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The federal Patent Act (Title 35 of the United States Code) governs all aspects of law that can be applied to patentable inventions. While some might see this body of statute as contemporary law that affects modern inventions, the Patent Act has a rich history that dates to the United States Constitution. more »
The federal Patent Act (Title 35, U.S.C.) governs the patenting of desirable consumer products, known as utility patents. A valuable product can receive 20 years of exclusive protection, during which time no other inventor can manufacture and sell a product just like it. However, for a product to receive a patent from the U.S. Patent... more »
Article I, section 8 of the U.S. Constitution empowers Congress "to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries." The first such law was enacted in 1790. Since then, the concept of patent protection has been a... more »
The United States encourages technological development by protecting the rights of inventors with patents. These give the inventor exclusive right to manufacture or license their original product within the U.S. All U.S. patents are issued and maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), who maintains a robust website... more »
Patents are government-issued licenses that protect the inventor of a specific creation, providing an opportunity to realize the economic fruits of the invention. The patent process is fairly complicated, and involves establishing the primacy of the inventor, the novelty of the invention and the truth behind its performance claims.... more »
If you have ever had a great idea and seen it come onto the market a few years later to make...
The U.S. Constitution forms the basis for existing patent law. In Article I, Section 8, the Constitution grants Congress the authority "to promote... more »
Patent law has been in contention since the days of the founding fathers. Whether it encourages competition or monopoly, the length of a patent's... more »
A copyright attorney is a lawyer who specializes in copyright law--the law governing an author's or creator's exclusive right for a limited time... more »
Although paralegal training has been around for decades, educational programs for the administration of law specialization Intellectual Property... more »
Patent rights have been granted to American inventors of novel, non-obvious and useful inventions for more than two centuries. While other... more »
A patent ( or ) is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state (national government) to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention.
The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee, and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries according to national laws and international agreements. Typically, however, a patent application must include one or more claims defining the invention which must be new, inventive, and useful or industrially applicable. In many countries, certain subject areas are excluded from patents, such as business methods and mental acts. The exclusive right granted to a patentee in most countries is the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, or distributing the patented invention without permission., World Intellectual Property Organization, Retrieved on 22 February 2009
Under the World Trade Organizations (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, patents should be available in WTO member states for any inventions, in all fields of technology, Article 27.1. of the TRIPs Agreement. and the term of protection available should be the minimum twenty years.PatentLength/> Different types of patents may have varying patent terms (i.e., durations).
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The term patent usually refers to a right granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof. The additional qualification utility patent is used in the United States to distinguish it from other types of patents (e.g. design patents) but should not be confused with utility models granted by other countries. Examples of particular species of patents for inventions include biological patents, business method patents, chemical patents and software patents.
Some other types of intellectual pro read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent
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