Patent

Intellectual Property Monopoly of an "invention"

lthough there is some evidence that some form of patent rights was recognized in Ancient Greece in the Greek city of Sybaris,[10][11] the first statutory patent system is generally regarded to be the Venetian Patent Statute of 1474. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent#History

particularly dubious flavor: Business Method Patent


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