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

IIPRD

This has led to the introduction of intellectual property rights which are a set of exclusionary rights as it excludes the world from enjoying a set of rights arising out an invention or creation, except the inventor or creator. Cross-licensing agreements can both restrain and advance competition.

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Conference Posters and Materials: Beware! They Can Constitute Prior Art

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

Trade show booths often include demonstration systems, brochures, and marketing presentations that are only available for the two or three days of the show. Unfortunately, what is good for the sharing of information is often not good for the patenting of inventions that arise from the research and products presented at these conferences.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 6- March 11)

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Highlights of the Week Learning from India’s Disastrous Experience in Protecting Itself against Biopiracy In light of the upcoming WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, Prashant Reddy brings us a post highlighting India’s sub-par experience with its own Biological Diversity Act, 2002. Microsoft v.

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The Impact of IPR on Biodiversity

IIPRD

Intellectual property right plays a vital role in achieving this developmental role. It is a mechanism for the protection of rights granted to the creators of ideas, inventions products etc. The pronounced reason for IPRs is to animate development, by giving higher monetary returns than the market in any case might offer.

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The Changing Jurisdictional Journey of Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law

IIPRD

Introduction Competition law and intellectual property rights (IPR) are like two different sides of the same coin, as they both work to ensure vibrancy in the market and promote consumer welfare. In the legal world, competition law and IPR law are often represented by a term, i.e., “friends in disagreement.” [1]

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Defining Boundaries: IP Law Addresses Exterritoriality, Lexicography & Human Touch

LexBlog IP

.” But our problem often is that the law, or lawyers, frequently use unfamiliar or exotic terms that others claim have no more understood meaning than a reference to a “ vermicious kind ,” and those or other lawyers may overuse a word that they do not seem to actually comprehend. One is the case of Abitron Austria GMBH v.

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