h2.
Why is 'global patent protection' important?
Patents protect inventions and proprietary technologies.
A patent granted in the U.S., for example, allows the patentee to
prevent others, for a limited time, from making, using, or selling
the claimed process or product.
Patents, however, are also territorial in nature. They only allow
the patentee to prevent infringement that occurs within the country
or region granting the patent. It is not unusual, therefore, for
the owner of a process patent in one country to stand helplessly
by as a competitor uses that process in another country (where the
patentee has no protection), and imports the final product back
into the first country to be sold.
Yet no one can be expected to file each of their patents in every
country. The most effective strategy is one that best protects the
patentee in key countries and regions of the world, in a strategic
and cost-effective manner.
Hope this helps, LUCKIEST
