Now in Legal Issues for Engineers
The Injunction Factor
Time was, when you owned a patent and a competitor infringed on it, there was every reason to expect a judge to issue an injunction against the offending firm. The threat of being fully or partially shut down by an injunction was a power lever in negotiating a settlement out of court. But injunctions are no longer the default outcome of successful patent infringement cases. Judges now weigh four factors heavily when considering an injuction.
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Knowledgebase
The cost of patenting an invention can be prohibitive and there is no poor man’s patent available. Care and caution must be exercised in this process and here, the author takes beginners step-by-step through the critical but often confusing world of patents and patent law.
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Knowledgebase
Cash-poor inventors and entrepreneurs often take on the complicated task of patent-writing for themselves, with the result being that they become ensnared in numerous traps along the way. One of these is too much disclosure in the descriptive part of the application, called the specification. This trap is known to catch even somewhat knowledgeable professionals.
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