PATENTS AND UTILITY MODELS

The purpose of the temporary monopoly given by a Patent is:
to encourage research and invention; to enable the inventor to
recoup his costs of invention, development, production and
marketing of product; to encourage dissemination of technology
and know how, by inducing the inventor to disclose details of his
invention through publication of Patents; to provide an incentive
for future capital investment in current and future research that
will result in future inventions;

For most industries, Patents are the only practical means of securing
enforceable long-term protection. A Patent confers on the Proprietor
the exclusive right to manufacture, sell or use the technology covered
by the Patent. Thus, a Patent may be infringed by manufacture, sale or
use of a product or process.


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