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35 U.S.C. § 271(b) covers situations where one actively induces the infringement of a patent by encouraging, aiding, or otherwise causing another person or entity to infringe a patent. A potential inducer must actually be aware of the patent and intend for their actions to result in a third party infringing that patent. [4]
Patent prosecution is the interaction between applicants and a patent office with regard to a patent application or a patent.. The prosecution process is broadly divided into two phases: pre-grant and post-grant prosecution.
For the purpose of calculating damages in a patent infringement action, the infringing "article of manufacture" may be defined as either an end product sold to a consumer or as a component of that product. 35 U.S.C. §289: The relevant text of the Patent Act encompasses both an end product sold to a consumer as well as a component of that product.
Patent infringement is an unauthorized act of - for example - making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing for these purposes a patented product. Where the subject-matter of the patent is a process, infringement involves the act of using, offering for sale, selling or importing for these purposes at least the product obtained by the patented process. [1]
Hardware marked "Patented" and "Pat. Pending" Printed circuit board by Logitech with inscription "Patents pending" "Patent pending" (sometimes abbreviated by "pat. pend." or "pat. pending") or "patent applied for" are legal designations or expressions that can be used in relation to a product or process once a patent application for the product or process has been filed, but prior to the ...
The opposition system is integral to the patent framework for several reasons: [1] Quality assurance: It enhances the quality and reliability of granted patents by providing a mechanism to weed out patents that should not have been granted due to non-compliance with legal requirements such as novelty, inventive step, and industrial ...
Patents, including appeals arising from an action against the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks under 35 U.S.C. § 145; The Little Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346; Section 211 of the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970; Section 5 of the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973; Section 523 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975; and
A patent for a claimed invention may not be obtained, notwithstanding that the claimed invention is not identically disclosed as set forth in section 102, if the differences between the claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole would have been obvious before the effective filing date of the claimed ...