Sentence examples for certain types of patents from inspiring English sources

In some countries (e.g., France), certain types of patents were given shorter terms because the inventions had an overall general usefulness.

In October, Samsung offered to stop taking rivals to court in Europe over alleged infringements of certain types of patents for a period of five years.

This is indicative of the increasing dichotomy in the marketplace, in which some thought leaders are actively speaking out against certain types of patents while patent portfolios are being bought and sold for lucrative amounts.

Mr Mueller was recently commissioned by Microsoft to study certain types of patent litigation.

Florian Mueller keeps track of developments at his blog, Foss Patents, and was recently commissioned by Microsoft to study certain types of patent litigation.

The Article concludes by examining whether this trend is likely to continue in the future, particularly given a 2006 Supreme Court decision that appears to diminish the holdup threat by recognizing the possibility of liability rules in patent suits, as well as recent case law that may call into question certain types of software patents.

Outlined in the AIA, the CBM program allows those who are sued for infringing on certain types of financial business method patents to request a review of the patent's legitimacy from the USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeal Board, rather than going through the extortion racket of litigation and settlement.

In 2012, Congress listened to some criticisms of certain types of "business methods" by limiting patents on tax strategies and implementing a Covered Business Method review process that makes it easier for a challenger to invalidate a patent claiming certain "financial products or services" as part of the America Invents Act.

Tarjan holds part of two patents for certain types of data compression and data encryption.

With these new regulations also comes a new status category called "micro-entity," which makes it financially easier for certain types of entrepreneurs to file for a patent.

The compromise may be to define certain categories of data as having different sensitivities, or to de-identify certain types of data, or to coordinate on patent filings before releasing data – with the result being that both publication and proprietary benefit are achieved.