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Patent Owner: Rights and Duties

Chapter Objectives:

It is true that the patent owner or the inventor enjoys the exclusive monopoly rights for his/her invention. A patentee has all the rights to make use of his/her invention for making money or for commercial purposes but still the rights are not absolute. In this chapter, we will study all the legal rights and duties of the patent holder along with its limitations and also how these rights can be transferred and how can the lapsed patents be restored? The chapter also makes us aware about infringement of different intellectual properties, types of infringement and the remedies against such infringement.

OWNERSHIP OF PATENT

Patent right is an intangible right and in general, the right to ...

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