Parallel importing, legally pursuant to TRIPS Article 8.1 and Article 6, is the import and resale in a state without the consent of a patent holder, of a patented product in another market.
At issue is whether a patent holder can seek royalties from multiple companies as a patented product works its way through the manufacturing process.
Currently, the patent holder keeps the privilege for 14 years.
In ordinary cases, the patent holder must prove infringement.
Next, Shore needed to find a non-sovereign patent holder.
The three appointed by President Bill Clinton sided with the patent holder.
Patent litigation is expensive, and the judicial system tends to be sympathetic to the patent holder.
"They have to come to WARF because we are the patent holder.
Entrepreneur, patent holder, engineer, member Stamford Board of Reps, antique boat aficionado.
"We had to prove we were the original patent holder," Mr. Saalbach said.
They may encourage innovation, but, by allowing the patent holder complete control of an invention, they also limit it.
