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Such inventions may be protectable under federal patentlaws. An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the publicdomain.
Authors in the subsequent section explore industrial property rights, with Nari Lee delving into inventors and patents, Giorgio Spedicato shedding light on industrial design, and Genevieve Wilkinson discussing trade marks.
A patent gives the owner exclusive right over their invention for 20 years to commercially exploit it in a manner that prevents others from using, selling, making, or distributing the invention without permission. A patent can be granted when the invention meets certain criteria: Novelty: it must be new and not available in the publicdomain.
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The doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting is a long-standing, judicially-created doctrine aimed at preventing inventors from improperly extending their patent monopoly by patenting obvious variations of the same invention in multiple patents. Some key old cases: Bate Refrigerating Co. Sulzberger , 157 U.S.
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Such inventions may be protectable under federal patentlaws. An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the publicdomain.
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