Does anyone imagine that these manufacturing delays were occurring back when these companies were making big bucks on the product, achieved by the huge mark-ups that accompany receipt of the patent protection that bars others from competing?

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If one does not have at least the precautionary measures in place to deter others from capitalizing on his IP, then (depending on the viability of the mark) he can be almost certain that someone, somewhere is gaining from the lack of protection.

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"We are delighted there have been no fatalities in today's big race, " Dr. Mark Kennedy from the World Society for the Protection of Animals told CNN on Saturday .

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At privatisation, it was felt that certain customers needed protection, says Mark Smith, founder of website The Man in Seat Sixty-One, who used to set fares at the Department for Transport.

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Mark Abler, a Canadian writer, says the protection of endangered species is closely linked to the preservation of tongues.

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If so, don't set up a trust in Kansas, Maine, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming or the District of Columbia, says Denver asset-protection lawyer Mark Merric.

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Its head of child protection John Cameron said: "We want this to mark a cultural shift so that if a child speaks out against someone, we take what they are saying seriously and we act upon it always in future".

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"This kind of technology can be very alluring, " said Mark Borkowski, assistant commissioner at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition.

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Mark Williams Thomas, a former child protection expert who presented the programme, told the BBC a number of women had contacted him since the programme was broadcast.

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