Who Really Owns An App Patent And Copyright On A Team? Jack and Jill work at ACME. Jack is the owner of ACME who partnered with Jill to help develop some software. Jack and Jill never had a formal arrangement made in writing… For various reasons, Jack and Jill are now ready to terminate their…
Secrets Of The Business: How Do Patents Grow Company Value What do writers who reference Samsung and Apple in the same article have in common? They’re likely recycling speculative hearsay on the latest battle of the infamous “patent wars”. But through the midst of a journalist’s poor understanding of a highly technical area of our…
Choosing Between A Patentability Search Opinion and Non-Infringment Opinion I. What Is The Difference Between Patentability Search, Opinion, And A Non-Infringement Opinion? In a Patentability Opinion, a patent attorney provides his professional opinion as to whether your invention is Patentable. He will commission a search of patents and publications disclosed throughout the world and determine whether,…
Why Defensive Patent Filing Can Save You Stress With The Law As of March 2013, both in the United States and the EU, the first inventors to make their public disclosure to the patent office will win priority to the patent rights associated therewith. This “first-to-file” patent system is designed to encourage companies in opening…
Understanding Social Media App Patent Processes I am creating a social media app. Do I have to patent the process of what the app does? To avoid copycat versions? Or do I have to launch and create a big network effect? I am not creating any new software or technology, but the way the process…
Patent Laws: What to Do if Another Invention is Similar to Yours There are other inventions that do the same thing or provide the same result as my invention, but my invention does it differently. Is my invention still patentable? Rarely do patents protect a RESULT and the RESULT is seldom patentable for most field…
Patent Rights: Should Patent Search Come Before Provisional Patent? “Do you recommend doing a patent search before applying for a provisional patent or should you do the provisional patent right away? I have a product that is already on the market, and want to know if it has an active patent. Thanks for your time.”…
Understanding When Multiple Patents Are Needed on the Same Invention When submitting an utility patent for a certain use of, for example, optical sensors, can this certain use of the sensor be protected for ALL types of sensors in the same patent? Or would separate applications have to be filed for different types of sensors?…
How to Patent: Benefits of Provisional Patent The most affordable way to begin the processing of patenting something is to obtain a Provisional Patent. To obtain a Provisional Patent, an inventor (or an attorney acting on behalf of the inventor) must file a description of his invention along with a small fee to the USPTO. Notwithstanding…
Understanding Patent Requirements and Protecting Ideas I have an idea that I think is/could be patent-able based on the requirements of patent-ability, but I do not yet know exactly how to make it. For example, I want to add a certain useful feature to a shoe, but do not know the best way to add…
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