Protecting Your Intellectual Property And Future
Unlike copyrights and patents, trademarks are not guaranteed under the Constitution. Since these rights were not available at the federal level, states began to provide protection. However, as our country became more and more integrated, the need for federal trademark...
A non-provisional utility patent application, filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a) on or after December 18, 2013, must include a specification, with or without claims, to receive a filing date (MPEP 601.01(a)). Filing an application that includes a specification without...
Many people have great new ideas, but only a subset of those people follow through and successfully navigate the waters of obtaining a patent. By obtaining a patent the inventor has taken the very important step of protecting their invention and all the research,...
