1. Who can hinder you with a patent, and how?
A patent confers on its owner the right to prohibit third parties from making, implementing or marketing the protected invention. It is clear that third parties may be hindered by a patent. The response to this will vary according to the circumstances.
So, by the time we realize that a patent could be in our way, the exploitation of the protected technology may still be just a project or already a reality, and more or less investment may already have been made.
The inconvenience caused by a patent can take many forms.
You can be sued for patent infringement, with the risk of having to pay damages and being prohibited from using the invention protected by the patent.
More generally, a patent can create uncertainty about the rights one has to exploit a technology....
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JurisClasseur Brevets, Fascicule 4495: Patent Cancellation, Emmanuel Py, LexisNexis 2021.
JurisClasseur Brevets, Fascicule 4620: Acte de Contrefaçon. – Élément légal, Christian Le Stanc, LexisNexis 2018.
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