Patent and Copyright Essentials: Eligibility, Application, and Protection

Patent and Copyright Essentials

What Inventions Are Eligible for Patenting?

According to the USPTO, an invention must meet several criteria to be eligible for a patent. These include:

  • Novelty: The invention must be new and not previously disclosed to the public.
  • Non-Obviousness: The invention must not be obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the field of the invention.
  • Utility: The invention must have a practical use.
  • Patentable Subject Matter: The invention must fall into one of the four categories
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Understanding Collective Agreements in the Workers’ Statute

Collective Agreements in the Workers’ Statute

Collective agreements are agreements resulting from negotiation between representatives of workers and employers, freely adopted by virtue of their collective autonomy.

Contracting Parties

The contracting parties are representatives of workers and employers who possess general bargaining capacity and specific legitimation.

General Bargaining Capacity

A) Workers:

  1. The works council, staff representatives, and legally constituted unions, federations, and confederations.
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Taxation and Financial Autonomy: A Guide to the Spanish System

Taxation and Financial Autonomy:

Article 31:

  1. All individuals contribute equitably to the provision of public expenditure in the state according to an economic system consistent with its economic capabilities.
  2. Public expenditures are distributed fairly and efficiently in accordance to the legislative criteria.
  3. May only be imposed in personal or public property in accordance with law.

LGT is not included in the tax fraud, but calls it”conflict in the implementation of the tax rule. Art15.1 means that a

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Understanding Property Rights: City Property and Expropriation

City Property Rights and Limitations

City property is governed by Article 19, No. 23 of the Constitution. It encompasses the freedom to purchase all goods, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable. This right is constitutionally enshrined with some exceptions:

  1. Goods that, by nature, have become commonplace for everyone (e.g., air, sea).
  2. Goods that must remain the property of the entire nation and are so determined by law (e.g., national goods of public use, streets, squares).

Limitations

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Disability Action Plan & Local Administration Funding

Action Plan for Persons with Disabilities

Its purpose is to promote the socio-rehabilitation of children, youth, and women with disabilities and comprehensive care of adults with severe disabilities or chronic disabling diseases, supporting family carers with disabled dependents.

The projects will be selected jointly by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and the Autonomous Community and shall comply with these priorities:

  • Developing innovative social health projects in the field of home care,
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International Business Law: Key Concepts and Regulations

International Business Law: Key Concepts

Despite the positive publicity, the phrases except political culture.

Any company doing business outside the home country should study political culture.

Categories of political risk listed by EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) include except political turmoil.

Bureaucracy is listed as a political risk category by: EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit).

Various types of political risk insurance to U.S. companies is provided by: OPIC (Overseas Private Investment Corporation)

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