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All About Provisional Patent Applications

Kashishipr

For easing the mode of filing a patent and claiming the subject matter contained therein, there are two basic approaches, namely provisional patent application and complete patent application. What is a Provisional Patent Application?

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Keep it secret or file a patent?

Patent Trademark Blog

If you have a simple product that others can easily copy, you wouldn’t be thinking about keeping anything confidential. Keep it secret or file a patent ? In order to gain certain exclusive rights from the government, inventors must disclose detailed information on how to make and use their invention.

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Cloaked in Secrecy: Can Secrecy Orders Shield Alien Innovations?

LexBlog IP

In a recent post , we discussed whether patent applications could provide insight into the blueprints of extraterrestrial spacecraft. Yet, an enigmatic question looms large: would the powers that be genuinely consider patenting such advanced technology, fully aware that patent applications might see the light of day?

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Cloaked in Secrecy: Can Secrecy Orders Shield Alien Innovations?

Trading Secrets

In a recent post , we discussed whether patent applications could provide insight into the blueprints of extraterrestrial spacecraft. Yet, an enigmatic question looms large: would the powers that be genuinely consider patenting such advanced technology, fully aware that patent applications might see the light of day?

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Cloaked in Secrecy: Can Secrecy Orders Shield Alien Innovations?

LexBlog IP

In a recent post , we discussed whether patent applications could provide insight into the blueprints of extraterrestrial spacecraft. Yet, an enigmatic question looms large: would the powers that be genuinely consider patenting such advanced technology, fully aware that patent applications might see the light of day?

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Patenting Inventions Produced in the Course of Employment: Rights and Obligations of Private and Public Sector Employees in Canada

IPilogue

While an employer may have invested significant resources to facilitate the production of an invention and wish to capitalize on their investment, their employee also likely devoted significant time and energy into developing the invention and may feel entitled to benefit from its associated IP. Private Sector Employees.

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Some Concerns about the Amendment Process to Key Patent Levers: A “Captured” Patent Office?

SpicyIP

Pre-Grant Opposition The first proposal relates to amending the pre-grant opposition mechanism, which allows patent applications to be opposed before the Patent Office officially “grants” the patent. However, since the ordinance would lapse, Parliament had to necessarily enact a law to amend the Patents Act.

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