Why does the Government Grant patents?
Jan 31, 2012
The government grants patents, which give their inventors a right to exclude others from practicing the patented technology. In return, the inventors must disclose the technology to the public instead ...
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The Patenting Process -- United States Patent law
Jan 30, 2012
The Patenting Process
To get aUSpatent, one must apply for it. The application has various formal and substantive components. One important part is a written description in which the inventor describe...
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Standard for patentability
Jan 30, 2012
The statutory basis for patents arises under Title 35 of theUScode. Moreover, the US Constitution itself specifically assigns to the Federal Government the power to create patents (although general Com...
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How to Keep Your Trademark Away from the XXX top-level domain name
Aug 26, 2011
ALERT FOR BUSINESS OWNERS AND MANAGERS
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Now there is Much Less Chance of Invalidating a Patent by Charging Inequitable Conduct
Aug 04, 2011
Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Company,(Fed. Cir. 2011) (en banc)
On May 25, 2011 a sharply divided Federal Circuit overturned decades of practice and announced a new test for materiality...
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What is Intellectual Property, Anyway?
Aug 04, 2011
Short definitions of the types of intellectual property: patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets...
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I HAVE A TRADEMARK, HOW DO I EVICT THE CYBERSQUATTER FROM MY DOMAIN NAME?
May 16, 2011
Introduction The domain name business remains rough-and-tumble. Little consideration goes into the niceties of paying attention to trademark rights. If you have a federally registered trademark and d...
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YOU HAVE A GREAT NEW IDEA FOR AN INVENTION…NOW WHAT?
May 12, 2011
What does a patent give you? A patent does not give anyone, even the patent owner, the right to do anything. What it does give the owner is the right to prevent someone else from making products base...
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