Yes, provided your particular design meets the three basic patentability conditions of 1) usefulness, 2) newness and 3) non-obviousness. I am...

What can an USA company owing a patent which it claims I am infringing do to sue me if I live in Bulgaria?

Patents are territorial, meaning that a U.S. patent can’t be enforced in Bulgaria or any other country outside of the U.S. (unless there is a...

Does the Fitbit patent also cover the band? Can I design and sell a band without any patent infringement?

As you are likely aware, Fitbit is a company known for its many products (devices and processes) related to tracking human activity, including...

Does patent infringement directly offends the law and does it directly means I will get sued?

1) Yes, patents are part of the civil and not criminal law. However, you are still violating the law by infringing on someone else’s...

I have an idea for a patent that I would like to bring out to the public, without infringing of someone trying to steal my idea

First, you should file a patent application to establish your inventorship. I always urge inventors to file first, even if by way of a provisional...

When are the big expenses occur in the National Stage for a patent? And how does a European patent work?

In general, the biggest expense is having an attorney write the patent application for the first time. I am assuming you filed this application in...

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Is a provisional patent recommended for a new process /app/ or software? if so, what is the process to obtain one?

As to the first part of your question, a provisional patent for a process, as with a product, can be obtained for an invention which meets the...

Patent pending disclosure

Any patent application, whether it is a regular or provisional utility patent application or a design patent application, provides its owner with...

Patent Question: Can you patent a concept, like marketing an item to a gender group that has not been available to it before?

You can’t patent a concept that is a mere idea. You may get a patent an invention which has a practical application and your patent application...

Broad claim in provisional patent application

A provisional patent application does not require claims. All that is required for claim priority by a later regular application is that it...