The following are several basic steps one should take in order to preserve patent rights: Seeking assistance of competent legal counsel; Forming an effective patent strategy, and Increasing IP awareness and intelligence of the company. In addition, companies and individual inventors should be always aware of the following points and make a habit of practicing…

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Regardless of one’s philosophy, patent system is here.  The real question to be asked is therefore whether an inventor or a company needs to apply for a patent.   This is of course an entirely different question than whether the society needs a patent system.  A CEO of a company might be a staunch opponent of…

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A patent gives its owner (or patentee) a right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention. The fact that a patent does not necessarily give the patent owner a right to make or use his own invention often comes as a surprise to many.  In the real world,…

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Because the quality of a patent matters critically, who prepares the patent and how the patent is prepared matters critically.  For a given invention, either a strong patent or a weak patent may be obtained depending on who prepares the patent and how the patent is prepared. In many people’s misperception, applying for patent is…

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Many don’t know there is a difference between a patent attorney and a registered patent agent.  In the US, a patent attorney is both a registered patent agent and an attorney at law.  It means that a patent attorney has both a degree in either science or engineering and a law degree, in most cases…

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