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This week his officials approved a ban originally ordered by America's International Trade Commission on imports of certain products made by Samsung, a Korean conglomerate, after Apple alleged patent infringement.
It is the first win in America for Samsung in its global patent battle with Apple , which says it will appeal.A federal appeals court in Manhattan ordered a new trial in a long-running dispute between Guy Hands, a private-equity investor, and Citigroup.
Xiaomi, Samsung and other smartphone manufacturers have been accused of copying Apple 's designs, with long-running patent lawsuits between Apple and Samsung as well as others taking arguments to court.
But Guy Burkill at Three New Square, one of the UK 's leading patent barristers who specialises in telecoms-related patents, says that with worldwide sales of mobiles passing 1bn units a year, "the stakes are enormous – fractions of a penny per handset are worth fighting over".
Nokia had begun its patent litigation against HTC in 2012, filing more than 50 lawsuits worldwide.
The company also avoided the risk of an import ban in the US after signing a patent and technology collaboration deal with the Finnish phone company Nokia, which had been suing it over a mixture of standards-essential and utility patents in a number of courts, including the UK, Germany and the US.
As big blockbusters such as Pfizer 's Lipitor go off patent , the industry is about to lose tens of billions of dollars in revenues to generics manufacturers.
One of the worst offenders has been the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the appellate court that rules on patent disputes, among many other things.
But this weekend the ALS Association was forced to withdraw an attempt to patent the phrase "ice bucket challenge" after criticism.
Apple and Samsung have been embroiled in bitter patent disputes for years.
Most analysts believe Merck will be able to weather a storm of patent expirations at the turn of the century and continue to grow at 10% or more.However, the drug business is a long-term one; and many people argue that the full effect of the new technologies and techniques will be felt only in five to ten years' time.
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The primary grammatical function of "patent" is as a noun , referring to a government-granted right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention. It also functions as an adjective , describing something protected by such a right, and a verb , meaning to obtain a patent. This is consistent with Ludwig AI, confirming its versatility.
Expression frequency: Very common
