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Protecting Your Trade Secrets
Author: Maricon Williams
Many businesses owe their success to trade secrets. Protecting it may mean continued growth of the business.
According to the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, trade secret means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique or process that: (1)
What Is Intellectual Property?
Author: Trina L.C. Schiller
Intellectual property... now there's a real 90's deal. Copyrights, trade marks, patents, have been around for a long while, and are generally understood by most people. However, those legalities didn't encompass concepts, in need of protection, since the exploration of the virtual world, commenced.
The Essence Of The Patent Law
Author: Maricon Williams
As a general rule, patents are associated with things and processes which are vital to the world the only exception though are innovative designs. Patents also allow the creator of some inventions to preclude others from making use of it commercially without the permission of the creator.
How Patent Attorneys Deal With Intellectual Property
Author: Paul Johnson
Patent attorneys are professionally licensed attorneys who
are allowed to stand before and operate within the United
States Patent and Trademark Office. Contrasting, Patent
Agents are not necessarily lawyers, but are allowed to
practice within these same offices. Many agents come from
different backgrounds, not necessarily law.
Patents 101 - The Basics Of Patent Applications
Author: Paul Johnson
A patent is an official document given by a national
government to an inventor (or business or corporation) who
wishes to have sole rights over a product for a limited
amount of time. Once the patent is granted, no one else has
the right to make, sell, market, or profit from invention.
How To Obtain A Patent: The Inner-workings Of The U.s. Patent Office
Author: Paul Johnson
The United States works differently than other countries
when it comes to giving patents. In the U.S., it doesn't
necessarily matter who first applied for the patent (the
process may take up to a year to complete).
What does matter, however, is who came up with the original
composite for the invention first.
"I Built A Better Mousetrap"-- Advice On Protecting Your Creation With A U.s. Patent
Author: Larry Denton
So, you built a better mousetrap. Now, how do your protect your "perfect" creation from being stolen by a Fortune 500 company? The answer lies in the United States Constitution which gives the U.S. Congress exclusive authority to grant patents for inventions.
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