Essays about: "patent regime"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words patent regime.

  1. 1. Inventions without inventors: The challenge of applying patent law objectives to AI generated inventions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Emma Johansen; [2022]
    Keywords : Immaterialrätt; intellectual property; patent law; artificial intelligence; AI; patents; AI generated inventions; AI inventorship; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Artificiell intelligens utvecklas snabbt och blir alltmer självständig. Detta framgår av de patentansökningar som nyligen lämnats in för uppfinningar som gjorts av DABUS som är en AI. Enligt rättspraxis angående DABUS uppfinningar kan endast en fysisk person vara uppfinnare i patentlagstiftningens mening. READ MORE

  2. 2. Do non-compete covenants affect entrepreneurship and incentives to innovate? : Findings from Europe

    University essay from KTH/Industriell Marknadsföring och Entreprenörskap

    Author : Laura Savolainen; [2019]
    Keywords : Non-Compete Covenants; Venture Capital; Economic Growth; Labor Market Economics; Employment; Entrepreneurship; Innovation;

    Abstract : Non-compete covenants are clauses in employment contracts that forbid employees from competing with their former employers during a given time period. Recent literature has identified non-compete covenants as a new type of entry barrier to entrepreneurship within high-tech industries, impeding regional innovation, growth and employment. READ MORE

  3. 3. The unitary patent package - Court competence and substantive law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Jonas Lembke; [2014]
    Keywords : Unified Patent Court; Unitary Patent; Private international law; European patent law; European Union law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The unitary patent package (Regulation 1257/2012 creating a unitary patent protection (UPR) , Regulation 1260/2012 on language regime creating a unitary patent protection (UPRL) , and the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) ) will make it possible to apply for a single patent (European patent with unitary effect or EPUE) at the non-EU European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich. EPUE will cover the territory of the participating Member States and a trans-national court structure (the Unified Patent Court or UPC) will have exclusive jurisdiction regarding inter alia infringement and revocation of EPUE within the UPCA states. READ MORE

  4. 4. The role of TRIPS in health innovation and access to medicines in Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Luciana Cunha Villar; [2014]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The thesis undertakes an analysis of the current tension between patents law obligations under TRIPS Agreement and human rights, specifically in the context of how the TRIPS Agreement influences health innovation and access to medicines in Brazil. Following a general overview of the interaction between human rights and patent law within the WTO, the central aim is based on the empirical analysis of two Brazilian case studies: “Pharmaceutical Patents on Access to Medicines” and “ONSA Network’s Genoma Program”. READ MORE

  5. 5. Business Method Patents in the US and Europe – Diverging Policies and their Effect on Competition

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Siri Swedborg; [2013]
    Keywords : immaterialrätt; komparativ rätt; affärsmetoder; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The patentability of business methods has been debated over a long period of time, nevertheless the exact requirements for a business method to be patent eligible and their interpretation remain unclear both in the US and Europe. Although the patent eligibility of business methods has not been an obvious matter in the US, the US courts and the US patent office has chosen to adopt a quite liberal stance towards this type of patents. READ MORE