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What is intellectual property (IP)?

Patent Trademark Blog

Depending upon whether your idea relates to appearance or function, you can file either a design patent application or utility patent application. Here’s a helpful article on filing a utility patent application and another one filing a design patent application. They only protect specific expressions.

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When Will My Patent Expire? – Calculating Your Patent Term – A Review

More Than Your Mark

patents (other than design patents) issued from applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, is defined by the “twenty-year term,” which is subject to adjustment due to various factors: type of application (utility, design, plant); filing date of the application; issue (grant) date of the patent; benefit claims under 35 U.S.C.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 13- February 19)

SpicyIP

SpicyIP intern Tanvi Agarwal brings us up to date on the last two orders regarding amendments that the defendants wanted in the written statement, and the dismissal of the application to reject the plaint. And Ors v Alexandra Elbakyan and Ors in the Multiverse of Substantive Copyright Arguments The Sci-hub case!

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New USPTO Fee Schedule Reduces Costs for PCT Patent Filings and Small and Micro Entities

LexBlog IP

Congress is using the UAIA to reduce barriers to patent system entry, such as the costs associated with filing and prosecuting patent applications as well as maintaining patents. See examples of utility patent application fees for each type of entity in the below table: Utility Patent Fee Descriptions. Reductions in PCT Filing Fees.

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Fish Principals Author Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal Article, “Strategic IP Considerations of Batteries and Energy Storage Solutions”

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

But the lithium-ion battery has now expanded far beyond the consumer electronics industry, sparking a gold rush of research and development aimed at producing lower-cost, higher-performance batteries that can be used in a wider range of applications. higher energy density), and more durable than lithium-ion batteries.