emoir to Support Theory As a memoir, the idea of knowledge claims as it relates to College Girl, by Laura Gray-Rosendale, seems a bit more open to interpretation. But while Laura Gray-Rosendale is not claiming scientific fact through her story, she shares what she experienced and how it affected her, and, to her, that is her fact. Her claim of knowledge pertains to how her own experiences affected her and shaped her for the time period to come. Throughout the process of her story, Gray-Rosendale
Covergirl Claims Many companies use empty or non specific words in their advertisements to make consumers believe claims that are not really present in their advertisements. William Lutz explores these "weasel words" in his essay and examines how companies use these words and accompanying media in order to mislead unsuspecting consumers (Lutz 569). Covergirl's advertisements for its Super Sizer Fibers mascara is a perfect example of Lutz's ideas. In their advertisements for the Super Sizer Fibers
In William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, his own brother deceived the character Prospero and had his dukedom stolen from him. Prospero was the Duke of Milan but got distracted from his priorities; he showed more interests towards books and education, giving his brother Antonio the benefit to work behind his back. Antonio was able to get help from the King of Naples, in exchange for money and respect to get rid of Prospero. Prospero was kicked out of Milan one night with his daughter and landed in an
Patent is a right given by a sovereign state to the owner of an invention that prevents others from using the invention without the inventor permission. A patentable invention can be a solution to a specific technological problem. It can also be a product or process that provides a new approach of doing something or a technical improvement on how certain objects operate. Patents are a form of intellectual property. The procedures for apply patent, requirements for the invention to be able to apply
Spare a thought for the environment Society is outraged by patents involving humans and animals based on morality, but what of the environment? No ne should be allowed to pollute the environment with waste resulting from the said experiments. Especially in this day and age where climate change is decimating the world, we can never know what damage to the environment illegal experiments might do. In Article 36 in the European Biotechnology Directive, inventions that cause ‘serious prejudice to the
guarantee that a grant of patent would not be not issued if the invention is already known by the public or the invention is already possessed by the public. In Synthon BV v SmithKline Beecham the subject matter that the court was to determine was whether a prior disclosure swashed the requirement of Novelty of an invention the subject of later application.[ ] The facts of the case is this, using the Patent cooperation Treaty on June 10, 1997 an application for Patent was filed. A broad class
small businesses may not be able to afford the cost of filing an application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, patenting a product is important because patents prevent the unfair use of an individuals ideas and patents make is possible for individuals and businesses to protect their investments. There are three types of patents, utility patent, design patent, and plant patents. All of which hold a different purpose. Patents by definition are “An intellectual property right granted by the
intellectual management and to drive more revenues. Therefore, the organization should conduct patent analysis to identify the technology and exploit it further for licensing purposes. A detailed patent analysis helps to identify the organizations patenting in the field of technology, and thus identify opportunities for out-licensing the technology and potential infringement issues. Building a strong patent portfolio An IP portfolio can act as a shield and sword. A strong IP portfolio helps in protecting
The Hatch-Waxman Act of 1984 was formally known as the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act. The goal of the act was to offset the drug approval delay, encourage healthy competition and avoid price raise and to make life easier for the generic industry. This act allowed an excess of generic drugs enter the market. Before the passage of this act generic drugs did not compete with the innovator industry because they ruled the market with their already existing brands in the market
example, patents, copyright and trademarks, which enable people to earn recognition or financial benefit from what they invent or create.” ii. What is a patent: According to Merz’s 2005 article “What are Gene Patents and Why Are People Worried about them?” in the journal Community Genet, a patent allows a person who discovers or invents something novel to exert ownership of their work. It prevents others from stealing, using, or profiting from what you have created. iii. What is a gene patent: Merz
Most common is the patent (Rosenberg, 2014). According to the Patent Board and the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index, General Motors "is a leader in overall patent filings" (Rosenberg, 2014). General Motors is also "the only company to have achieved the No. 1 position 11 consecutive times in the Patent Board's Automotive and Transportation industry ranking" (Rosenberg, 2014). Discussing the amount of patents General Motors files, chief technology officer and president
INTRODUCTION The recent decision of Oracle v. Google by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has posed some severe concern for the Software industry. The decision of the court to grant copyright protection to the Java Application Programme Interface (API) is seen by many as a divergence from the traditional copyright policy of keeping ideas free as the building block of creativity as laid down in Baker v. Seldon over a century ago. What concerns many is the tendency of the
in agriculture. In this case, a company has developed an innovative new “gene” that would make food more nutritious. The company wants to seek patent for their discovery to ensure that nobody else in the market could use their invention. The purpose of a patent to protect the developer will be discussed, followed by a counterargument to abandon such patent. A final conclusion with proper suggestion will be presented. State legitimate arguments in favor of the position. From a financial and commercial
(alone and in groups) can watch television and listen to audio streams, in game. After development of the functionality got out the studio received a “cease and desist” letter from a lawyer of Potter Enterprises Inc. that allegedly claims to hold patents for the Internet transmission of audio and video signals within a game environment. Potter Enterprises Inc’s lawyer also represents
are copyrightable, new discoveries and invention. Usually, assets that are going to be protected are non-physical. The four types of intellectual property are Copyright, Trademarks, Patents and Trade Secret. Intellectual property has a given set of time of expiry date to encourage further innovation. Copyright and patent usually are not enjoyable for too long while, handled at the state level under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, can last for a longer time since it is meant for gaining competition against
The intellectual elements during 1865-1900 mainly involved inventors. Many inventors, about 20,000 per year, in the 1890s “flooded the U.S. Patent Office” with their applications, which was staggering compared to the 1,000 per year in the 1850s (Keene, 475). Some of the more recognizable inventors include Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone, and Thomas Edison, who is known for many inventions, including the incandescent light bulb. Also, George Eastman and Isaac Singer were notable
company which made and sold Valium, the active ingredient of which was protected by patent. Before patent expiration, Bolar used the patented chemical in experiments to determine if its generic product was bioequivalent to Valium in order to obtain FDA approval for its generic version of Valium. Bolar argued that its use of the patented product was not infringement under the experimental use exception to the patent law. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected Bolar’s contention holding
TRADEMARKS IN SPACE: Today with the commercialization of space travel some issues have become increasingly significant; some of such issues are obtaining rights, commercial licensing rights and enforcing rights in the outer space. The view of the scholars in the field is that it would be preferable to address these issues before problems emerge. As internet gave rise to challenges which would possibly have been anticipated if addressed before, the same way outer space is becoming a place where
Q2 (15%): Patent related questions. (3%) What are the mostly important requirements for patentability? The most important part of patent application is claim. The law requires at least one claim should be contained in a patent application to particularly point out and distinctly claim the subject matter, in order to be defined and examined by authorities. The claims should include one or more independent claims and/ or dependent claims. An independent claim is a stand-alone claim without any other
INTRODUCTION Now with the copyright law, Copyright Act, Chapter 63 established on 1987 with the new revised version on 2006, any author who creates their own original works automatically has the privilege to have copyright protection. Original works means works that are created with own effort and through processes of developed ideas and their whole new way to express their ideas in their final product. Not only are the works protected in their own country but also countries that signed the international