Pharmaceutical Companies Have Rights if the Federal Government Seized their Patents

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Pursuant to this plan, the Commerce Department announced it plans to issue a framework that lists the factors the government should consider in determining whether to seize drug patents. 1498, the government has the right to “take” privately held patents. the duration of patent and license terms; 8. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

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Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law: Conflicting or Complementing

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Introduction If we take a broader look at the Intellectual Property Laws, the primary objective of the legislation in framing these laws is to provide exclusive rights to the IP right holder as against the entire world. In contrast, the CCI has the authority to decide upon all the happenings in the market.

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Federal Circuit Weighs in on Temporal Rigidity of the Baye-Dole Act’s Licensing Provisions

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United States , [1] the Federal Circuit rejected a strict temporal limitation on when the Government’s license rights in patents stemming from federally funded research is triggered under the Bayh-Dole Act. The funding agency obtains a license to “subject inventions,” which is defined as “any invention. . . 35 U.S.C. §

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Protecting Application Programming Interfaces (API) Through Intellectual Property Laws

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There has been a long-standing debate about the different modes of safeguarding an API through the laws on patents, copyright, and trade secrets. Patents do not govern computer programs, per se. It is often stated to further this cause that APIs should be shared across through the medium of fair statutory licensing.

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ChatUSG: What Companies Doing Business with the Government Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence

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Some of these issues are specific to doing business with the government and others are broader issues that all companies face when using AI, and generative AI (GAI) in particular. As a result, many companies are developing corporate policies on employee use of AI. If you have not done so yet, now is a good time to get started.

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The Conundrum of Naked Licensing

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We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Naman Keswani on the concept of naked licensing within trademarks law. Naman is a fourth-year student at the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur who has a keen interest in Intellectual Property Law, especially Trademark Law.

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