Intellectual Property Law Articles
A patentable novelty search (sometimes called patentability evaluation search) is for the sole purpose of determining your chances of obtaining a patent on your invention. A patent search may reveal that you cannot get a patent but even a favorable patent search will not guarantee that you can obtain a patent. The search is conducted […]
General Outline Of Filing A Foreign Patent Application Through The PCT (Paris Cooperation Treaty) Filing a foreign patent application can be an expensive and tricky proposition for many because generally it must be done within one (1) year from the date of the filing of a patent application in the United States. Not only does […]
In most cases after review the Patent Examiner will issue some sort of refusal or rejection of the patent application, which is usually referred to as an “office action” that must be responded to within a prescribe time period or else the patent application will become abandon.
Under U.S. patent law, damages resulting from a successful claim of patent infringement can only be recovered from the date that a patent holder gave infringers proper notice of the Patent. Traditionally, providing proper notice meant physically marking the article, such as through an engraving or molding process or labeling, with relevant, valid and unexpired […]