In order for the patent application to fulfill the utility requirement, the claimed invention must be "useful" for some purpose either explicitly or implicitly. Most often the applicant will make explicit utility statement in a patent application but this is not always necessary. Utility problem usually arises in one of the two scenarios. Firstly why [...]
It may surprise you to learn that your trademark receives some legal protection, even if its not officially registered with the USPTO. Such protection for the unregistered trademark is based on common law of protection and Federal Lanham Act. What you receive without Registration? While the extent of protection id typically limited to the [...]
The first thing to notice is that there is no such thing as contingency representation for the purpose of preparing, filing and ultimately obtaining a patent. Patent attorneys and patent agents simply do not take contingency clients when the matter is patent procurement. When you file a patent application you need to depend on the fact that [...]
Intellectual Property is one the most prized possessions of any business. However if you are a small business protecting it, might be a challenge. There are several reasons for this but the biggest one is financial. Patenting inventions is extremely expensive, starting at $530 just for filing and processing the patent, with a further $300 [...]
"Trademark" is an incredibly flexible term. As the United States of Patent and Trademark Office defines it, a trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design that identifies and distinguishes the source of goods of one party form those of others. However, this technical definition hardly scratches the surface of vast pool of potential trademark. [...]
A trademark is a way of branding the product to distinguish it from a similar product from other companies. Trademark can be words, symbol, and sometimes even sound or color, and maybe one element or a combination of things. Trademark are renewable forever, as long as you are actively using them. Once you cannot stop [...]
