Sentence examples for patents been from inspiring English sources

Not only have copyrights and patents been routinely ignored in China; the Chinese have routinely demanded that American firms share protected intellectual property through various means as the price of doing business.

"Patents are expensive," he said.

Those patents were rarely controversial.

Not all patents are created equal, though.

In short, these patents are a sham.

All three patents were assigned to Google.

The wrangling over patents is more telling.

Corporate warfare over patents is not new.

All the patents are open source.

"Patents are government-granted monopolies," he said.

(Patents are an example of intangibles).