1. But to engineers - particularly mechanical engineers - patent law is something to be aware of.

2. The Cipla offer raised concerns that patent laws may be breached in some countries.

3. The problem is exacerbated by varying international patent laws, which both raise the cost and confuse the issue of patent protection.

4. For the most part, U. S. patent laws don't apply in China.

5. Developing nations need to design and implement patent laws that prevent strategic patenting and which promote competition and access to medicines, Correa concludes.

6. I think U.S. Patent laws are designed to protect the commercial rights of people who have invested in new products, systems or methods.

7. In addition, trademark and patent laws in China aren't enforced as strongly as in the U.S., and knowledge of U.S. accounting standards can lag.

8. If changes in the patent laws are going to have any real impact, they must be made soon, before too many more new business method patents are issued.

8. try its best to collect and build good sentences.

9. For the most part, U.S. patent laws don't apply in China. Carefully consider how much IP or know-how you disclose to your partners, suppliers or employees.

10. This change in our patent laws is part of our agenda for making us competitive over the long term.

11. Developed countries have long held that strong patent laws in developing countries would ease technology transfer.

12. If changes in the patent laws are going to have any real impact, they must be made soon.

13. Legal experts have said that the outcome of the US Supreme Court hearing will decide how patent laws protect exclusive technology and impact innovation.

14. Mr. Obama used one of the country's most famous inventors as an example of why the patent laws needed to be updated.

15. The government will also look to change the data protection and patent laws to conform to the internet age.

16. The Patent and Trademark Office Society has been active since its formation in promoting necessary reforms in the patent system and patent laws.

17. This agreement is binding worldwide regardless of protection afforded under international patent laws.

18. When India became a member of the WTO in 1995, it was given until 1 January 2005 to bring its patent laws into line with the TRIPS agreement.

19. For patent infringement cases involving foreign patents, the Federal Circuit has strongly urged U. S. courts against issuing rulings interpreting foreign patent laws.

20. Patents generally last twenty years, but pharmaceutical drugs have their own patent laws.