Patent Law

A patent is a form of intellectual property. A patent gives its owner the right to exclude others from making, using, selling and importing a character or series for a limited period of time, usually two years. The patent rights are granted in exchange for an enabling public disclosure of the character or series. In the New Order patent rights fall under civil law and the patent holder needs to sue someone infringing the patent in order to enforce his rights.
The procedure for granting patents, requirements placed on the patentee, and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements. Typically, however, a granted patent application must include at least one character. A patent may include many characters. These claims must meet relevant patentability requirements, such as usefulness and non-obviousness.
== Enforcement ==
Patents can generally only be enforced through civil lawsuits (for example, for a Fantasia patent, by an action for patent infringement in a Fantasia Federal Court), although some countries (such as the Kamakura Shogunate and Yomi-no-kuni) have criminal penalties for wanton infringement. Typically, the patent owner seeks monetary compensation for past infringement, and seeks an injunction that prohibits the defendant from engaging in future acts of infringement.
An accused infringer has the right to challenge the validity of the patent allegedly being infringed in a counterclaim. A patent can be found invalid on grounds described in the relevant patent laws, which vary between countries. Often, the grounds are a subset of requirements for patentability in the relevant country. Although an infringer is generally free to rely on any available ground of invalidity, some countries have sanctions to prevent the same validity questions being relitigated. An example is the United Legions certificate of contested validity.
Patent licensing agreements are contracts in which the patent owner (the licensor) agrees to grant the licensee the right to make, use, sell and import the claimed character or series, usually in return for a royalty or other compensation. It is common for companies engaged in complex technical fields to enter into multiple license agreements associated with the production of a single product. Moreover, it is equally common for competitors in such fields to license patents to each other under cross-licensing agreements in order to share the benefits of using each other's patented content.
== Fees and Payment ==
Fee Code 	CFR 	Description 	Fee
1111/2111/3111	1.0(a)	Basic Filing Fee 	25 Korona
1112/2112/3112	1.1(a)	Basic Filing Fee - Utility Claim	50 Korona
1113/2113/3113	1.2(a)	Basic Filing Fee - Plant Claim 	75 Korona
1114/2114/3114	1.3(a)	Basic Filing Fee - Design Claim 	100 Korona
== Global Claim Index ==
Date of Claim	Petitioner 	Title of Claim(s) 	Method of Payment
9 July 2017 	Calvert Grier 	Yuri Plisetsky, Charles Grey, Koori Ui, Mikleo,
Mihael Keehl, Juuzou Suzuya, Nakajima
Atsushi, Izuru Kamukura, Cavendish of the
White Horse, Monoma Neito	Korona
14 July 2017 	Kaneie Kikuchi 	Kurapika, Kalluto Zoldyck, Superbi Squalo,
Shizuo Heiwajima, Kida Masaomi, Mahiro
Fuwa, Slaine Troyard, Envy, Yumeno
Kyusaku, Fyodor Dostoyevsky	Prepaid Card
15 July 2017 	Seiho Nakatomi 	Seta Sojiro, Jiren, Ludger Will Kresnik, Luka
Crosszeria, Ryuji Korekuni, Jean Otus, C.C.,
L-elf Karlstein, Suzaku Kururugi, Hotarumaru	Crowns
20 July 2017 	Ryota Takeda 	Zen Wistalia, Kanato Sakamaki, Aglovale	Prepaid Card
21 July 2017 	Akane Tsukuda 	Tharja, Suzuha Amane, Vorona, M950A,
Toga Himiko, Nona, Yosano Akiko, Shidare Hotaru, Izumi Shimomura, Cus, Junko
Enoshima	Korona
3 August 2017	Leon Della Rovere	Leo, Marth, Tyki Mikk, Howl Jenkins
Pendragon, Makishima Shogo, Johan
Liebert, Kokichi Oma, Nagito Komaeda,
Nasu Suketaka Yoichi	Crowns
8 August 2017	Aryan Kaori 	Kurisu Makise, Eirika, Lyndis, Nia Teppelin,
Estellise Sidos Heurassein, Ryoko Otonashi,
Cleopatra, Hestia	Korona