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DESIGN PATENTS
2013 年 04 月 24 日“PROSECUTION LACHES” DEFENSE
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Years after filing a patent application, a competitor enters the market. What are the limits on a patent owner amending a pending application to include claims that cover the competitor’s product? How can a patent owner leverage its pending continuation patent applications? Learn more about this defense and topic by reading “Prosecution Laches: A New Depth Charge Against Submarine Patents,” originally published in BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, Vol. 67, No. 1662, March 12, 2004.