Regardless of one’s philosophy, patent system is here.  The real question to be asked is therefore whether an inventor or a company needs to apply for a patent.   This is of course an entirely different question than whether the society needs a patent system.  A CEO of a company might be a staunch opponent of…

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A patent gives its owner (or patentee) a right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention. The fact that a patent does not necessarily give the patent owner a right to make or use his own invention often comes as a surprise to many.  In the real world,…

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