Patent Protection for the IT Business
Olena O. Vardamatska
Thinking of the benefits of themonopoly of IP rights, one immediatelyrecalls the patent warsbetween tech giants, including ITcompanies, around the globe. Theseare court battles between competitorswhere patents to inventionsor designs (and even trademarks)were used as an attack and defensetool by both parties (e.g. in Sonyvs. Kodak, Microsoft vs. Google).The court claims include compensationfor unauthorized use of protectedtechnologies or designs, a ban onthe sale of a competitor’s productsin a certain territory or request toconclude a license agreement (andpay a license fee)…
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