TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MAY 18, 2021

Intellectual property is generally separated into different categories including patents , copyrights , trademarks , and trade secrets. patent law further divides patents into three different types: utility, design, and plant patents. Design patents. Plant Patents.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2024

Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) states, ” a trademark protects brand names and logos used on goods and services. A patent protects an invention. For example, if you invent a new kind of vacuum cleaner, you would apply for a patent to protect the invention itself.”

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) refer to the legal rights granted to individuals or businesses for their creations or inventions. There are several types of IPRs that startups should be aware of: Patents: Patents protect new inventions and grant exclusive rights to the inventor for a limited period.

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 27, 2021

For example, if you design a new chair, copyright can protect the pattern you print on the back or the purely artistic sculpture of the arms but cannot protect the new type of caster you invented, the unique manufacturing technique, or the name under which you sell the chair. What Is a Patent? Patents protect inventions.

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 20, 2021

the past decade, the use of 3-D printing has expanded rapidly, in part because the original intellectual property protections on the technology, first invented in the 1980s, expired, making it less expensive to produce the hardware and software involved in the 3-D printing process. 3-D Printing and Copyrights, Patents, or Trademarks.

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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

JUNE 10, 2021

An applicant secures a patent after successfully prosecuting the patent application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). When the USPTO believes an application embodies an invention worthy of a patent, the USPTO grants a Notice of Allowance. Draft and file the application. Appeal (MPEP § 1200).

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A trademark cannot be used to protect an invention, coding, or software program. Trademark protection can include a product or company’s name, a design, logo, color scheme, and identifying factors such as a unique sound played within an application (think of AOL’s famous “YOU’VE GOT MAIL”).

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

2022) raises a number of important design patent law questions, including an issue of first-impression of the scope of “comparison prior art” available for the ordinary observer infringement analysis under Egyptian Goddess, Inc. An accused design does not have to exactly match the drawings. by Dennis Crouch.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 10, 2022

Part 5: The IP Hidden Gems: Trade Secrets and Industrial Designs. Patenting software, and inventions related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning, known as computer-implemented inventions (CII) in patent lingo, is a complicated and evolving area. As a result, what remained was an abstract idea (i.e.

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The IP Law Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Every year, I write about patents that have to do with Christmas. Design patent D990,096 is a rather strange patent entitled “Elf Hand.” The design looks like a prickly glove with four claws on the end of a round dowel. Here are a few I have found, some of which were issued in 2023 and others of which are older.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Stiffel: invalidated patent on another midcentury modern lamp. Attributed to Jens Risom, 1950s: a daybed can’t get a design patent, would need to flip up and fry an egg. Herman Miller makes catalogs like coffee-table books, pushing the idea of the celebrity designer (even though they weren’t exclusive to Herman Miller).

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