Tag: Patents

Patent Protection Outside of the U.S.

There is no such thing as an international patent. In previous blogs, we discussed patent procedures in the US. The title of this blog already hints that filing a patent in the U.S. alone does NOT give the inventor protection in another country. Whereas years ago, patent protection in another country was not a concern [...]

Posted by Haim Factor on Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
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Tags: Patents

Process for Obtaining a Patent—Part 2

This is the second part of the two-part blog on the process for obtaining a patent.  An excellent flowchart describing this process was introduced in the first blog and it is reproduced here. Steps 1 through 8 of the flowchart were discussed in part 1 of this two-part blog. (Note that the flowchart below is [...]

Posted by Haim Factor on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
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Tags: Patents

Process for Obtaining a Patent—Part 1

As part of this IP/patent blog series, we now discuss the process for obtaining a patent in a two-part blog.  An excellent flowchart describing this process appears on USPTO site, and it is reproduced here as a visual aid. (Note that the flowchart below is full of referenced links on the USPTO site; so if [...]

Posted by Haim Factor on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
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Tags: Patents

What is a Patent?

Now that we have a basic definition of types of IP (see our last blog on Intellectual Property) let’s take a look at patents. The basis in the law for patents is in the US Constitution. Today, patents are the mechanism “…to promote the progress of science and useful arts…” (US Constitution, Article 1, Section [...]

Posted by Haim Factor on Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
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Tags: 101, Patents

What is Intellectual Property?

Very simply put, intellectual property (IP) in the context of a business or even personal matters has the same significance as physical property, whether it is real estate, a vehicle, or a piece of equipment. If you are an intellectual property owner, you should protect your rights. While most people instinctively know how to lock [...]

Posted by Haim Factor on Friday, December 3rd, 2010
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Tags: 101, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks