| 词汇 | patent-protection |
| 释义 | patent protection noun[ U ] LAWukus laws that protect a person or a company that has created a new product or way of doing something, by stopping anyone else from copying or using it for a particular period of time: apply for/extend/grant patent protectionThe biotechnology firm said it was applying for patent protection for the discoveries. Previous drugs lost patent protection and succumbed to copycat competition. Examples of patent protectionpatent protection However, each film outfit had its own patentprotection connected with individual innovations. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The weakening of patentprotection diminishes incentives for investments and development. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In such a dynamic industry, patentprotection may reduce overall innovation and social welfare. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This patentprotection was also expanded to non-commercial free software developers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When the patentprotection for the drug expires, a generic drug is usually developed and sold by a competing company. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although recently introduced (in the 2000s) and still under patentprotection it is a classic insecticide. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Developing a molecule for combination therapies may qualify for patentprotection in other countries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Patentprotection enables the owner of the patent to recover the costs of research and development through high profit margins for the branded drug. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The multinationals narrowed their focus onto high-end patients who make up only 12% of the market, taking advantage of their newly bestowed patentprotection. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The first, now resolved, pertained to compulsory licensing of medicines and patentprotection. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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