The other consideration is that in today's market and era of instant communications, by the time a patent is filed and granted the marketability of that product may have already passed. Within that same period others may also have been unwittingly using aspects of that patent without knowing it and even may have been first.
Like so many governmental agencies the initial thoughts were correct but as soon as the legal trade gets their hands on it, it becomes an entanglement that only the legal trade can maneuver within and makes them indispensable. Large corporations have full time legal staff simply filing away each day. This is considered AS IMPORTANT as research itself.....
Like so many governmental agencies the initial thoughts were correct but as soon as the legal trade gets their hands on it, it becomes an entanglement that only the legal trade can maneuver within and makes them indispensable. Large corporations have full time legal staff simply filing away each day. This is considered AS IMPORTANT as research itself.....
