International Patent Rights

One of the trickiest aspects of patent applications, particularly in the international context, is establishing the priority of patent rights.

Provisional Patent Applications

For many years, there was only one type of patent application. The patent application required a specification or detailed description

A copyright holder has the exclusive rights to reproduce, display, transmit, perform, and modify a work as well as the

A registered mark does not prevent all use of the mark. In some situations, another party may use someone else’s

Trademark rights are legal rights acquired based upon actual use of a mark rather than by registration. Generally, the first

Recent markings enforcement activities have raised some questions related to the requirements of patent marking provisions. Generally, after a patent

Under federal law, a patent is a granted right which allows the patent owner to exclude others from making, using,

Generally, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has applied traditional trademark law to the examination of domain name

The term ”trade name” means any name used by a person to identify his or her business or vocation. ”Trade

After a patent is issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the patent owner may mark the patented