Sentence examples for inequitable conduct from inspiring English sources

But loosening or eliminating the inequitable conduct provision of the patent law could mean fewer choices and higher prices.

It did not, however, mention the National Academy of Sciences' 2004 report titled "A Patent System for the 21st Century," which recommended elimination of the inequitable conduct defense.

Ultimately, the inequitable conduct defense injects an uncertainty that runs contrary to the goal of the patent system: to provide reliable protection to innovators.

They also said that while the judge found the patent office was misled by "inequitable conduct," there was no finding of antitrust violations.

Earlier this year, Illumina retaliated by filing counterclaims, accusing Affymetrix of "inequitable conduct as to each patent, antitrust violations and unclean hands".

"Patent Bill Is Bonanza to Lobbyists" (Business Day, April 30) addresses the debate over "inequitable conduct," a legal doctrine that allows judges to void patents if companies "misrepresented or concealed information with an intent to deceive the patent office".

The Suffolk County judge Jeffrey Spinner ruled in court that OneWest's conduct was "inequitable, unconscionable, vexatious and opprobrious" for the way it treated a Long Island couple in 2009.

At the time this study was conducted, commissioning for cleft services was complex, inequitable and confusing.

Under the 1973 Matrimonial Causes Act, judges are supposed to take the parties' conduct into account only if it was so egregious that it would "be inequitable to disregard it".

A court of appeals ruled in 1966 that even though there is in trademark law history a "sacred right" to use one's own name, Wally's conduct constituted unfair competition and an unfair trade practice, and it is most inequitable to permit Wally to profit from his brother's many years of effort in promoting the name of "Findlay" on 57th Street.

This study, conducted prior to the country's 2011 independence, aimed to assess attitudes toward gender inequitable norms related to sexual relationships and reproductive health and the effects of sex, age, and education on these attitudes.