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Copyrights, patents, and trademarks are the three main areas of intellectual property law and their differences mean that each offers you different avenues for protecting your rights. Inventors, business owners,...

What To Expect When Calling A Patent & Trademark Lawyer

30 Apr 2020

Patent Law, Trademark Law

What Should You Expect When Calling An Intellectual Property Lawyer Patent attorneys can be indispensable partners in helping you patent and protect your new invention and other intellectual property. They...

Patent Search - Provisional Patent Applications

Are Provisional Patent Applications Published?

26 Mar 2020

Do you know that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued over 370,000 patents in FY2019 alone? This is on top of the 10,000,000 that they have previously issued over the...

5 Questions You Must Ask Before Hiring A Patent Firm

28 Feb 2020

Intellectual property has become a valuable asset for any person or business. After coming up with an innovative product, your next step should be consulting a patent firm to either...

The Worldwide Patent

05 Feb 2020

How Do I Secure A Worldwide Patent? Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a worldwide patent – your patent does have some limitations in both time and space. Specifically,...

Do I Really Need To Pay For A Patent Search?

15 Jan 2020

“My attorney suggests a patent search, but I couldn’t find my idea anywhere. Do I really need to pay for the patent search?” YES! (usually). Once you have decided that...

The Importance of a Professional Patent Search

02 Dec 2019

Though not always requested, a combined patent search and patentability opinion is an essential component of the filing process. While some very specialized inventors and businesses may forgo a patent...

The Truth About Patent Infringement

30 Oct 2019

The “big guys will bury me, so why get the patent?” question is one that patent attorneys hear often. However, there are mitigating factors involved that make the obtaining of...

Patent Myth: Mailing An Idea To Myself Establishes Patent Protection

30 Sep 2019