By Bhargavi Thakkilapati Patent is a Techno-Legal document, exclusive rights granted by Government/Nation for a limited period of time to the patentee. The exclusive rights are right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or distributing the...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
How to Save European Patent Costs
By Robert GamesWhen filing a European patent application typically either claiming priority from a domestic patent application, such as a UK or USA patent application, or when converting from an International PCT patent application, there are a number...
Drive for a Common European Patent System Renewed
By Robert GamesAs part of a drive to stimulate economic growth and employment, the Competitiveness Council of the European Union has recently been discussing translation arrangements for a future EU patent system.On 2 July 2010, the European Commission...
Narrower Patents for Biotech Inventions?
By Robert GamesThe European Court of Justice (ECJ) has made a controversial decision to hand down judgement on a case which had requested a preliminary ruling on the biotechnology Directive's legal protection regarding genetic material.The case, which...
Surrender of Patents
By Bhargavi Thakkilapati Patent issued by PTO based on Invention must be Novel, Non-obviousness and Industrial applicability; most of the countries are giving right to patentee for making, using, selling, or distributing the patented invention for 20...
Why You Want To Get A Provisional Patent To Protect Your Idea
By Dave Korpi If you have been reading the news about Google's Street View you have probably become aware of the power of the provisional patent.In this instance we learn that two doctoral students at California Institute of Technology, Di Bernardo and...
Does My Invention Qualify For A Patent?
By Greg Pierce If you have invented a certain thing that is distinct from the others and you firmly stand that it will create a huge impact in the industry, provisional patent should be a huge interest for you. Without having the stamp of patent on your...
Do Patents Or Trade Secrets Offer Better Protection? The Answer May Surprise You!
By Rick MichaudQuestion: My company develops special formulations for customers that are typically using virgin plastic resins. We replace that material with ours which contains various biomass, i.e., corncobs, sunflower hulls.My question is how do we...
The Undistorted, Yet Evolving LPO Industry
By Sai Bpo Document reviewing, legal research and writing, outsourcing patent services, drafting pleadings, etc. are some of the major legal projects outsourced to the LPO firms. The Legal outsourcing services provided by law firms and legal support...
How to Get a Provisional Patent to Protect Your Invention Before Anyone Steals It From You
By Dave Korpi What you should know about getting a patent or a provisional patent on your new idea or invention.First, I presume you know about the students in Cal Tech who thought it would be cool to take photos of houses on every street in their town...
That Is Mine!
By Greg Pierce Provisional Patent Application is a temporary application file by an inventor or his assignee in the United States Patent Office (USPO) to acquire probationary rights for his own invention or ideas by blocking certain acts of counterfeit....
Where Is My Patent Attorney?
By Greg Pierce It is highly vital for one to patent his own invention so nobody could steal the exclusive rights away from him. Hiring the best patent lawyers should be considered by an inventor because it will help him to file provisional patent and...
Tell Me How To Patent My Own Invention
By Greg Pierce It is not easy to indulge in several processes to create a unique invention and in a long run somebody will just pirate and steal your hard work. In the United States, if a particular creator can prove the distinct invention as his own,...
Japanese Patent Documents Are a Prime Source for Prior Art Search
By Lin Wang Prior art is the information that has been made available to the public in any form before a given date that might be relevant to a patent's claims of originality. If an invention has been disclosed in public domains, a patent on that invention...
Patent Search - Why Should You Do Prior Art Searches?
By Ramaswami NatarajanPatent Search or Prior Art Search is the most important skill that beginning Patent Agents and Patent Analysts must learn.These searches are conducted in two types of databases.One is a list of Free Patent Databases and the other...
Hopes of What's Considered To Be Patentable Subject Matter. USPTO Releases Interim Guidelines
By Rick MichaudIn June of this year, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down the ruling in the case of Bilski v. Kapos, which as we all hoped, would have provided a clear definition, or test, of what is considered to be patentable subject...
Data Escrow Agreements
By Honylyn Bueno What does Escrow mean?'Escrow' is a legal term which means 'money, goods or a written document, held by a trusted third party, pending the fulfilment of some condition'.Data insurance should be taken out for the data you use to provide...
How to Save Costs on Overseas Patenting
By Robert GamesObtaining a patent in the UK is relatively inexpensive, compared with the cost of obtaining a patent overseas. In the UK, the official filing, search and examination fees required by the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) together...
How to Reduce European Patenting Costs With The London Agreement
By Robert GamesThis is an agreement aimed at reducing the cost of translation following the grant of a European patent. It is otherwise known as the "Agreement on the Application of Article 65 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents".Contracting...
Using the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan to Accelerate Your Patent Application
By Scott Thorpe Entrepreneurs and inventors are often frustrated by the enormous backlog of patent applications at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Currently it is often 2-4 years after filing an application before examination on...
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