According to the European Patent Convention, an invention shall be considered as susceptible to industrial application if it ...

Patents are generally considered the strongest form of intellectual property. In order to be patentable, an invention must be: useful, novel, and non-obvious to those skilled in the field.

Since 1998 business methods have been patentable in the United States. This is thanks to the decision of the United States Court of Appeals in State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial ...

Those that do result from the intellectual pursuits by scientists, and the courts concur that these patentable materials belong to the researchers. Yes, it would be a nuisance to deal with any ...

Well, it could for single player gaming. Sony's patent says, "the user is able to enter the rewind mode from the live game ...

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Subsequently, a large majority of patentable inventions were licensed, yielding commercial activity that created millions of high-paying jobs, thousands of new startups, and more than $1 trillion ...

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In the immediate wake of such an historic election, it is far too early to know what the intellectual property landscape will ...

However, after protracted techno-legal arguments the US PTO unequivocally rejected all six claims made on August 13, ruling that turmeric's medicinal properties were not patentable. CSIR Director ...

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