One of the sticky areas of Intellectual Property is who owns the right to an invention created by an employee during , his or her work for an employer. In general, current US intellectual property law starts with the assumption that the inventor owns the right to invention. It is generally considered Prima facie evidence [...]
The very first thing to understand is that to be an inventor you need to have an invention, which means you need more than just a idea. The truth is that you cannot patent or protect a idea or a concept. However it is an undeniable truth that all invention start with a idea, but [...]
In developing a IP strategy, some inventors wonder if a copyright is just as effective as getting a patent. Its an appealing option since copyrights are less expensive and easier to obtain than patents. However, the protection copyrights are less expensive and easier to obtain than patents. Usually, there isn't a choice at all that [...]
A patent is a legal monopoly that is granted by the country to the owner of the invention in turn of the disclosure if the invention. Merely to have a patent, does not give the owner the right to use or exploit the patented invention. That right may still be affected by the other [...]
Patents provide a great deal of protection and increased enforcement for inventors. But before you get that patent you have to go through application process. Depending on what kind of patent you want, it could cost a few thousand dollars and take years to receive. And none of that is refundable. To avoid wasting time [...]
A Patent application is a set of documents an inventor files with the patent office in hope of obtaining patents. There are "provisional patent application" and "non-patent application". It would be slightly less accurate but also slightly clearer, to refer to a provisional patent application as an "informal" patent application and non-provisional patent application as [...]
