The U.S. Patent Act was enacted by congress under its Constitutional grant of authority to secure for limited times to inventors the exclusive right to their discoveries. “A patent is essentially a […]
Avoid Admitting Prior Art in Your Patent Application – Take the Path Less Traveled
Your Invention in Words – A patent application is, simply put, your invention in words. While the patent application describes your invention in detail, it should also describe what makes your invention […]
In Defense of Simple Inventions
Simple in a Complex World – Today’s world is anything but simple, and there seems to be a bias against anything that hints of simplicity, as if anything simple is synonymous with […]
Patents Rights – Avoiding a Collision with the Social Media Iceberg
Social Media and Intellectual Property – The Iceberg and More – As our world becomes ever more connected, and opinions, ideas, and thoughts are exchanged freely through the rapidly increasing use of […]
The NDA – A Key Agreement in Business Operations
A Healthy Paranoia – Protection of intellectual property can be a critical task for an enterprise. This is often the case from the earliest gestation of a business when a new invention […]
A Hypothetical Case – of Keeping an Invention From Going to the Dogs
The Opportunity (1) – Dave is the founder of Catalyst Concepts, a small product design firm. He’s been looking for years to get some business from Gigatron Inc., a major player in […]
Have Brain, Will Invent: Who Owns Your Inventions?
The Law – Our U.S. Constitution provides that inventors shall have “the exclusive right to their discoveries.” Accordingly, Federal statute 35 USC 111 states that, “An application for patent shall be made, […]
Do You Really Need a Patent?
Yes, If You Can Make a Business Case For One. Misfit Toys and Misfit Patents In this column, our third in a series of business related patent topics, we address the question, […]
Developing a Patent Strategy for Your Business – Building Value
Why a Patent Strategy? A patent is a legal instrument that allows you to exclude others from making, using, or selling your patented invention. A patent is a limited monopoly, limited to […]
The Patent Prosecution Highway…an Opportunity for Faster Patents
The Highway: Why It Was Built – The Patent Prosecution Highway (known also as the PPH), is an initiative that was originally undertaken between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) […]