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Intellectual Property

May 20, 2000

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The Practitioner: Intellectual Property Law By Robert. R. Sachs The competitive value of Internet, business-method or software patents is often in their functional features, which are exposed when the invention is made commercially available. A patent on these types of inventions provides both a lengthy term of protection-aproximating 17 years- and broad exclusionary rights against those who may copy the inventive functionality.


        Intellectual Property
         By Robert R. Sachs
        
        The competitive value of Internet, business-method or software patents is often in their functional features, which are exposed when the invention is made commercially available. A patent on these types ...

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