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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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
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>
<br>
Thanks in advance!<br>
<br>
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