CCT206H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Countermovement, Business Method Patent, Patent Cooperation Treaty
9 Apr 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Assignment 2"s deadline will be extended to march 8 (you can turn it into mar 1 too) Second half of assignment 1 - interpretation of the court case. No office hours today, there are office hours tomorrow (11am to noon) Litigation head up in 2010 - patent litigation is expensive. All ip law has the effect of insulating a firm from competition - a monopoly handed over. Involves sony, lg, motorola, microsoft to a company or individual for a time. The protection lasts 20 years - protects functionality, shape, design, colour, process. Apple patent left-to-right lock slide; gaining market share. For samsungs, you can swipe anywhere - any direction. Htc and motorola changed how to unlock phones because they were functionally too similar to apple phones. iphone x - patented rectangles with rounded edges. One-click amazon: you go to the site and click buy. All the other companies have to pay amazon for that privilege (ex. itunes).
