Sentence examples for invalid patents from inspiring English sources

Using the heightened standard "makes no sense," Mr. Hungar said, and "ensures the enforcement of invalid patents".

"It means that patentees may be able to enforce invalid patents, halting legitimate new businesses," he said.

Dissatisfied with the supply of generic drugs, Congress passed the Hatch-Waxman act in 1984 to encourage manufacturers to challenge weak or invalid patents on brand-name drugs.

"Challenges at the patent office play a crucial role in overturning invalid patents, and that role could be undermined by agreements like this," Mr. Carrier said.

Kathleen D. Jaeger, president of the Generic Pharmaceutical Association, welcomed passage of the bill, saying it would help generic drug companies challenge "weak or invalid patents" on brand-name medicines.

"Unprincipled plaintiffs would be able to extract substantial royalties" through settlements or verdicts "from European and other companies based on low-quality and potentially invalid patents," the letter said.

Third, consumers will pay higher prices for goods covered by the invalid patent than would be true had the initial ruling of invalidity had at least the potential for broader effect.

Because he is free of royalty payments, the manufacturer with a judgment against the patent may price his products higher than competitive levels absent the invalid patent, yet just below the levels set by those manufacturers who must pay royalties.

In the 'patent estoppel' cases the Court found that public policy favors the exposure of invalid patent monopolies before the courts in order to free the public from their effects.

To simplify, Hatch-Waxman's drafters tried to do what they could to enhance drug market competition, and they took as a major goal to encourage legal challenge to potentially invalid drug patents.

That means the later patent covered, or described, much of the same material as the earlier patent, making the later patent invalid.