Patents

Introduction

A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state (national government) to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention. In addition, international patent license is provided by the patent owner the right to use the patent by another person and license to the manufacture is issued by the patent holder, a license to use patented inventions in the industry.

Discussion

Patent Applications

Patent owner's rights protected by the license, which is a document on which the patent owner transfers the right to use his invention, the rights of international patent holders are protected by the license, which is a document on which the patent owner sends the right to use his invention. In the USSR the rights to acquire and dispose of patents and licenses have only the state. Licenses can be simple and exceptional. Examination of Novelty items included in a draft standard being taken against the countries that are leaders in this branch of engineering (Armitage & Davis, 1994, pp. 54-98)

Licensor is the owner of patents, trademarks, and other items of intellectual property - sell them domestically or abroad, while the licensee-buyer pays for the service, provides further funding and accepts the commercial risk of the transaction. (inventors.about.com, 1994)Otherwise, the international patent holder has the right to sue in court, which may prohibit the importation of goods into the country, impose a fine, to recover damages, to seize imported goods (Drahos, 1996, pp. 22-63). With simple author reserves the right to use his invention, along with the buyer, in exceptional he is entitled to concede to the buyer.

Under license by the international patent owner acting as a seller, who called the licensor eliminate the right of the international patent holder is that no one without his consent cannot use the invention. Only organization to-paradise before applying for an invention independently of the inventor has applied within the USSR, the invention or made behold the necessary preparations, the right to proceed and use the invention and the issuance of an international patent to the inventor. (finance.yahoo.com, 2003)The patent holder may issue a permit (license) to use the invention or completely cede it. In cases where the invention is of particular importance for the state, an international patent by the decision of the Council of Ministers may be forcibly purchased by the state or the organization may be given permission to use the invention with the establishment of certain remuneration to the patent owner. (Machlup and Penrose, 1999, pp. 1-29)

Claim

The cases presenting firms operating in United States claims for international patent infringement and subsequent attempts to institute criminal proceedings against individuals, not yielding to the requirements set forth in the claim. Very often, these actions have been taken patentees that use the patent for the sole I purpose of pressure on competitors. The objects of such attacks are for both U.S. and foreign firms, both large and small. (Ward, 1994, pp. 112-247) Otherwise, the patent holder has ...