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Are we able to stop our rivals from obtaining authorization of a patent application that we regard as having substantial defects during the substantive examination, given the fact that the rival companies hane already published their patent applications?
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Patent retrieval is necessary during R&D, in order not to infringe upon others’ patents. We have to know both ourselves and our competitors so as not to improperly take another piece of the pie.
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An expired patented product can no longer be protected. Since an expired patent product has obtained patent rights and has been made public, re-submitted patent application does not possess novelty.
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There is generally no consideration exchanged between employee and employer for keeping trade secrets.
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“Contact” means that the right holder has the evidence to prove that the accused infringer can obtain the trade secret with certain access.
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Trade secrets can be divided into technical information and business information. Technical information generally refers to information independently developed by enterprises.
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The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), is an international co-operation treaty in the area of patents.
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I have a few patentable projects and am going to apply for patents in a foreign country. How can I quality for the patent application Grant of China?
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Yes. Under Article 9 of the Tort Liability Law: “One who aids and abets another in committing a tortious act shall bear joint liability with the actor.”
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Article 5 of the Measures provides that “the Special Grant shall be centrally used to support patent applications in a foreign country which has a protection type equal to the invention patent of China.
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