It can be challenging to avoid the potential risk of patent infringement in design patent applications. Companies usually fashion their new product lines to a similar likeness to those of…
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Companies can purchase patent invention rights from their employees through written patent invention assignment agreements. These agreements are formal contracts between the company and the employee which assign the rights…
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Once a patent application has been issued and granted, the patent owner has exclusive ownership of the patent, protecting him from patent infringement. He has the right to take legal…
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Patents are marked after filing a patent application and its issuance to protect against patent infringement. Patent marking provides the patent owners protection against their patented inventions being copied, used,…
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The first step after inventing an idea, product or process is to file a patent application to get exclusive ownership rights for patent protection. The application is filed with USPTO…
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There are two ways to file patent applications: Provisional patent application - an informal patent application filed with the USPTO for 12 months to protect the patent from being copied…
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Patent assignments are legally binding agreements made by patent owners which assign the rights or ownership of the patent to another individual or business. These agreements can also occur between…
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Businesses or individuals are given the right to protect their utility patents under US patent law. The laws for patent infringement are clearly defined under the patent infringement act for…
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Patent application claims are determined by either the product itself or its process, not both. For example, a patent claim recites the product itself or functionality, and a method takes…
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Patent infringement criteria have clearly been defined under the 35 US code 271 to protect patentee rights if their patent invention has been copied or used without their permission.…
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