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Six options to consider before your provisional patent expires
A provisional patent application expires 12 months after the filing date. As this deadline approaches, the applicant must decide what …
Warning for companies about confidentiality agreements
Many companies, particularly in the manufacturing and investment industries, often receive unsolicited ideas. Perhaps your company has experienced this. The …
Leaving your IP legacy: to whom will you pass down your intellectual property?
An often forgotten issue during estate planning is that copyrights (as well as patents and trademarks) are personal property. As …
Using Article 19 and Article 34 in patent amendments
After a PCT applicant receives a search report and written opinion, he may wish to respond to the Examiner’s comments …
Racing to the patent office
The AIA has started a race to the patent office. This will be especially true for technologies where several inventors, …
Pre-patent disclosure of your invention
There are many times that you need to disclose information about your inventive concept to third parties such as vendors, …
New PCT country: Israel
Israel began a pilot PPH program on August 1, 2012. This is great news for biotech and pharmaceutical patentees, since …
New PCT Country: Brunei Darussalam
As of February 17, 2012, Brunei (BN) became a Paris Convention country for PCT and Paris Convention patent procedure participation. …
Should I file a national or regional application for foreign patent protection?
The decision between filing a national application or a regional application involves numerous factors: the number of countries where protection …