During the COVID-19 period, information sharing methods contributed to a growing bank of the prior art and increased the threat of self-disclosure for individuals seeking patent protection for their inventions. In most countries, novelty and inventive step (non-obviousness) is required for patentability, and they are considered against a background of prior public information disclosed everywhere […]
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A patent is a legal protection that allows the owner of the patent to prevent others from using, selling, or even maintaining the invention without permission. This is because the patent grants a monopoly right. As a result, a patent is extremely powerful. Even if another party later came up with a similar idea without […]