1.Explain what happened to the Gore-Tex brand after the patent expired When the patent expires the inventor has no longer exclusive rights to her or hers invention opening it up to everyone. At this point other companies can offer competitive products at reduced prices. It seems that Gore-Tex was smart enough to take advantage of their own patent and expand the product line to include other products using the same technology. 2.What activity can firms use to try to maintain any advantage developed
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Gore-Tex Case Study 1) Explain what happened to the Gore-Tex brand after the patent expired. What activity can firms use to try to maintain any advantage developed during the patent protection phase? When a patent expires‚ generally around 20 years after the original filing; the inventor no longer has the exclusive rights to his or her invention thereby opening up the said patent to everyone to use. At this point other companies can offer comparative products at reduced prices. Gore-Tex was
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Brian Lam A Critique of Strong Patent Protection Abstract In this paper‚ I attempt to analyze the negatives and positives of patent protection. The discussion will include an analysis of impact to firms and profits‚ particularly in the pharmaceutical sector‚ their innovations as a result‚ and the ultimate impact to society. Traditionally‚ it is believed that stringent patent regulations hurt the profits of large biotechnology companies‚ giving them less of an incentive to innovate. As a result
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DRAFT SYLLABUS FOR ADVANCE TRAINING OF EXAMINERS OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS NOTE: 1. ALL THE EXAMINERS SHALL SELECT AT LEAST 5 PATENT APPLICATION NUMBERS ALLOTTED TO THEM AND AWAITING EXAMINATION AND SEND THE NUMBERS BEFORE HAND TO RGNIIPM. 2. SINCE THE TEACHING METHOD IN THIS TRAINING IS BASICALLY BASED ON DISCUSSION / INTERACTION‚ EXAMINERS ARE REQUIRED TO EXHIBIT PROPER DECORUM. 3. THE WHOLE SYLLABUS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED TO THE EXAMINERS. THEY WILL BE PROVIDED DETAILS OF ONLY THE
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Patents Publication number US5883445 A Publication type Grant Application number US 08/731‚878 Publication date Mar 16‚ 1999 Filing date Oct 22‚ 1996 Priority date Oct 22‚ 1996 Fee status Lapsed Also published as CA2213176A1 Inventors Frank T. Holman Original Assignee Holman; Frank T. Export Citation BiBTeX‚ EndNote‚ RefMan Patent Citations (15)‚ Referenced by (3)‚ Classifications (13)‚ Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO‚ USPTO Assignment‚ Espacenet Power sharing device US 5883445 A Abstract
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SUBMITTED TO: - RAJIB MUSTOFA GORE-TEX Gore-Tex is a multinational textile company. It was first founded by Bill and Vieve Gore as W.L. Gore & Associates in 1958. The company started with serving the electronic products market. In 1969‚ Bob Gore independently discovered expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and introduced in the market as Gore-Tex. In today’s date Gore-Tex is more focused on electronics‚ fabrics‚ industrial and medical products. It is
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[pic] 行銷管理與顧客分析 2012/1/31 Pfizer’s Lipitor new strategy for patent expired NTU EMBA 100B Paul‚ Wai-Hou Chan 陳惠濠 Table of Contents I. Introduction II. About Lipitor (Atorvastatin) III. Pfizer’s strategy IV. Patients seem to benefit from Pfizer’s new strategy V. Potentially profitable for retailers VI. Pfizer after Lipitor VII. Is Pfizer’s Lipitor strategy working? VIII. Wholesaler Profits: Brand vs. Generic drug IX. Pfizer is hoping to sell Lipitor to consumers
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Patent Protection and TRIPS Agreement Bangladeshi pharmaceutical firms focus primarily on branded generic final formulations using imported APIs. Branded generics are a category of drugs including prescription products that are either novel dosage forms of off-patent products produced by a manufacturer that is not the originator of the molecule‚ or a molecule copy of an off-patent product with a trade name. About 80% of the drugs sold in Bangladesh are generics and 20% are patented drugs. The
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Questions 1. Explain what happened to the Gore-Tex brand after the patent expired. What activity can firms use to try to maintain any advantage developed during the patent protection phase? -When the patent to a company expires‚ the company would no longer hold the exclusivity of the item’s format. The creators of it gives up the right to ownership of it and other companies are allow to replicate and compete with them on the same product lines. Firms can stay ahead of the game by trying to
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1) What impresses you about this company? To what extent does the management style match what business schools tell you about “how to manage”? What is impressive about the company is the level of innovation and the management style. Gore & Associates is technology oriented and is based on continuous innovation. An innovative company needs engaged workers and the knowledge employees need autonomy to be engaged. Gore & Associates took it to the extreme point since everyone in the company has freedom
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