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The rights that are provided by the state to its people for a certain time interval for revelation of an invention is called patent. Patent pirate refers to the infringement of patent or publication of the patent before the due schedule.
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Patent infringement
The patent is provided to the person who is first to apply for his invention. The first applicant is in advantageous position since he not only receives the patent but others who intends to go for an invention on the same subject has to take permission from him. If that same invention is carried on by another person without the help of its proprieter then it is known as patent infringement.
If any individual tries to manufacture or sales the products in a country that are within the patent term of that country then it falls under the patent piracy. The law regarding patent infringement are different in different countries. In United States of America for example if one infringes the technology that are mentioned in the list of the claim then he can be designated as a patent pirate. If one claim is missing from the list of the original claim then however the case may not be that of patent piracy.
Remedies of patent infringement
There are certain remedial measures against patent infringement. The person may be given some financial aid in case there is economic problem associated with such infringement. An equitable remedy may be allowed to make up for the loss. In certain cases there may be limitation on the costs.
Patent troll
Patent troll is another type of patent piracy which occurs when any state or company offers its patents to more than one infringers in an illegal manner. There are various cases that falls under the patent troll. If any firm whcich has undergone bankruptcy and then files a lawsuit against another company for its infringing its products can be referred to as patent troll.
If an individual receives the patents but enforces it on the infringers for manufactuting then the case may fall under the serious offence of patent troll. If there is no scope for researches or manufacture then again it may be called a patent troll.
The term patent troll was first used in the year 1993 for those companies who filed lawsuits regarding patents. The patents video released in the year 1994 gives a detailed account of patent troll. In 2001, Peter Detkin made further study on the patent pirates especially patent troll.
Submarine patent
The submarine patent is another popular type of patent pirates. In certain cases the approval of the patent comes after an extended period of time. The submarine patent remains unknown to public and then suddenly emerges in the market taken every one by surprise. The submarine patent was initially quite common in the United States. Jerome H.Lemeson is one of the reknown owners of submarine patents.
Patent pirate is one of the serious concern of those dealing with patents.
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