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Intellectual Property
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Patents For Inventors - Your Questions Answered
Are you confused about what a patent is and whether you should get one? This is primer for beginning inventors that answers your most commonly asked questions. Questions include what is a patent, what is patent pending, what protection does a patent provide, should you keep your invention secret, and more. A must-read for inventors at all experience levels.
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Jump on Your Intellectual Property Rights
If you are a startup business looking for financing, you should already have (1) acquired your IP rights (patents, trademarks, and copyrights) and (2) cleared your business of any IP infringement. Investors and competitors respect the value of patent and trademarks and applications for them. Investors should not invest in a startup, unless they are assured that its product or service is not infringing another's IP rights.
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Understanding Patent Database Behavior For Better Patent Search
Extracting information from huge datasets, based on keyword search is actually a challenging job. Patent databases contains millions of patent records and when it come to patent search to find out the relevant patent literature in a specified technology area, its really interesting but annoying too. Thus patent searching is very important in an organization. It's very crucial of technology companies as well as service providers. Since removing irrelevant patents during analysis, will cost time, thus affect the productivity and even the satisfaction of the clients.
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Intellectual Property - Copyright Infringement - Trade Mark Infringement
The case of KK Sony Computer Entertainment and Another v Pacific Game Technology (Holding) Ltd [2006], concerned the infringement of copyright in computer games systems under the name of 'PlayStation'. The first claimant was a Japanese company and the second claimant was its UK subsidiary. Both claimants were corporate incarnations of the well known Japanese electronics group, Sony.
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The Difference Between Trade Secrets And Trademarks
Some people get confused between trade secrets and trademarks. A trademark is something that is publicly recognized and known as being officially associated with a particular company. In contrast a trade secret can be a much more broad definition and by its very name is not made public.
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Protect Your Creativity
As an entrepreneur, you are undoubtedly blessed with the ability to come up with new ideas for products and services. Sometimes, a competitor comes up with a similar idea and manages to make money out of it before you do. A great deal of planning, money, time and effort are required to turn these ideas into invention and innovation.
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Intellectual Property – Ground Breaking Decision – Patents – Business Methods – Computer Programs
A ground-breaking decision was delivered by the Court of Appeal in the cases of Aerotel Ltd v Telco Holdings Ltd (and others) [2006] and Macrossan’s Application [2006] on 27 October 2006. This important decision means that there is now a new method by which patent examiners will assess whether or not an invention is patentable. The decision is especially relevant to those wishing to patent ‘business methods’ or ‘computer programs’.
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Media Law – Music Copyright – ISP’s Liability for File Sharing
A Coalition of music industry bodies, including the MCPRS Alliance and the Association of Independent Music, is lobbying to have intellectual property law amended to allow Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to be sued for allowing illegal file-sharing on their networks. Commentators have said that their efforts are misguided and commercially impractical. Currently, ISP’s are not required to police the content of their networks much in the same way that telephone companies are not liable for obscene calls.
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CONTRACTS THAT WORK! Representations, Warranties and Remedies
The project is late and over budget.
The boss is concerned, the internal clients are furious.
What are your options?
This article lays out the legal principles in clear, insightful English and offers concrete suggestions to solve current problems and avoid them in the future.
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Do I Need Patent Protection To Establish My Rights To A Great Idea Or Design
One of the first things to do when you have an idea is to write it down. Documentation is the most important step you can make to in securing future rights to your idea. The documentation needs to be in a tight bound or engineering type notebook. These are like a basic school notebook that pages cannot be added. It's also a good idea to get a notebook that it's also difficult and noticeable if any pages are removed.
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Protecting Intellectual Property
Devices such as copyrights, trade secrets, patents, trade/service marks are very helpful for preventing the unauthorized use or distribution of your products. However, if someone really wants to pirate your products, they will.
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2006 Trends in Intellectual Patent Rights
The costs to get a patent and the time it takes to get one due to the bureaucracy of the US Patent and Trademark Office is out of control. No longer can small garage inventors afford to get a patent for something they built in their garage that the world really needs.
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How to Work With Your Intellectual Property Lawyer
Intellectual property law is a daunting challenge to even the most seasoned business person. How does one choose the right way to protect your most coveted assets; your intellectual property? Here are a few pointers that can help.
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Intellectual Property: Patent Infringement
In the case of Agilent Technologies Deutschland GmbH v Waters Ltd (2005), the claimant, the proprietor of a European patent for a pump and control system, brought proceedings against the defendant for patent infringement. The patent is for a pump for delivering solvent under pressure to high-pressure liquid chromatography columns. In particular, the patent relates to the control of the flow rate of the pump by altering the stroke volume and the frequency of reciprocation of the pistons.
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