An intellectual property licensing agreement is a contract that occurs between two or more parties where the licensor (the intellectual property rights owner) grants the licensee (intellectual property rights receiver) the authorization of use of intellectual property (patents, trademarks, and/or copyrights). There …
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Genericization is use of specific affluent brands as the name of general products. The use of a brand name as a generic term results in the company losing all its exclusive rights to that term or “mark.” In essence, the more popular …
15 Patent Dos and Don’ts by the Patent Team at Carson Patents. Best practices for inventors to protect new inventions.
New inventions are created every day all across the globe by inventors or groups of inventors working together, sometimes even children. Read more about Child Inventors and the inventions they have created. With innovation, the world changes by the day. The following …
Trademarks are a form of intellectual property that can help propel a business into success. Famous trademarks have the power to influence a consumer’s decision to buy a product or service and can be extremely beneficial. The following are well known famous …
A licensing agreement is the authorized usage of a patent, trademark, or copyright belonging to another. This agreement includes the right to produce and sell goods and services owned by another person or business. It is a contract between two or more …
What happens after you get a patent depends on what kind of patent it is (only utility patents have maintenance fees), what you intend to do with it, whether there are any others who are trying to copy it, and whether there …
Your invention is patent pending, now what? If the application was a provisional, get busy working on the non-provisional that must be filed within one year. Provisional patent applications are only placeholders for a later filed non-provisional patent application. What happens after …
Who Can Apply for a Patent on a New Invention? Any inventor or assignee of an invention can be the patent applicant and apply to seek patent protection for the invention. An assignee of an invention can be any person or juridic …
Accelerating patent applications may be desirable or helpful for many reasons. The patent application process often can take two to three years and sometimes even longer in each country where patent protection is sought. For new patent applications, there are several ways …
