Patent essentials; Adam Levy explores the highs and lows of the application process with scientist-turned-patent lawyer Tamsen Valoir. Your browser does not support ...

Imagine you have developed a groundbreaking product that is going to revolutionize your industry. You do not want your competitors to copy the product. At the very least, you want them to pay you ...

Bill Clinton was maybe the smartest US president in living memory—a Rhodes scholar and Yale Law School graduate, to name just two of his academic accomplishments. Yet he nearly lost his presidency ...

Attorneys Dan Altman and Vlad Teplitskiy authored, "When and Where to File Patent Applications," which was published on the Maple Business Council website. Excerpt: "In general, a patent is only valid ...

So, you have developed a new product that has a unique look or appearance. You now wish to keep others from copying your unique creation. A utility patent would allow you to protect the functional ...

When there is intellectual property to protect, entrepreneurs often think of patents. But what is a patent? How do you obtain a patent? What does the process entail and cost? This article explores ...

Suppose that you have an invention disclosure for a design of an article that you want to protect. When you review the invention disclosure, you notice that the design is ornamental, for example, a ...

“Refiling a provisional is just a bad idea when you can, for a few hundred dollars more, keep hold of that earliest priority date and continue on the path to obtaining a patent.” The question that we ...

If you come to a patent attorney with a provisional that you filed pro se or used a cheap online service and ask the attorney to file the utility, you may already be behind the eight ball. You have a ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. You have a great idea for an invention, and you think it is ...