Your intellectual property, your copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets, are valuable assets. They can be bought, sold, and licensed. They also add what’s called
Licensing is when you give someone permission to use your copyrighted, trademarked, patented, or proprietary work in exchange for a fee.
For example, a
Why should you care about protecting your intellectual property? Because your creative work and your name are more than that; they’re the foundation of a
What does it mean for an invention to be “obvious,” beyond that you can’t get a patent on an invention if it is?
The obviousness
In a horror movie, you think the monster is a werewolf, but it’s just a guy in a hairy suit. The same can be true
Patents! They sound boring, but for the mad scientists out there, they’re pure gold. Patents protect new, useful, and non-obvious inventions. It’s not for your
Don’t let your creative work become a ghost story. It’s time to learn how to tame the four horsemen of your brand’s apocalypse: the four
Partnering with patent attorneys for patent searches provides peace of mind. Patent attorneys not only conduct in-depth searches but also interpret complex and nuanced legal
Once the thorough patent searches are done, what happens next? Results from patent searches are powerful knowledge, if they’re analyzed properly. Evaluating the search results
Some patent searching can be done on your own, and should be, and some should be left to the professionals. Here’s the difference.
There are five main types of patent search, and here’s what they’re called, what their purpose is, and when they’re used.
Conducting patent searches early in the invention process protects you by clarifying potential conflicts and ensuring that your time, energy, and resources are directed toward
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