IP landmark cases: the basics
Emanuel Bor kicks off the new IP landmark cases series by explaining what a patent is and the process needed to obtain one.
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Einstein at the Patent Office
The Bern town clock chimes: once, twice, three times. Yet another patent on clocks sits at the desk, this one claiming originality for sending time through telephone lines. It was the age when electromechanical devices were starting to be used to synchronise distant clocks. From the comfort of the patent office, a young Albert Einstein…