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Patenting Biotech Invention

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

What is invented through biotechnological processes must be protected through patent protection lest a third person misuses the same. This came after careful observation of rising international trends with respect to innovations and inventions concerning biotechnology.

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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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Competition Law: The Patent Pendulum

Intepat

While one aims to regulate and ensure that markets operate efficiently in a fair and competitive manner, the other aims to grant a certain level of protection which may be considered to have monopolistic tendencies. This results in better technological and social advancements as the entire society benefits from these inventions.

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The Indian Perspective On Intellectual Property Rights And Competition Legislation

IIPRD

While the goal of IPR law is to preserve inventors’ rights over their creations, the goal of competition law is to maintain effective market competition by prohibiting anti-competitive acts and the misuse of dominant positions. IPR law’s goal has been changed from defending individual inventors to promoting new ideas. [2]

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Decoding The Scepticism Of Overlap Between Patents Law And Competition Law

IP and Legal Filings

Intellectual property rights provide a negative right in other words a monopoly right to the creator or Inventor over their creation or Invention. Businesses can use this intangible right to gain a competitive edge in the market. The goal of competition law is to ensure fair functioning of the market. [1]

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Intellectual Property Rights in the Telecom Industry

IIPRD

Intellectual property rights (hereinafter referred to as ‘IPR’) are the legal rights granted to the inventor or creator to safeguard his or her invention or production for a certain period of time. These legal rights grant the inventor, creator, or assignee the only right to fully exploit his invention/creation for a given period.

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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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