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Patent - Do You Need A Patent, Copyright or Trademark?

Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks are confusing to some extent, even though there are some similarities among these tools of property protection, they all serve different purposes.


A Patent for an invention is the inventor’s property right to his invention, issued by the Patent and Trademark Office. The term of a new Patent is 20 years from the date on which the application for the Patent was filed in the United States.
US Patent grants are effective only within the US, US territories, and US territorial possessions.


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Patent Laws Defined, Part I

This article will break down some of the laws that a patent carries.


An Overview of Patent Laws


These laws are difficult for a non-lawyer to understand, but not impossible.


The patent laws administered by the Patent and Trademark Office are contained within Title 35 of the United States Code. The USPTO oversee the laws dedicated to patents. Title 35 of the United States Code is further divided into four parts:


Title 35 - Part I provides details on information pertaining to the Patent and Trademark Office, and its role in granting patents.


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How to Patent an Invention

Invention Patent


Whether you’ve discovered the latest technological wonder or figured out a way to satisfy a common woe shared by millions, the protection of an invention is very important. In order to receive credit and hopefully a profit from your vision, one must obtain a patent. While trademark (words, names, and symbols for goods or services) and copyright (for literature, art, drama, and music) are common protective approaches for intellectual property, patents are used to protect the rights of an inventor.


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Do Free Trademark Search to Avoid Problems with Your Application

If you are looking to register a trademark, you may be wondering if there is a free way to make sure someone else doesn’t already have it. Well, that is both a yes and a no. There is no shortage of sites that can do a quick search without a charge.


However, you will need to do a thorough search to be really sure that the name is available. The first step may be being sure you understand what a trademark is in the first place. A trademark is defined as a word or unique name, phrase, symbol, logo, image, design, or may be combinations of these different elements that distinctively identify the service or product you offer to

Utility Patents, Part II
...Trademark Office. The reason many people prefer to file a provisional application is due to the fact that a provisional application can be used when an invention has to be altered or changed during the life of the invention, and ...
customers; this distinguishes a particular company from their competitors.


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Trademarks: When and How to Search and File Trademark Applications

1. What is a Trademark?
A trademark can be any word, slogan, design, symbol, or even a color, smell, product configuration or a combination of these, used to identify the source of origin of particular goods and services. The trademark serves as a source identifier of your goods and services, to distinguish it from the goods and services of others. For example, Nike has a registered trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office ( USPTO ). Their mark is used to distinguish their goods and services over other shoe companies. Nike actually owns several trademarks, including design marks as well, such as their swoosh symbol.


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