Category: Intelectual Property law
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IP law: International Protection
IP law: International Protection in United States Patent Cooperation Treaty – International patent application filing system Patent Prosecution Highway – Fast track examination of corresponding applications filed in USPTO and various Intellectual Property Offices around the world Under […]
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IP law: Patents
IP law: Patents in the United States What is a patent? A patent is a property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor “to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the […]
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Provisional Application for Patent
Provisional Application for Patent in United States Since June 8, 1995, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has offered inventors the option of filing a provisional application for patent which was designed to provide a lower-cost first patent filing in the United States […]
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Foreign Applicants for U.S. Patents
Foreign Applicants for U.S. Patents in United States The patent laws of the United States make no discrimination with respect to the citizenship of the inventor. Any inventor, regardless of his/her citizenship, may apply for a patent on the same basis as a U.S. citizen. There are, however, a […]
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Patent Marking and Patent Pending
Patent Marking and Patent Pending in United States Patent Marking and Patent Pending A patentee who makes or sells patented articles, or a person who does so for or under the patentee is required to mark the articles with the word “Patent” and the number of the patent. The penalty for […]
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IP law: Assignments and Licenses
IP law: Assignments and Licenses in United States IP law: Assignments and Licenses A patent is personal property and may be sold to others or mortgaged; it may be bequeathed by a will; and it may pass to the heirs of a deceased patentee. The patent law provides for the transfer or sale of a […]
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Correction of Patents
Correction of Patents in United States Correction of Patents Once the patent is granted, it is outside the jurisdiction of the USPTO except in a few respects. The Office may issue without charge a certificate correcting a clerical error it has made in the patent when the printed patent does […]
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Who May Apply For A Patent
Who May Apply For A Patent in United States Who May Apply For A Patent According to the law, only the inventor may apply for a patent, with certain exceptions. If a person who is not the inventor should apply for a patent, the patent, if it were obtained, would be invalid. The person […]
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What Can Be Patented
What Can Be Patented in United States What Can Be Patented The patent law specifies the general field of subject matter that can be patented and the conditions under which a patent may be obtained. In the language of the statute, any person who “invents or discovers any new and useful […]
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Patent Laws
Patent Laws in United States Patent Laws The Constitution of the United States gives Congress the power to enact laws relating to patents, in Article I, section 8, which reads “Congress shall have power . . . to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times […]
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Functions of the Patent and Trademark Office
Functions of the Patent and Trademark Office in United States Functions of the United States Patent and Trademark OfficeFiles The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The role of the USPTO is to grant patents for the […]
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Art as Intellectual Property: guide
Art as Intellectual Property: guide in the United States Intellectual property has become one of the most salient aspects of the modern Information Age. In an era when great promises have been for enhanced access to information, contentious battles over who gets to use certain information […]
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Legal research: resources for libraries
Legal research: resources for libraries in United States Some of the Websites presented in this section were created by universities or government agencies. Other sites come from professional associations or other organizations. The Websites are presented in alphabetical order. American […]
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Legal subjects
Legal subjects in the United States List of legal subjects proposed by the Encyclopedia: Academic list: Administrative Law Administrative Law Admiralty & Maritime Advanced Legal Concepts Advanced Legal Research (Year) Advocacy Agency law Agriculture Law Alternative Dispute […]
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Revision of the European Patent Convention
Revision of the European Patent Convention (EPC), November 2000 in the United States The European Patent Convention (EPC) is an intergovernmental agreement, signed in Munich in 1973, to regulate the European patent system. By creating a single patent procedure based on a uniform body of […]