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Amazon Contingency Patent Attorney: Success-Based Legal Fees for Fighting APEX and Design Patent Cases

Patent Trademark Blog

How would contingency fees work for Amazon APEX and design patent evaluations? Taking a patent case on contingency is making an investment. And any investment worth making requires due diligence. How can Amazon Sellers accused of patent infringement fight back without paying excessive attorney’s fees?

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Amazon Seller Patent Infringement ASIN Listings: Everything You Need to Know About APEX and Design Patents

Patent Trademark Blog

Patents give sellers a fair and lawful way to block competitors from copying innovative products. So, how do you use your patent effectively to block an infringing Amazon ASIN? Design or Utility Patent: What type of IP will block Amazon sellers more effectively? Know which type of patent you own.

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China Manufacturer Claims No Patents: Should you sell their products?

Patent Trademark Blog

Anyone can do their patent homework, or hire a patent attorney to do it for them. In fact, foreign companies may even hire non-US patent agents or lawyers to investigate US patents for infringement. Simpler products that look unique are more likely to be covered by design patents, if at all.

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Utility Patent Infringement: The Most Important Things to Know

Patent Trademark Blog

You cannot simply compare the visual appearance of a product to the patent drawings and conclude that there is infringement because they all look similar. We are not talking about design patent infringement. Use a patent attorney experienced in infringement to do a thorough review. Have certain patents expired?

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A Seller’s Guide to Navigating Intellectual Property Law on Amazon

LexBlog IP

Patents A patent permits the owner to exclude others from making, using, offering to sell, selling, or importing the invention of the patent. There are two types of patents that Amazon sellers should be familiar with, utility patents and design patents.

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How to Protect Software as Intellectual Property

LexBlog IP

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”). User Interfaces may be protectable with Design Patents as well.

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What is Blockchain Technology and has it been Patented?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

It can comprise of when a trademark was applied for first, registered or used in trade, when was a design/patent first licensed or assigned and so on. Further, it would also simplify due diligence required for IP transactions such as mergers and acquisitions.