- Apr 2019
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Seventh Amendment
Seventh Amendment: The Seventh Amendment continues a practice from English common law of distinguishing civil claims which must be tried before a jury (absent waiver by the parties) from claims and issues that may be heard by a judge alone. https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/seventh_amendment
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There is now a three-year backlog in the office--a three-year delay on average between the filing of a patent application and the decision by a patent examiner on whether to grant the application.
Is there something that can be done to fix this? Or are just too many people wanting to patent their inventions?
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But their validity can be challenged in court, normally by way of defense by a company sued by a patentee for patent infringement.
I wonder how often the validity is challenged in court? I feel like this is something that might happen a lot, especially in certain industries.
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- Feb 2019
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“We’re in a tit-for-tat dynamic where both sides have taken actions that are outside the normal procedures of international commerce,” Scott Kennedy, an expert on Chinese business and its economy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, told me.
So what is the point of all of this? It seems like its only happening because two countries dont like each other but what is it going to accomplish? Besides hurt consumers on both ends.
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First, the U.S. announced tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, including from China. China then retaliated with levies on American products, including pork.
Tariffs= a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports. Levies= impose (a tax, fee, or fine) .. just because i never remember what these mean
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