However, amending principles related to protectable subject matter in the current property paradigm would imply radical changes in rationale and attitude, notably because of the inherently variable, non-uniform and collective nature of farmers' varieties (Correa [2000]).
That's why I tend to think that the news sites that will survive will be those that develop a specialty in protectable content the actual writing, for instance, or a networking experience.
"We needed to have protectable intellectual property.
"They didn't have any idea that they had protectable property rights".
EToys had great customer service, but it had no protectable intellectual property.
Our companies had to be in growing industries, with high margins — and protectable margins.
"I think this thing falls through the cracks of being protectable," said Toni Tease, a patent lawyer in Billings, Mont.
On top of that, they must be "protectable from the onslaught of those big companies once they figure out what you're on to," Mr. Sacks said.
Drugs, vaccines or crops might still be protectable even without patents on genes because other steps are involved in their creation.
Tattoos are protectable intellectual property, but nearly all tattoo artists operate outside that legal realm, following, instead, a set of industry norms.
Its ruling was cited by the Supreme Court in a separate case, in an opinion that identified criteria of protectable intellectual property.
