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Understanding Freedom to Operate (FTO) Concerning IP & Patents

Kashishipr

An FTO analysis always starts with searching the patent literature and documents for granted or pending patents. It implies that while a specific technology may be protected in the main markets of a company, it may lie in the public domain in some other countries. Conducting FTO Analysis Based on Patent Literature Search.

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Trade Secrets in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

Kashishipr

In simple terms, trade secrets are Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) granted on confidential or sensitive info, which may be licensed or sold. Now, some other person can obtain patent or utility model protection on the same invention only if he arrived at that invention independently. For more visit: [link].

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Patent Search and its Types in India

Kashishipr

A patent refers to an exclusive right granted by the patent authority of a nation to the inventor or applicant of a unique invention. One of the essential requirements to be met for obtaining Patent Protection is that of novelty, i.e., the invention in question must be unique around the world. 3) State-of-the-Art Search.

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AI and IP – to legislate or not? UKIPO’s public consultation seeks evidence

Kluwer Copyright Blog

The law in the UK, as well as in many other major jurisdictions, requires that an inventor is named in the application and that the inventor must be a natural person. Consequently, patents do not protect inventions if the inventor is an AI system – a point recently confirmed also by the UK Court of Appeal. by Christopher Heath. €

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UKIPO’s public consultation on AI and IP – computer-generated works (Part 1)

Kluwer Copyright Blog

There are also numerous benefits to AI-generated works remaining in the public domain, including including enabling low-cost access to those works by others and their use for the generation of new (scientific) knowledge’. Attaching to that output long term proprietary claims risks paralysing the public domain.

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The Role Of Ipr In Protection Of Bio Diversity

IIPRD

IPR means legal protection to protect data from new inventions. In exchange for being required to reveal the formula or strategy behind the process, these rights allow the owner to prevent imitators from commercializing the inventions or processes for the specified period of time. INTRODUCTION. Image Source: Freepic].

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Protecting Indigenous Traditional Knowledge Using An Approach Based On Holistic Principle

IP and Legal Filings

If it could be protected by some system that ensures the protection of private property rights, it might have favourable economic effects. vii] The Battle for the Public Domain and Traditional Knowledge 2006, 5 Doris Estelle Long Intellectual Property Law: Volume 321 of the John Marshall Review.