Logo Registrations
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…
Trademark Searches
Before we submit your trademark application, we search for trademarks that have already been registered or applied for. The trademark can be similar to your trademark, used on related products or for related services, and a live trademark registration. A trademark that meets all three criteria will prevent your trademark from being registered because it…
Can I Patent a Product that I’m Currently Selling?
The United States Code provides that a product that has been present in the public domain for more than 12 months is no longer patentable. The 12 month anniversary establishes a statutory bar against patentability; you have 12 months from the date that you first made it public to file your patent application. A patent…
ABANDONED PATENT APPLICATIONS
Abandoned patent applications are no longer pending and therefore cannot mature into a registered patent. The application would have abandoned if an inventor failed to respond to an office action that was issued by the USPTO. Responses to office action must be received in the USPTO within six months from the mail date of the…
File a Patent Application This Year
There are various types of patents that inventors should be aware: UTILITY PATENTS There are two types of utility and plant patent applications: provisional and nonprovisional. A provisional application is a quick and inexpensive way for inventors to establish a U.S. filing date for their invention, which can be claimed in a later-filed nonprovisional application….
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COPYRIGHT AND A PATENT?
The Difference Between Copyright and Patent. Patents refer to an invention, whereas copyrights refer to the expression of an idea, such as an artistic work. They are governed by different rules, so it is important to know which is applicable to your works.
There are Various Types of Patent Applications
There are various types of patents that inventors should be aware: UTILITY PATENTS There are two types of utility and plant patent applications: provisional and nonprovisional. A provisional application is a quick and inexpensive way for inventors to establish a U.S. filing date for their invention, which can be claimed in a later-filed nonprovisional application….
What is Fair use of a Copyright?
What is Fair use of a Copyright? Fair use is a legal doctrine that promotes freedom of expression by permitting the unlicensed use of copyright-protected works in certain circumstances. Section 107 of the Copyright Act provides the statutory framework for determining whether something is a fair use and identifies certain types of uses—such as criticism, comment, news…
Today in Patent History: The Combined folding bed and cabinet-front was patented on December 5, 1893
Inventor NIELS ODEGAARD AND GOTFRED KUHNLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS invented the COMBINED FOLDING BED AND CABINET-FRONT. The application was filed on September 15,1892. serial No. 445,938. (No model.) This invention relates to improvements in folding-beds and has for its object to provide a bed of this character having a cabinet or dressing-case front, which is…