Patent issues

Patent issues

conducted in the 1980s, is estimated to run to £15 billion. The UK government's Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) estimates that this facility could save 5.6 Mt carbon dioxide per year, in comparison to new-built gas-fired power plants. The carbon footprint of building the barrage would be paid back in 5–8 months, according to the SDC. The concept is based on proven technology, as a simi...

PCR patent issues.

Patent Issues Aplenty An review of software patent problems

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Patent eLigibiLity iSSUeS in ReCent yeaRS

The patent laws are in the U.S. Constitution dating back from 1790 to 1793 to promote, as articulated by one of the framers, Thomas Jefferson, and protect ‘any new and useful art, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new or useful improvement thereof ’. Although the U.S. Congress in 1952 replaced the word ‘art’ with the word ‘process’, the Congress, as well as the courts, have...

Competition in Off-Patent Drug Markets: Issues, Regulation and Evidence

Generic medicines are proven to be chemically and therapeutically equivalent to originator brands, but are in principle significantly cheaper because they are allowed to enter the market after the patent expiry of the originator brand. In this way, generic manufacturers do not incur R&D costs and are able to offer a significant price advantage to the originator brand. As a result, health insura...