Patents, Novelty, and trolls

A grant by the government that allows an inventor or maintain a monopoly on the use and development of an invention for a limited time

Allows inventors to prevent or exclude other people of companies from manufacturing, selling or using there patented inventions

Where was the first systematic patent law developed?

Is the most important branch of intellectual property

This rewards inventors for their skill and effort

Patents is not all about the money
True False

Patents don’t last forever
True False

It is a balance between providing inventors with incentives and ensuring public access

Requirements for patent protection

If somebody else already invented or patented a similar invention, you can still get a patent
True False

Patent have to be clear and complete enough for someone else to recreate the invention without trouble
True False

Types of patents issued by the Patent and Trademark office

Term protection for Utility patents

Covers any new, original, and ornamental rather than useful article of manufacture

Apple is famous for their.....

Design patents term protection

Granted to persons who first noticed the distinctiveness of a plant, reproduced it asexually by cloning rather than growing it from a seed

It has to have at least one distinguishing characteristics to establish it as a distinct variety

In plant Patents, if it comes from a seed, you can patent it
True False

Plant patents does not last forever
True False

Governement allows these exclusive rights in exchange for the clear and detailed public disclosure of inventions

Sums up the economic rationale of patent law

These ideas of granting exclusive rights to inventors to encourage discovery spread throughout______

What are held not to be patentable?

In what year was the issue involving biotech firm that had isolated human DNA linked to ovarian and breast cancer

Magic 8ball’s patent was issued in