Intellectual Property
Sep. 2, 2006
LifeAfter eBay v. MercExchange
Patent owners, and patent litigators, understand that the value of a patent is far more than its marketing potential. A patent can be extremely valuable even if a company does not sell products incorporating the patented invention at all. D
Patent owners, and patent litigators, understand that the value of a patent is far more than its marketing potential. A patent can be extremely valuable even if a company does not sell products incorporating the patented invention at all. Despite a common perception of a patent as being a right to practice the invention, it is in fact the right to exclude others from practicing it:
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