IP Intelligence
Patent Myths
Widely repeated beliefs about patents, and what the position actually is.
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“A patent means nobody can use the technology at all.”
A patent stops others doing what the claims cover, in the country that granted it, for its term - subject to defences and statutory exceptions.
“The inventor always owns the patent.”
The inventor is the person who devised the invention. The owner is whoever holds the rights, which may be an employer, a university or an assignee.
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