The Crucial Factors Affecting Inventors on the Path to Patent Success Introduction: Inventions have the power to shape our world, fuel progress, and revolutionize industries. However, for inventors, securing a patent is a critical step in protecting their intellectual property and reaping the rewards of their ideas. While the patent process can be complex and…
You company logo helps to identify your goods and service. This is the most important method of distinguishing your brand from other companies. Please give us a call to help you protect your logo by registering it a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A standard character mark protects letters or numbers…
GENERAL PATENT QUESTIONS What right does a patent provide? A patent owner has the right to decide who may – or may not – use the patented invention for the period in which the invention is protected. In other words, patent protection means that the invention cannot be commercially made, used, distributed, imported, or sold…
USE THE EXACT TRADEMARK If you are in the early stages of building your brand, do not use different variations of the logo and word(s). Consistently utilize the exact version of the logo and word(s) when marketing your products and/or services. Consistent use will strengthen your trademark rights. Trademark infringement is easier to prove if…
RESPONDING TO TRADEMARK OFFICE ACTIONS An office action is an official letter sent by the USPTO. In it, an examining attorney lists any legal problems with your chosen trademark, as well as with the application itself. You must resolve all legal problems in the office action before we can register your trademark. In an office…
The United States Patent Laws provide that any person who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent, subject to the conditions and requirements of the law. NEW AND USEFUL An invention is not new if the inventor…
Utility patents are provided for a new, nonobvious and useful: Process Machine Article of manufacture Composition of matter Improvement of any of the above Note: In addition to utility patents, encompassing one of the categories above, patent protection is available for (1) ornamental design of an article of manufacture or (2) asexually reproduced plant varieties…
Naming Generally It is common for most people to confuse patent, trademark and copyright protection when it comes to naming. A person might attempt to patent a name of a business, music group, product or other business purposes. However, patents do not afford protection for names. Patents generally protect inventions and ideas. Names would be…
CAN I USE MY TRADEMARK ON PROMOTIONAL ITEMS? Companies can create more visibility of their brand by creating promotional items. The trademark can be used as decorations on promotional items that customers would appreciate, e.g. clothing, stationary, etc. Famous brands often display promotional items that are connected to their goods or services. For example, you…
You company logo helps to identify your goods and service. This is the most important method of distinguishing your brand from other companies. Please give us a call to help you protect your logo by registering it a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A standard character mark protects letters or numbers that are…
