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How To Patent An Idea: What You Need To Know About the Patent Application Process

Patent Trademark Blog

Focus on what matters most So much can be said, and has been said, about the patent application process. To avoid information overload, let’s get back to the most basic things you need to know to file a patent application. For those who say you can’t patent an idea, I’m using the term idea loosely.

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How to Patent a Medical Device

Patent Trademark Blog

What is a smarter way to patent a medical device? Medical device patents can make a direct impact on sales as well as create licensing opportunities. Even pending patent applications may help startups raise capital. Let’s look at some smart ways to patent a medical device. Need to patent a medical device?

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Best Practices for Intellectual Property Management in Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Intepat

It includes creations of mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, symbols, and names used in commerce. It involves considering various factors such as the context, life cycle stage, presence or absence of protection, and obsolescence. What is Intellectual Property Management?

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Form versus Function – Protecting Products with Design and Utility Patents

More Than Your Mark

If you think patents are all about protecting something “technical” or something only a scientist or engineer could appreciate, you are mistaken. Patents can protect how things look as well as how they work. If you want to protect how something works, you need a Utility Patent.

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Are “intended use” and “normal use” the same in EU design law? Court of Justice to interpret in case C-472/21

The IPKat

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will soon issue its first ruling concerning the concept of “normal use” in EU design law (case C-472/21 ). In 2011, Monz Handelsgesellschaft International (design owner) registered a national design for “saddles for bicycles or motorbikes” at the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA).

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Protecting Product and Packaging Designs in China Part I – Trademarks

LexBlog IP

Like the United States, China offers protection for 2D and 3D designs of products and packaging, which is often known by U.S. It focuses on the similarities and dissimilarities of different aspects of intellectual property (IP) law in China and how they interact with each other. Protection of 2D Designs.

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What happens if your patent is rejected?

Patent Trademark Blog

Will your patent be rejected? Yes for utility, and probably not for design. Here are statistics on whether your patent will be rejected. A nonprovisional utility patent application has a roughly 90% probability of at least one rejection. A design patent application has an approximately 86% chance of approval.