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    <p>Speaking of hallucinating ... I assume that one option is to ask
      ChatGPT how to solve your fact pattern.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/13/2024 8:11 AM, Richard
      Straussman via Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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      <font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Carl,<br>
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            THANK YOU for pointing out that link!  I am glad to see that
        I am not hallucinating the potential issue.<br>
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          class="c1"><strong>Richard Straussman</strong></span><span
          class="c3"><span class="c2"><strong><br>
            </strong></span> </span><strong><span class="c4">Senior
            Counsel</span><span class="c5"><strong><br>
            </strong></span> <span class="c6">Registered Patent
            Attorney</span><span class="c5"><br>
          </span></strong> <span class="c6">Member NY, NJ &amp; CT Bars</span><span
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          </span> <span class="c9"><strong>Intellectual Property Law</strong></span><span
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/13/2024 10:05 AM, Carl Oppedahl
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          of national security requirements for about 24 countries.  It
          is a straightforward matter to run one's finger down through
          the list of 24 requirements, and to work out country-pairs
          where it is literally impossible to figure out how to
          proceed.  I'd guess you have identified one of the
          "impossible" country-pairs.</p>
        <p>You know how there are cruise ships whose entire business
          model is, the ship comes into port, picks up passengers, and
          then sails some number of miles out to sea, past a territorial
          limit or something.  So that everybody can gamble and it does
          not violate the laws of any country because it is in
          international waters.</p>
        <p>The only solution I can see for some of the country pairs is
          to roll back the clock and put your two inventors on such a
          ship.  And time it all so that the inventing happens only in
          international waters.</p>
        <p>What you will find, when you run your finger down the list of
          countries, is that the precise trigger (the thing that makes
          it so that somebody goes to prison or whatever) is very
          different from one country to the next.  With some countries,
          it is "where was the invention made?"  With some countries it
          is "is any inventor a citizen of our country?"  So if the
          country you are worried about triggers on citizenship of
          inventor, it does not help to put the inventors on Carl's
          cruise ship.</p>
        <p>Also look at consequences of failure, per country.  If the
          only consequence of failure is "you lose your patent rights in
          that country" then that might turn out to be a business
          decision of "who cares?"  If on the other hand the consequence
          is prison time, well, that might be a greater concern.</p>
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        <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/13/2024 7:38 AM, Richard
          Straussman via Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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          All,<br>
          <br>
          I am wracking my brain over this one and am looking for the
          collective wisdom of the brilliant members of the ListServ.<br>
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          Assume that an invention is jointly collaboratively developed
          and invented by two persons, one located in and a resident of,
          the U.S., and the other located in and a resident of India.  <br>
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          Both countries require a foreign filing license before the
          technology can be "exported."  If the U.S. is to be the place
          of first filing, then one needs to get an Indian FFL before
          that filing.  However, in order to do so, the Indian Patent
          Office needs the application to review it.  But sending it to
          them theoretically violates the need for a U.S. FFL. 
          Likewise, if India is to be the place of first filing, then
          you need a U.S. FFL before you can file there, but that would
          violate the Indian requirement.<br>
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          Assume that first filing a PCT application is NOT an option
          (irrespective of whether or not that solves the problem), how
          have folks in such a situation reconciled the issue?<br>
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          Thanks in advance!<br>
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              class="c1"><strong>Richard Straussman</strong></span><span
              class="c3"><span class="c2"><strong><br>
                </strong></span> </span><strong><span class="c4">Senior
                Counsel</span><span class="c5"><strong><br>
                </strong></span> <span class="c6">Registered Patent
                Attorney</span><span class="c5"><br>
              </span></strong> <span class="c6">Member NY, NJ &amp; CT
              Bars</span><span class="c5"><br>
            </span> <span class="c7"><strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . .
                .</strong></span> <span class="c8"></span> <span
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            </span> <span class="c9"><strong>Weitzman Law Offices, LLC</strong></span><span
              class="c16"><span class="c5"><br>
              </span> <span class="c9"><strong>Intellectual Property
                  Law</strong></span><span class="c9"><br>
              </span> <span class="c4">425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 401
                (PLEASE NOTE THE SUITE CHANGE)</span><span class="c5"><br>
              </span> <span class="c4">Roseland, NJ 07068</span><span
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              </span> <span class="c12"><strong>direct line</strong></span>
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