Legal Advice on Utility Patent

Patent Validity: Offers to Sell an Invention By Frederic M. Douglas; freddouglas.wordpress.com January 14, 2002, Frederic M. Douglas, All Rights Reserved. Q.When does an offer to sell bar... more

Advantages: -Easy online filing process -Reduced costs and paperwork requirements -Establishes an official U.S. patent application filing date -Allows Patent Pending to be used -Enables... more

What every business owner and inventor needs to check out about the America Invents Act (AIA) and how patent law is changing. The America Invents Act is a significant reform to the United States... more

The law has changed and Patent Law 101 is no longer good law. On 9/16/2011 a major revision was passed that changes the bargain and changes the rules for patents. Patent 101 says THE FOUNDATION OF... more

NO, you should NEVER do that. There already IS a secrecy agreement in effect the minute you consult an attorney as a client. The state and the US Patent Office both already impose an absolute... more

This question results from a common myth that design patents cover original artistic designs. A copyright, and sometimes a trademark are better protection unless the design is functional in nature.... more

On September 21, 2012, the Federal Circuit held that claims directed to the sequence-specific recombination of DNA in a eukaryotic cell using bacteriophage lambda sequences and variant integrase... more

In many industries, employees while doing their jobs come up with ideas that can help their employers' business ... or could help the employees start a competing business. Naturally, employers would... more

Often, novice inventors are confused as to the various types of patents. This list is a good starting basis for understanding the various types of patents.

By Frederic M. Douglas 2012, Frederic M. Douglas, All Rights Reserved. Persons new to filing patent applications often have basic questions regarding patent searches. Should an inventor do a patent... more