Fundamental of Patent Document - Must Know

Patents by their techno-legal nature are written in a specific format, thus enabling it difficult to read and understand by a lay man. The focus of this paper is to provide very basic information of a patent document, so that a lay man can easily understand a patent.

Patent Technology Landscapes

Patent Technology Landscapes are the high-level visualization of large set of patent dataset specific to a particular technology. A patent landscape contains various other 2-D and 3-D technology graph to represent the various emerging, high-growth, mid-growth and low-growth areas in a particular technology, or across technology. It is helpful in extrapolating the concentration and trends of invention with large technology segments.

Patent Family and Legal Status Searching

Patent family and legal status searching is very important for litigation and even competitive intelligence. A patent family is a group of patents which, are all related to each other, in this case by way of the priority or priorities of a particular patent document. Since patents protection is territorial, thus a company or an individual have to file patent application in all the countries where they want protection for the invention.

TRIZ - A Problem Solving Tool

TRIZ is a problem solving, strategy development, new research activities and product value maximizing tool for engineers, scientists, researchers and managers specially product development professionals. TRIZ is a methodology, tool set, knowledge base, and model-based technology for generating innovative ideas and solutions for problem solving.

Role of Knowledge Intelligence in Today's Competitive Environment

With the advent of globalization, there has been great increased in the recent few years in the knowledge management. Knowledge management involves mining and integration of huge and scattered knowledge into a single platform, to generate knowledge intelligence. Intelligence analysts are the knowledge workers most important tasks.

Business Method Patents, Part I

Business method patents protect some very important things in your business. Since the Supreme Court’s decision in 1998 to grant patents based on business methods, the Patent and Trademark Office has been inundated with applications of this type. There is currently a four-year wait for patent application approvals. Before 1998, it was normally the assumption that a method of doing business could not be patented, and only a few property protections were in place. But in 1998, a landmark case between Signature Financial Group and State Street Bank and Trust, handed down a decision that a patent could be obtained based on a method of doing business. The dispute between these two companies involved a way to calculate concerning mutual funds, and the Supreme Court agreed that a particular method for calculating them could be patented under a business method patent. As the name implies, business method patents refers to the method or the way in which the company does business. Business method ....

Patent Laws Defined, Part I

This article will break down some of the laws that a patent carries. An Overview of Patent Laws These laws are difficult for a non-lawyer to understand, but not impossible. The patent laws administered by the Patent and Trademark Office are contained within Title 35 of the United States Code. The USPTO oversee the laws dedicated to patents. Title 35 of the United States Code is further divided into four parts:

Arkansas Child Support

In today's world, child support plays an important role in the custodial parent and child's life.

Mississippi Child Support Laws The Magnolia State

The child support enforcement office is able to assist custodial parents in locating a non-custodial parent, enforcing child support, establish paternity, and any other assistance the custodial parents may need.

Penal Reform in Oaxaca, Mexico

Oaxaca is one of a few Mexican states spearheading a move towards dramatically amending the penal code from the longstanding inquisitorial Napoleonic tradition, to the British, Canadian and American model characterized by the presumption of innocence, oral testimony and a truly impartial third party arbiter. Comments by both attorneys and judges at the conclusion of a recent mock trial in Oaxaca demonstrate the extent of change being proposed. The author's subsequent commentary questions the appropriately of such sweeping reform at this state in the development of Mexico.

Arizona Child Support Laws

Child support plays a major role when it comes to providing support for a custodial parent's child/children.

State of California Spent $5 Billion of Citizens' Unclaimed Money

The State of California has amassed $4.8 Billion in unclaimed money owed to citizens. With no statute of limitations on claiming money and minimal state outreach to account owners, approximately $900 million in unclaimed money funds is added annually. The State currently spends the unclaimed money by depositing it into the States General Fund. Citizens need to be informed of money owed to them and take what is rightfully theirs.

What a Los Angeles Child Custody Lawyer Can Do for You

If you’re residing in the State of California, particularly in the area of Los Angeles and facing a possible legal battle in child custody, early involvement of a Los Angeles child custody lawyer is very important. A Los Angeles child custody lawyer will help you in determining all possible options to give the best interest for you and your child.

Can’t Work It Out? Get a New York Child Custody Lawyer

A breaking family in New York is common nowadays. When parents can’t seem to agree with their plans, they end up in divorce and child custody. They will seek the help of New York child custody lawyer to fix the custody of their children and also the visitation schedules.

Legal Advice on DUI and OUI Charges: What to Do?

It depends on the state, but nearly all states have strict laws against driving under the influence or operating under the influence. Driving while under the influence is an illegal action, which is often known as a misdemeanor in the court of law.