Patents lite - Aussies pioneer a cheap and easy way to protect inventions.
This article discusses a cheap way to protect inventions known as the petty patent. It provides some patent-like protection, but the scope and duration of that protection is less than that for inventions that qualify for a standard patent. Although they are cheap and easy, it has its flaws depending...
| Published in: | IEEE spectrum 41, 11 (2004). |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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