This week’s current event that I have read is about Boston based Gillette suing Edgewell in federal court, alleging Edgewell's Hydro Connect 5 and Hydro Connect 5 Sensitive razor refill blades infringe on a Gillette patent for its Fusion razor. Gillette, which is owned by Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, where Edgewell's Schick Manufacturing is based.Ofcourse you might be saying who is Gillette or even then Edgewell; well both of them consist of razor companies. Razors are tools that hold one to five blades within, which are used to remove or get rid of facial hair or hair. A process that breaks into 3 parts. The physical part, disciplinary part, and updating part
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And you have to answer between yes or no and then move on to see if there is patent infringement. I have been learning from the reading because it is giving me insights of how patents provide not only protection for the owner but also valuable information and inspiration for future generations of researchers and inventors. The patent has only effect in the country where the registration was granted. If the owner of a patent wants to protect it in different countries, it will have to request it separately in each one of them. Under the Paris Convention, submission priority in member countries can be requested based on the date of filing in the country of origin for a period of 12 months. The novelty of the patent must be worldwide. The patent gives its owner the exclusive right to prevent third parties from commercially exploiting the protected invention for a limited period of time, in exchange for disclosing the invention to the public. Consequently, the owner of the patent (owner) may prevent others from making, using, offering, selling or importing the patented invention without permission, and may sue the person who exploits the patented invention without his permission. With this intention, “Gillette is being irreparably harmed by (Edgewell's) infringement of its valuable patent rights,” Gillette's lawsuit alleges and in a statement, Edgewell said the allegations in the lawsuit are "meritless" and "It isn't surprising that Gillette is doing whatever it can to try and stop us." I mean if he has the right to,who would not ? I would
And you have to answer between yes or no and then move on to see if there is patent infringement. I have been learning from the reading because it is giving me insights of how patents provide not only protection for the owner but also valuable information and inspiration for future generations of researchers and inventors. The patent has only effect in the country where the registration was granted. If the owner of a patent wants to protect it in different countries, it will have to request it separately in each one of them. Under the Paris Convention, submission priority in member countries can be requested based on the date of filing in the country of origin for a period of 12 months. The novelty of the patent must be worldwide. The patent gives its owner the exclusive right to prevent third parties from commercially exploiting the protected invention for a limited period of time, in exchange for disclosing the invention to the public. Consequently, the owner of the patent (owner) may prevent others from making, using, offering, selling or importing the patented invention without permission, and may sue the person who exploits the patented invention without his permission. With this intention, “Gillette is being irreparably harmed by (Edgewell's) infringement of its valuable patent rights,” Gillette's lawsuit alleges and in a statement, Edgewell said the allegations in the lawsuit are "meritless" and "It isn't surprising that Gillette is doing whatever it can to try and stop us." I mean if he has the right to,who would not ? I would