Patents, Protections and Piracy Problems

There is a huge wait at the Patent Office these days and yes the government is trying to do something about it; they are building a 600 million dollar new facility. But the back log continues. Sure you can do a poor man's patent and send letters back to yourself, initial drawings with dates and keep an official ledger of ideas; yes I do, you should too.

To Successfully Enforce Your Patent Do Not Let Form Triumph Over Substance While Writing The Patent

You may have a fantastic invention and obtained a patent but you may fail to stop the infringer if the patent fails to meet any one of the many formality requirements of the patent laws

The Patent Office's Proposed Rules For Disclosing Prior Art Increase Patent Applicant's Burden

The proposed new rules require patent applicants to make a selection of documents to be disclosed; the rules ask the applicants to provide explanation on pertinent documents. To insure that the strenght or validity of the patent is not jeopardized, extreme caution is required when deadling with the Patent Office.

Patent Search

Getting a patent is one of the most necessary things to be accomplished once you have conceptualized an innovative idea. A patent confirms that the idea is original, and also secures that the creator’s idea will not be infringed in any manner. However, before acquiring a patent, the creator has to find out whether the concept has been patented before.

Brief Overview of U.S. Patents

Many people, even lawyers, are overwhelmed by the patent process. However, it is very important and can be very valuable to patent your idea. Before you hire a patent attorney and start the process, there are some basic points you should know.

Patent Writing India - The Patent Amendment Act, 2002

The Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 was passed by Parliament in May, 2002 and notified in June, 2003. The Act has been made effective from May, 2003 and has brought about lot of changes...

Patent - Making Your Own Patent Drawings

An article about making your own patent drawings.

Patent - Do You Need A Patent, Copyright or Trademark?

Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks are confusing to some extent, even though there are some similarities among these tools of property protection, they all serve different purposes.

International Patent Law in China and Its Impact on American Innovation

Many complain about the fact that Chinese companies often steal American products and re-engineer them and send them around the world to be sold in mass. In fact you do not have to look very hard in the United States on retail shelves to see knock off products of such.

The In's and Out's of Gaining a Patent

Please note that there is more to gaining a patent than just filing an application and waiting. It is possible that this is all you will have to do, but unlikely. Once a patent application is sent in to the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), it will be assigned to a patent examiner.

Detailed Patent Search Tutorial

You can get a reasonable patent search for a few hundred dollars. An in-depth comprehensive search will cost more (around a $1,000). But before you spend any money at all applying for a patent, reducing your invention to practice, or building an expensive prototype, you can start searching around all on your own.

India Patents - Exclusive Marketing Rights (EMR)

The term EMR means the exclusive marketing rights to sell or distribute the article or substance coverered in a patent or patent application in the country. The purpose of EMRs is to ensure that the innovator can market free copies of his product.

India Patents

India - Patents, salient changes in the Act

Personal Injury Lawyer New York City Helps To Reduce Hazards

A personal injury lawyer is the best to legally support the victim in case of a personal injury caused as negligence by some other party.

Understanding Assault & Battery

Assault and battery are separate offenses in the context of tort law. Assault means an act which creates fear of an imminent attack, while battery is the attack itself, or wrongful touching. Most of the time personal injury claims would come from instances of battery, but even if there's no physical injury incurred, or if there's indirect wrongful touching, assault can be charged against the defendant in a personal injury claim.