SpicyIP

JULY 9, 2021

A patent is a limited-time, usually 20 years, monopoly granted by the patent office to an inventor to commercialize his idea. the Delhi High Court said that a patent is a property right, which the state grants to inventors in exchange of their covenant to share in detail with the public. In the case of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

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The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain. Sticking to this resolution would include a review of standard independent contractor and employment agreements to confirm they have proper assignment language and confidentiality provisions.

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Larson & Larson

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

This makes the term ‘prior art’ an important concept for inventors to understand. It’s the legal term for ‘thing that is exactly like my thing that was in the public before I made my thing.’ Often, the reason that the patent office will cite for rejecting an application is the presence of prior art.

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IP Intelligence

JULY 19, 2024

The USPTO begins with a review of the duties of candor and good faith, confidentiality, and export regulations. Patent claims, for example, require that all claims have a significant contribution by a human inventor. 2] Practitioners and inventors alike must therefore remain vigilant about their AI products (e.g.,

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain. Sticking to this resolution would include a review of standard independent contractor and employment agreements to confirm they have proper assignment language and confidentiality provisions.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 10, 2023

We also discuss the advantages of filing provisional patent applications and how to keep some components of your invention confidential. Inventors often struggle to decide if separate patent application filings are necessary for each innovation. The subject matter of a provisional patent application is never disclosed to the public.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

A patent is a set of rights granted by the government to the inventor for his invention. The claim of the applicant should not be the one existing in the public domain at the date of filing of an application. A trade secret is any confidential information which confers economic benefit and a competitive edge to the holder.

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