Sentence examples for patent rules from inspiring English sources

Justice Clarence Thomas ruled that Myriad's assertion that the DNA it isolated from the human body for its tests were patentable had to be dismissed because it violated patent rules.

The system would supplement the current patchwork of patent rules in the European Union; under the current system, a ruling in one of the union's 27 countries has no automatic bearing on another.

In the letter, the companies say the latest draft of the European patent rules may create "significant opportunities for abuse" because it would allow separate rulings in different courts on whether patents have been infringed and whether they are valid.

Love specialised in challenging intellectual property and patent rules.

Suspicions have grown that pharmaceutical firms manipulate patent rules to maintain prices.

Disputes over patent rules and textile quotas have been around for years.

Its government is keen to encourage generics and keep prices down.Now India's patent rules are being put to the test.

However, many people argue that the nation's patent rules, intended for a mechanical world, are inadequate in today's digital marketplace.

It has decided that the stronger patent rules that it inserted in the 1995 WTO agreement don't go far enough.

Developing countries should enforce patent rules vigorously (Indian regulators have let a local firm sell its version of Nexavar for years), and avoid a rush to compulsory licences.

AS PHARMACEUTICAL giants Novartis and Bayer challenge India's drug-patent rules, our correspondents discuss the potential implications for health care in the developing world.