Benefits of a US Federal Trademark Registration If trademark rights accrue through use, and you have started to use a trademark in association with certain …
How to Use a Previously Trademarked Product If a similar mark is currently Federally Registered, all hope is not lost. And there are a number …
In the United States utility patents have a term of 20 years, and design patents have a term of 15 years (plant patents have a …
Limitations to Patentability In addition to being new and non-obvious, there are other limitations to patentability. For example, abstract ideas may not be eligible for …
One may hear the terms “system patent”, process patent, method patent, product patent or device patent. These are not different types of patents; rather, these …
Definition of Prior Art for Patent Inventions Prior art is the term given to information (patents, periodical articles, newspaper articles, brochures, actual goods) that has …
The Meaning of New and Non-Obvious For an invention to be patentable, it must be new and non-obvious. That is, it must have at least …
Reasons a Preliminary Patent Search is Not Exhaustive of All Patents This is referred as a preliminary search because the search, while helpful is not …
The Patent Process in the United States Patent applications in the United States are substantively examined by a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent …
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