Publish Your Patent Application? ... or Not

Discussion of the reasons for and against publication of your patent application. Also, how to possibly accelerate examination of your patent application at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

India Patents (Amendment) Rules 2006 Notified

The Government of India has notified Patents (Amendment) Rules 2006 with effect from 5 May 2006. The Rules, necessitated by the third amendment to the Patents Act, are major steps towards developing a comprehensible intellectual property rights regime in India.

A Strong Patent Is Important To Halt Infringer's Operations, Says U.S. Supreme Court

Chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies and inventors spend countless number of hours and a lot of money to come up with a drug for curing killer diseases like cancer or diabetes or a new catalyst that will speed up a chemical reaction towards making a wonder plastic. They protect their inventions by securing a patent. When they go to the court to halt an infringer's operations, the courts often refuse to halt the infringer's operation. A weak patent may be the cause.

Invention Patents

Perhaps you have a great idea for a new invention. Then, you develop and test your idea. Now, you are at the stage when you need a patent for your new design. Here is some advice for obtaining any necessary invention patents. The process may seem overwhelming at first, but there are a lot of resources that can assist you.

Patent Search

Getting a patent is one of the most necessary things to be accomplished once you have conceptualized an innovative idea. A patent confirms that the idea is original, and also secures that the creator’s idea will not be infringed in any manner. However, before acquiring a patent, the creator has to find out whether the concept has been patented before.

European Patent Searches

The main body giving patents within Europe is the European Patent Office or the EPO. This office is responsible for searching and providing patents to almost all countries in the European Union, barring only a few countries. At present, it has about 30 million patents on record.

Soon China Will Demand Patent Protect and the Tables Will Turn

Patent Piracy is a huge problem for United States Businesses. Much of this International Crime is being committed by Chinese Business Entrepreneurs and the problem is so bad that it is running ramped. How bad is it?

Working With A Patent Attorney

This article provides useful tips to aspiring inventors about the things to look for while hiring a patent attorney or a patent lawyer.

Basics Of Patent Law In India

Patent law has been formulated with an objective to promote and protect the inventions and methods. The object of granting a patent is to encourage and develop science, technology and industry. A patent can be defined as a grant of exclusive rights to an inventor over his invention for a limited period of time. The exclusive rights conferred include the right to make, use, exercise, sell or distribute the invention in India. The term of a patent is twenty years, after the expiry of which, the invention would fall into the public domain.

Provisional or Non-provisional Patent Application - Which Should You Choose?

An article discussing that a provisional patent application is not a patent, and usually never becomes a patent, unless directly converted. It automatically expires after twelve months following the day of filing and cannot be revived. Because it must be converted, it is more costly in the long run to obtain a patent by first filing a provisional application.

How to Patent an Invention

Whether you've discovered the latest technological wonder or figured out a way to satisfy a common woe shared by millions, the protection of an invention is very important. In order to receive credit and hopefully a profit from your vision, one must obtain a patent-

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 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.

Patent - The Essential Information

When you have dreamed up the next best thing to hit the market, the latest craze or invention, how do you protect this idea before someone else snatches it up? Your thoughts and ideas are known as intellectual property. Did you know that you can lay claim to your future invention and let the whole world know that it is yours? This way, you don't have to worry about someone stealing your intellectual property (at least, legally). The best course of action for protecting the idea of your invention is through applying for a patent.

Growing Need of Competitive Technological Intelligence

With the beginning of globalization, lower production costs and escalating production, competitiveness has become a necessity in the new information society. Knowledge has become the key corporate asset which enables companies to maintain their market competitiveness. Presently, companies are involved in various types of intelligence such as competitive, strategic, economic and business intelligence.