What is a Patent? A patent is a form of intellectual property that offers patent owners exclusive rights to use and exploit their invention. Once the owner of an invention has been granted a patent in any particular country, they then have the legal authority to exclude others from using or exploiting the invention in that [...]
Patents protect inventions, how they work, what they do, what they are made of and how they are made. A Patent gives the owner the right to prevent others from exploiting their invention without permission. Your invention can be exploited by others who copy, make, use, import or sell your invention. A Patent is also [...]
What are Patent Trolls? Patent trolls are people or companies that own patents portfolios and simply license the patents to other entities rather than produce the products themselves, and then they usually sue companies that do not agree to their licensing terms. Patent trolls include a party that does one or more of the following: [...]
Apple‘s patent application for a universal battery system has been approved. The patent application was filed in March 2010 and described as a “method and system for recharging batteries for wireless electronic devices”. The patent describes a system that could have standard, rechargeable batteries that are able to power a multitude of devices. Most Apple [...]
Companies that spend money on research and development projects benefit from tax in terms of the provisions of section 11D of the Income Tax Act. This Act encourages companies to spend more money on research and development which will then help to ensure that local research and development is not at a global competitive disadvantage. [...]
Phenomena is a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question. Physical phenomena is a natural phenomenon involving the physics of matter and energy. Patent law classifies physical phenomena as products of nature and if your invention occurs in nature, it cannot be patented. [...]
The God Particle (Higgs boson) Physicists working at the the world’s most powerful atom smasher in Switzerland, the Large Hadron Collider, might have discovered what could be the so called God Particle also known as the Higgs boson particle. Rolf Heuer, director of the European Centre for Nuclear Research in Switzerland made the announcement of [...]
A 17 year old South African matriculant won the 1st prize at the international science expo in Pittsburgh, U.S. The prize included R17 000 and an invitation from the American Dental Association to return to the U.S. to patent the invention. Chené Mostert from Hoërskool Ladysmith in KwaZulu-Natal invented a sterilization appliance for toothbrushes after she tested [...]
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