Innovative Technology and Patents
In a bid to drive economic growth, create more opportunities to export, provide more jobs and encourage start-up technology firms in the UK, the British government has announced the creation of the...
View ArticleThe Generation Breakthrough Of Piracy
A vast of majority today has come up with so many tactics to solidify their aim to generate more income and revenues. With the fast-paced technology and marketing techniques, several inventors are...
View ArticleAcademia is Out of Control on Intellectual Property - Acting
First off, I'd like to say that I am all for fairness in patent law, and believe the process created can work. Still, I find it often works against the innovator, inventor, and even the student at the...
View ArticleLegal Advice: Do Not Risk Your Compensation Claim
If you have sustained an injury at work or have been involved in any form of accident, it can be quite a stressful and debilitating time in your life. In most cases, the injured party will be entitled...
View ArticlePatent Application and Examination Process Explained
As part of the patent application process before the UKIPO, all applications undergo Substantive Examination. This is the process whereby a UKIPO Examiner reviews the patent application in detail and...
View ArticlePatent Your Lifetime Fortune
It is inevitable that there are so many people now who would want to steal various inventions and ideas to gain absolute power and money. Professionals and even businessmen are not excuse from this...
View ArticleInvention Licensing Tips
Licensing your invention is a good thing for two reasons - you are able to share it to the world and you will be making a lot of money. You must have spent a tremendous amount of time with that thing,...
View ArticleAdvice on Time Periods for Your Patent Application
Once a patent application has been filed, there is a general rule in patent law (Article 4 of the Paris Convention) entitling the applicant or his successor in title to file for patent protection...
View ArticleHow To Get A Patent Or Not
How to get a patent - Around 10 years ago I invented a great product and found out how to get a patent. It is a very inexpensive product that would save people money on some home repairs.
View ArticleShould You Patent Your Product Idea?
Are you interested in mastering tips to get a patent on a product? Should you have a concept for a cool product, pulling all of these required pieces with each other can be a little bit daunting. One...
View ArticleShould I Write My Own Patent?
Despite the recession, there are still a large number of individuals coming up with wonderful ideas, which they want to patent and exploit. The UK Intellectual Property Office will provide an inventor...
View ArticleEuropean Patents and International PCT Patents - Further Cos
There are a number of easy ways to significantly reduce your European patent application costs, both when filing directly at the European Patent Office ('EPO') from a domestic patent filing or when...
View ArticleSeal A Stamp Over Your Invention
The term Patent refers to exclusive rights given by a state or national government to an inventor or company, to manufacture, use, and sell an invention for a certain number of years. These rights are...
View ArticleHow to Perform a Patent Search
Patent searching is a powerful business and engineering development process and is critical to patent strategy. Through patent searching one can determine whether an invention is novel and warrants...
View ArticleHow Patent Reform Will Affect Inventors and Businesses
It is likely that patent reform legislation will become law this year. The current version includes provisions that will be valuable to individual inventors, and well as businesses. The legislation...
View ArticleSearch Japanese Patent for Digital Camera Patent Litigation
A digital camera (also called digicam or electronic still camera) is a camera that takes still pictures or video, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. Many compact...
View ArticleSecure Your Invention
Filing for a provisional patent is very important nowadays. It protects inventors from others who would want to steal their rights. By all means, if you are planning to create something which is far...
View ArticleHow To Choose A Patent Lawyer
Nowadays, the world is crawling with people who would want to steal from you, and they can steal anything, from your money to your intellectual properties. Although there are so many considerations...
View ArticleUS Patent Applications - New US Government Strategy
For an inventor outside of the United States of America, a US patent application can be cost-effectively filed either before the 12 month deadline of their domestic patent application, for example, a...
View ArticleWhy Software Patents Make Sense
The United States allows software patents, but much of the rest of the world does not. Even where software patents can be obtained, there is strong opposition to patenting software. However, much of...
View ArticleIndependent Inventors - 5 Top Things to Know!
Anyone can come up with a fantastic idea. We all know that an inventor is a person who is the first to think of an idea or create a new product. Actually, thinking of an idea is only the beginning....
View ArticleChanging to a Single Common European Patent
The common single European patent system has long been proposed but never yet adopted. The present system provides for grant of a single European patent which covers 27 member states. Once granted, the...
View ArticleProtect Your Software With Patents
Software is an important asset for most businesses, and key innovations should be protected with a patent. Patenting software has special challenges, but effective protection can be secured by focusing...
View ArticlePatent FAQ: How Can Technology Entrepreneurs Avoid USPTO Bac
Sadly, inventors and entrepreneurs are faced with a big hurdle when it comes to forming intellectual property rights needed to support technology based startup businesses - the USPTO patent backlog....
View ArticleEffective Software Patents
Effective software patents must do more than simply recite the data structures used to perform an invention and a general action. Effective claims must point out the specific, unique function performed...
