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No Patents: How to Protect Product from Copying

Patent Trademark Blog

No patents: What are your options against product copies? The only problem is that you have no patents, and your product has already been shown to the public for awhile. You have one year from this earliest date of public disclosure to file US patent applications on your original product. It’s understandable.

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Intellectual Property Protection: How to protect IP

Patent Trademark Blog

What does it mean to protect intellectual property? Now that we know what intellectual property is , let’s talk about how to protect intellectual property. The word “protect” is curious in the context of IP. What do we mean by intellectual property protection? Trademarks are relatively straightforward.

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Don’t Get Cheesed – Protect Your Video Game’s Intellectual Property

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For game developers – whether your company is a AAA producer or you’re a basement hacker with a great idea – protecting the IP in your game is crucial. Protect Your Game’s Intellectual Property How, then, to safeguard what you’ve worked so hard to create? Trademark application – U.S.

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IP Protection of NFTs: A Comparative Look at the US and China

IP Tech Blog

In turn, this attracts interest from businesses ranging from fashion and sports brands, sport teams, designers, game developers, and other content owners. Securing the right IP protection for an NFT will be key to its successful commercialization and exploitation by the creator and its owner. IP Rights and NFTs. The United States.

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What is intellectual property (IP)?

Patent Trademark Blog

Let’s look into what those intangible assets might be, and how they can be protected. This is where trademarks play a role. Names or logos used to sell a product may be protectable even if the product itself is nothing new. Trademarks can last indefinitely. Think of perfumes or luxury goods. Yes, you certainly can.

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Patents and Trade Secrets – to Disclose or Conceal?

More Than Your Mark

United States law offers four types of protection for intellectual property, namely patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Only two of these, patents and trade secrets, can grant you the protection of ideas. Not every idea that can be commercially beneficial is eligible for a patent.

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New from China: Light Administrative Injunctions Now Available for Patents, Designs, and Copyrights

IP Tech Blog

On June 21, 2021, the Shenzhen Administration for Market Regulation (Shenzhen AMR) issued the first ever administrative injunction against the alleged infringement of a design patent. The forerunner of a very bold experiment is the Shenzhen AMR.

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