Noel Ahern
Ceist:267 Deputy Noel Ahern asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the level of protection given to persons who register an invention with the Irish Patent Office; the international protection a patent holder is entitled to on the basis of an Irish patent; the steps a person must take to ensure that they are the sole owner of the intellectual property rights associated with an invention in countries other than Ireland; the options open to a person who, having registered a patent in Ireland, finds that a patent for the same or similar invention was granted in another country on a date after their original application; and the assistance he can give to an Irish patent holder (details supplied) who is being challenged by a multinational corporation over the ownership of intellectual property rights for a new form of internal combustion engine. [38156/10]
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