View ArticlePatent Law Philosophy
Running a think tank is a very interesting profession and it's something I do in my retirement. One thing I have noticed about entrepreneurs with inventions, innovations, ideas, and new concepts is...
View ArticleAccelerated Examination for Green Patents
The United States Patent and Trademark Office can give special treatment to green patents. Renewable energy, energy conservation, and greenhouse gas reduction technology patent applications are...
View ArticleChina Could Stop Corruption and Piracy Theft Quickly - If th
It hardly matters which emerging market we are talking about, there is always an issue with corruption in a fast-growing economy where there is little oversight, or with those who are in authority with...
View ArticleTax Breaks for Patents - More Money in Your Pocket
Obtaining a patent can be fairly costly, and for SMEs, this cost can make a big difference when applying for patent protection. However, the 2011 Budget has announced that it will be introducing a...
View ArticleTrademark Protection
This article talks about Trademark Protection for your idea or invention. Although the importance of protecting your invention through the patent process has been stressed time after time here at Idea...
View ArticleSoftware Patent Cease and Desist Letters
Businesses are increasingly receiving cease-and-desist letters accusing them of infringing a software patent. These letters are often a surprise, but can be dealt with effectively by analyzing the...
View ArticleWhich Patent Attorney Is Right for You?
Finding the right Patent Lawyer and patent firm is equally as important as the idea you intend to patent. In most cases, at first glance, they appear to be competent and able to providing the service...
View ArticleSoftware Patent Infringement Strategies
While it is frustrating to discover that your software patent is being infringed, suing the infringer isn't always the answer. The risks and benefits to initiating software patent litigation should be...
View ArticleTop Tips on Patenting an Idea With the Intellectual Property
Applying for a patent with the Intellectual Property Office (UK), formerly known as the Patent Office, is a complicated procedure. It requires your idea to be thought through and developed and your...
View ArticleProfessional Patent Translations Are Of Crucial Importance T
If you are involved in the invention, manufacturing or production of goods on a global scale than you need to have a great grasp of patent translation. It isn't necessary, nor is it even feasible, that...
View ArticlePatent Translation Services: The Need For Professional Paten
Due to the increasingly international nature of business there has been a huge increase in demand for patent translation in recent years- a trend that's only going to accelerate in coming years. Like...
View ArticlePatents Vs Non-Disclosure Agreements - What Gives You More P
What gives you more protection... a patent or an NDA? Discover if your idea is at risk of being stolen, and how you can get maximum protection.
View ArticleHow Medical Research Leads to New Patent Ideas
Does a medical invention have to be complex to gain a patent potentially worth millions? Of course not. A new patent pending medical device - based on scientific research - proves even simple...
View ArticleProvisional Patent Applications
A provisional patent application is different from a utility patent application. They can be useful tools in the right situations, but they can also lure the inventor into a false - and dangerous -...
View ArticleInvention Patent Licensing - Getting Around the "Not In
Inventors can sell or license their patents to companies to make money. "Not Invented Here" is a policy that can prevent inventors from being able to market their patents. However, there are ways that...
View ArticleDrafting Effective Software Patents
I often have cases transferred to me that are going nowhere in examination. Most are for clever, valuable innovations. However the applications almost always share a problem. They are claimed as though...
View Article8 Types of Patents
What is patentable? A lot of things are (even stuff that shouldn't be patented). Discover the eight types of patentable material and the 4 things no patent examiner will let fly.
View ArticleReducing Software Patent Costs Through Aggressive Examiner I
The cost of patenting a software invention can be significantly reduced through the aggressive use of examiner interviews. An effective interview can take the place of an office action/response cycle,...
View ArticleWhich Patent Should You File? Patents in Plain English
Do you know which type of utility patent you should apply for? The differences between a provisional and non-provisional patent.
View ArticleDrafting US Patent Applications for Nationalization and Exam
United States patent applications that will eventually be nationalized and examined in China should be organized and drafted to support Chinese examination. The application should explicitly support a...
View ArticleBiggest Medical Device Trends of the Next 10 Years - Part 1
Where are the big opportunities in medical device inventions? A quick look at some of the big problems in health today...and possibly big opportunities for inventors.
View ArticleBasics of Patent Claims
This article will attempt to introduce the subject of reading claims. A claim starts with a capital letter and ends with a period. In many cases, claims are typographically broken out in outline form,...
View ArticleGolfer Reveals 2 Quick Patent Tips for Inventors
If you can't sell your idea, then there's no reason in getting it protected with a patent, right? Therefore, before you spend a lot of time, money and effort going through the patent process... you...
View ArticleUsing Inducement of Infringement to Protect Patent Rights
Inducement of infringement is a critical cause of action for protecting patent rights in the US. Showing inducement requires knowledge, which is demonstrated through the "Willful Blindness" test.
View ArticleHow to Write An Effective Description for Your Patent Applic
Description is the most important part of patent application. It introduces the reader and patent attorney to your invention. Patent Application description should be written in such a way that the...
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