Patent Searches If you are interested in filing a patent application to protect your invention it is always a good idea to first conduct a patent search to help make sure that there are no patented inventions that can be found that are closely similar to your own invention. We can help you if you are…
Source Forbes Magazine As a business grows, pitching becomes increasingly important. As the business seeks investors, new clients, or even new employees, a business owner must repeatedly reveal details about the company to others. Idea theft is an ongoing concern for many of these business owners, who see themselves as having an advantage by being…
A copyright owner has the exclusive rights to use and distribute an original work. These rights are granted for a limited period of time by a designating country. There are specific limitations to the this exclusive use. For example, “fair use” is one defense to unauthorized use of an original work. Copyright laws are limited…
Those fancy 8-prong and 30-pronged chargers that you see at local stores might be in violation of patent and trademarks owned by Apple Inc. A handful of distributors received a letter from apple. The letter begins with the following message: “It has recently come to Apple’s attention that [your company] is offering for sale and…
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Believe it or not, United States patent 5,255,452 was issued to Michael J. Jackson in 1993. The patent shows how Michael Jackson and his world famous dancers could perform the 45 degree lean while performing live. The image shows Michael Jackson and his dance crew performing live performances of the song Smooth Criminal. Watch the…
A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for detailed public disclosure of an invention. An invention is a solution to a specific technological problem and is a product or a process. Patents are a form of…
Patents were systematically granted in Venice as of 1450, where they issued a decree by which new and inventive devices had to be communicated to the Republic in order to obtain legal protection against potential infringers. The period of protection was 10 years. These were mostly in the field of glass making. As Venetians emigrated,…
he Office may issue without charge a certificate correcting a clerical error it has made in the patent when the printed patent does not correspond to the record in the Office. These are mostly corrections of typographical errors made in printing. Some minor errors of a typographical nature made by the applicant may be corrected…
A patentee, merely because he/she has received a patent for an invention, is not thereby authorized to make, use, offer for sale, or sell, or import the invention if doing so would violate any law. An inventor of a new automobile who has obtained a patent thereon would not be entitled to use the patented…
