Assertion: patent | /r/HasProperty | invalidated
Facets:
value: based on prior art
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Private settlements may not always serve the public interest, "because litigating patent disputes to completion tends to generate positive externalities, by clarifying the limits of patent protection if the patent is upheld or encouraging wider use of the innovation if the patent is invalidated".
text: If a patent expires or is invalidated, the invention goes into the public domain and is available for use by anyone without the inventor's permission.
text: Both patents were eventually invalidated based on prior art, but before this, Forgent collected more than $100 million in license fees from 30 companies and sued 31 other companies
text: The patent was invalidated, later.
text: The patent was later invalidated, but not before substantial royalties were paid out.
text: A patent may also be invalidated if someone shows that the inventor engaged in illegal conduct when using the patent—such as conspiring with a patent licensee to exclude other companies from competing with them.
text: Once a patent has expired or has been invalidated, the invention described by the patent (the patent “claims”) falls into the public domain; it can be used by anyone, without permission from the owner of the expired patent.