No. Patents are granted by patent offices in exchange for a full disclosure of the invention. In general, the details of the invention are then published and made available to the public at large.

It should be noted that publication can take place at various stages of the procedure. In some countries

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Patents are territorial rights. In general, the exclusive rights are only applicable in the country or region in which a patent has been filed and granted, in accordance with the law of that country or region.

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Patents date back to the ancient Greeks. In 1474, the #first patent law was put into effect in the Venetian Republic.

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As Apple is granted “Slide-to-Unlock” patent, they in a case against Motorola also argued “a tap is a zero-length swipe.”

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62 years ago, – on January 28, 1958 – LEGO® owner Godtfred Kirk Christiansen applied for a patent regarding an invention which is one of the biggest milestones in history for LEGO®, that provides endless building possibilities! The novel interlocking principle ensures that each brick has just the right clutch power, in a way that two or several bricks stick together like glue but come apart easily. Such that you can build and rebuild whatever you imagine! The patent not only covers one specific type of brick but several different designs.

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