The phrase "a patent over" is not commonly used in written English.
It can be used when referring to the ownership or rights granted by a patent for a specific invention or idea.
Example: "The company holds a patent over the innovative technology they developed."
Alternatives: "a patent on" or "a patent for".
Thus when a patent is over-turned the benefits - from avoiding a messy negotiation - are comparatively large.
(The two firms are currently involved in a patent dispute over the technology).
(Mr. Reyburn and Mr. Sanderson are currently in a patent dispute over a feature that automatically steps a tuner from one note to the next).
Even restaurants and grocery shops have received letters threatening them with a patent lawsuit, over such things as offering Wi-Fi to customers or mapping their locations online.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide cases concerning prayers at the start of town meetings and a patent dispute over heart monitors.
The handset makers Motorola and Research In Motion said Friday that they had settled a patent complaint over mobile technology that Motorola brought to the International Trade Commission this year.
Almost everyone had, that is, except for James H. Wallace Jr., a Washington lawyer for one of the companies involved in a patent dispute over Mr. Goodfellow's invention.
The two companies are in a patent dispute over Erbitux, ImClone's only product, which is used to treat neck, head and colon cancer.
A federal appeals court granted the Dish Network Corporation, the satellite TV company, a full-court review on Friday of a ruling it lost to TiVo in a patent dispute over television recording devices.
Multi-exchange trading platforms are in great demand.Yet Mr Brumfield (whose firm is embroiled in a patent dispute over business processes) sounds a little nostalgic for his former days in the open outcry pits.
