• CRAFT SHOW ITEMS - PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS by Natalie Goyette - Considering the time, effort and cost to secure a patent, in most cases for most craft show items, a copyright will suffice. Patent fees run several hundred to several thousand dollars and you will most likely need an attorney, so this is a costly process. (Hits: 418 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• GET A NEW IDEA? LEARN THE SIMPLE STEPS ON HOW TO GET A PATENT FOR IT AND WHERE by Robert Michael - The legislation that authorizes the fees for your U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patent application is the federal 2005 Consolidated Appropriations Act. This act mandates the latest revisions (undoubtedly, this means increase) for maintenance fees, search fees, filing fees, and examination fees (Hits: 484 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• HOW PATENT SEARCHES WORK by Barbara Davis - Any inventor should conduct a free patent search in order to determine the patentability of his or her invention. Patent searches have traditionally been limited to a search of the Patent Office's records of prior patents and publications. (Hits: 469 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• How to Copyright and Patent Your Software by Brian Scott - To obtain a patent for your software, you must apply for a patent in each country that offers patents for software and in which you wish to have the protection a patent can offer. There is no universal legal definition of what a software patent is. (Hits: 457 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• PATENTING, BRANDING, AND MARKETING by Joseph Paparella - Patenting involves securing ones intellectual property rights by obtaining a grant of a patent, thus protecting the novel features of the invention from being made, used, offered for sale, or sold by someone other than the inventor. (Hits: 441 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, COPYRIGHTS - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? by Terry Williamson - A patent protects inventions through federal law. Inventions are your creative ideas for new products (articles of manufacture), machines, processes, methods, compositions of matter, ornamentation on products, or new plants. An improvement on an existing product may also be patented. (Hits: 469 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE: SECURITY FOR YOUR PRODUCTS, BUSINESS AND IDEAS by Joseph Savard - The intellectual property law is designed in order to protect the ideas, businesses, trademarks and inventions of others. Before you start claiming that an idea or invention is yours you must patent it at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. (Hits: 421 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• Understanding Patents and Copyright Laws - Patent and copyright laws give the inventor the exclusive rights to the invention. No one else can produce the invention for a set period of time under patent and copyright law. (Hits: 382 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• What Is A Software Patent? by Brian Scott - A software patent has no universal understanding. In general, owning a patent allows a company certain rights (or exclusivity) for a prescribed amount of time. (Hits: 429 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

• Willful Patent Infringement: Opinions of Patent Counsel and Waiver of Privilege - As is often the case in patent infringement litigation, a patentee sues a defendant claiming that the defendant is willfully infringing a patent. If the patentee is successful in proving willful infringement, the defendant may be liable for treble damages. (Hits: 451 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) | Detail | Go to Article | Rate It

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