Answers - Patents

You can get a reasonable patent search for a few hundred dollars. An in-depth comprehensive search will cost more (around a $1,000). But before you spend any money at all applying for a patent, reducing your invention to practice, or building an expensive prototype, you can start searching around all on your own.

U.S. Issues Over 3,000 Utility Patents-Every Week!

The utility patent represents over 85% of the approximately 3,500 patents issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) every week. Once granted, the utility patent provides you 20 years from date of application to “produce, promote and profit from your unique idea”©.

Patent Litigation Financing

A company or person who invents something new would like to be the sole owner of the invention. Since it is their 'original idea' they want to reap the benefits and profits. This is applicable on everything from the designs, trademark or brand names, copyrights and so on. These 'ideas' are collectively called intellectual property. It is not easy to protect these 'ideas' until and unless the government intervenes. That is, the government ensures 'protection' by issuing various intellectual protection rights. One such intellectual protection right is that of patents.

Patent - Business Method Patents - Part I

First in a series of articles on business method patents.

Patent - Business Method Patents - Part II

Second in a series of articles on business method patents.

Patent Filing India

Patent Act 1970

Patent: Seven Ways to Keep You from the Wolves

You have an invention or an idea for an invention. The first people you may hear about - or even may contact you - are from an invention development company. While many of these organizations are legitimate, some are not.

Can You Start Selling Your Invention Before Patenting It?

Chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology companies spend large sums of money so that their employees burn the midnight oil and come up with great inventions, and obtain patents on them. However, these patents may not survive a challenge by the competition if the patent was not filed timely.

The Patent Office's Proposed Rules For Disclosing Prior Art Increase Patent Applicant's Burden

The proposed new rules require patent applicants to make a selection of documents to be disclosed; the rules ask the applicants to provide explanation on pertinent documents. To insure that the strenght or validity of the patent is not jeopardized, extreme caution is required when deadling with the Patent Office.

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.

Intellectual Property – Patent Dispute – Revocation

In the case of Merz Pharma GmbH and Co KGaA v Allergan Inc [2006], a dispute arose as to the validity of a patent for the use of Botulinium toxins in a type of medical treatment.

Patent Debates

The debate over patents, especially in the sectors of pharmaceuticals and traditional knowledge has begun to gain worldwide attention.

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