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Full Patent Protection vs. a Provisional Patent Application

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

A provisional patent application is temporary and only lasts one year before a non-provisional patent application must be filed, or the application will lapse and expire. In that case, skipping the provisional patent application and going straight to a non-provisional utility patent application may be a cost-saving measure. .

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Tesla’s Lasers on Vehicle Patent

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

Filing a patent application first requires an invention. Conception is the formation, in the mind of the inventor, of a definite and permanent idea of a complete and operative invention. A patent application must clearly explain an invention in sufficient detail to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to make and use the invention.

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ChatGPT and Intellectual Property (IP) related Topics

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Copyright Office has published “ Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence ,” which provides that “[i]n the Office’s view, it is well-established that copyright can protect only material that is the product of human creativity. For example, the U.S. ” 35 U.S.