I am glad that you are taking care with this choice. Picking a patent attorney is different than some other limited tasks like buying a house. You need someone with the right legal skills and the right technical knowledge. You also need someone that you can work with as an external team member... Read more »
I am trying to protect my new food product from being copied in the marketplace. How do standards of novelty and nonobviousness apply? Please explain?
they are requirements for a patent
I do not want my product copied. How can I protect it in the marketplace? What are the standards of novelty and nonobviousness? How will it apply to my product?
Yes. The standards of novelty and nonobviousness apply.
If you look at the USPTO website it will give you strategies for searching for patents. Part of a patent search includes searching for relevant published patent applications, which can be done for US patents on USPTO Patent Application Full-Text and Image Database (AppFT) and for foreign patent... Read more »
This logo would be to print on t-shirts to sell on an online store.
I would not do it
Very likely you could face repercussions
Parody has its limits.
You definitely came to the right place. Lots of IP attorneys here. Best to pick an IP attorney with experience handling technology related to the patent you are interested in getting.
I have a product which was invented by some person many years ago, but wasn't patented. So, now many people sold this product too. But one company modified one detail of the product, and because they couldn't patent this as invention, many sellers, include me, also was selling this product with... Read more »
Very low chance to win. Not worth the fight unless you have a lot of money and makes sense to you.
I strongly suggest moving on.
Marcos E. Garciaacosta
www.legalbizglobal.com
The parts are sourced from an online community (LDraw.com) that models the LEGO parts in 3D attempting to digitally archive the LEGO parts, so they are as close to the original as possible. I am attempting to create a virtual reality game where these parts can be built in a similar way (but in a... Read more »
It will depend on what parts you are referring to.
If they are the ones out of protection, you could use them. But you need to make sure they do not have other protections, common law or statutory.
You should definitely consult an attorney to be better guided.
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How do I go about inexpensively getting a provisional patent so that I can start getting this product out there? I do not have time to do a regular patent.
You can submit a provisional patent application that provides a description of how to make and use the invention. This will establish an international filing date. From this date you can further seek U.S. and international patent protection via subsequent patent filings.
I have the patent for 3,637,563 - now expired. Is there any financial gain possible for heirs?
I don't speak for Justia, but anyone can list any patent on any website. Patents are not copyrighted, and are in public domain.
With regards to the second question, there is no financial gain from an expired patent. Attempts to enforce expired patent is illegal.
Even if that... Read more »
About Siegfried Bremer’s patient
What happens to a patent after the death of the owner is governed by the state inheritance laws. Patents are treated the same way as cars, stock portfolio, art collection, etc. Patents are considered personal property.
In case of Siegfried Bremer, I found three patents, all of which are... Read more »
I know thats what patents are for but I dont even have the funds for that.
This is a very common question. Unfortunately, there is no good answer to it.
You really need to come up with the money to have a patent attorney prepare and file a patent application.
i had prepared silver complexes with citric acid and tartaric acid . Can it be patented in india. I had applied for patent it was given provisional patent but time expired
Well, you cannot patent silver citrate or silver tartrate, because both are well-known compositions.
In most countries, you may be able to patent some sort of a medicine that uses these compounds as the API, but it is going to be tough.
Unfortunately for you, the public policy... Read more »
the fiction out there says they are .GMO and are both copyrighted and pattented. Can this be true of a fish?
mike
There are patents on Glofish. See for example, https://patents.google.com/patent/US8378169, which has expired.
Glofish is also trademarked. There are about 37 different trademarks "Glofish" or a variation thereof; I how many of those are associated with the fish.
and hurts people with it. whom can you file suit with if they are trying to not get caught using it but you know they are using it. If we find out who funds it to bring about harm then they deserve a law suit coming their way.
If someone creates a device, and patents that device, then he can keep others from making, using, selling, or offering for sale of that device.
The patent owner can keep almost anyone from using it, whether it is for a good use of an evil use. The patent owner can say, hey, I am going to... Read more »
I have found a lot of conflicting info. Some saying that you can't copyright a pattern, and that final product is "your" work so you can sell.
Others saying that no you can't. Very confused!!
it requires an analysis of the pattern, and see if it is owned or copyrighted by somebody.
Think of the Louis Vuitton pattern.
In general just because you see it somewhere it does not mean it is free
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Marcos.
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The initials AR are used for many dozens of things from acid reflux to amateur radio. If you mean automated rifle- then yes you can seek patents on the workings of a weapon. You would need to have an idea that would not be obvious to one skilled in the art of designing automated rifles. You... Read more »
Depends
There are a lot of factors in play
Has that compound being used before for something?
Has it been in existence before?
Did it have other elements that can be considered generic? so that a previous compound may be used if minor changes are made
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The vast majority of patents are known as "utility patents." This means that they claims some sort of an invention that is useful and new. It could be a process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.
There are also two special types of... Read more »
I'm assuming there are design patents, functionality patents, process paten
The vast majority of patents are known as "utility patents." This means that they claims some sort of an invention that is useful and new. It could be a process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.
There are also two special types of... Read more »
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