Trademark, Copyright, Patent Infringement

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An intellectual property ("IP") lawyer can evaluate cases involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, franchising, technology rights , data rights, internet law and invention development.

Patents deal with inventions. Trademarks and service marks deal with "marks" used in "trade", that is brand names. Copyrights deal with works of art. Copyrights, like trademarks, arise automatically. Patents, however, must be applied for.An intellectual property lawyer can help with all of these things.

What is a Patent?
A patent is an official document issued ("granted") by the federal government to the recipient ("patentee"), granting ". . . the right to EXCLUDE others from making, using, or selling the invention throughout the United States." (35 U. S. C. § 154) An intellectual property lawyer can help with these issues.

A patent has 3 basic parts:

A grant

A description ("specification") telling how to make the invention, and

CLAIMS (defining, in words, what is protected).

A Patent Specification generally includes four main components:

1. Background (describing the technical field of the invention and the problems that existed before the invention,
   
2. Drawings (usually required) showing the invention; and
   
3. Detailed Description(enables readers to make and use invention and shows best mode known to inventor at time of filing - i.e. satisfies statutory duties under 35 U.S.C.112)
   
4. Claims, which define, in words, the limits of coverage claimed by the inventor.

What is a Patent?
Other Features of Patents
How to evaluate an Invention
What a Patent is NOT
What is Patentable?
When may One apply for a Patent?
How to Obtain a Patent:
STEP 1: Prepare a Disclosure of the Invention
STEP 2. Conduct a Patentability Search
STEP 3: Draft and File the Patent Application
STEP 4: Prosecution of the Patent Application
STEP 5: Pre-Grant Publication of the Patent Application
STEP 6: Issuance of the Patent
Exploitation of Patents
Enforcement of Patents

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Copyright, Patent and Trademark Infringement Articles

Intellectual property: “Reprinted by permission? Whose permission?”
Intellectual property, especially copyright for writers, is seemingly a simple concept: when you create something, you own it. You decide what's done with it, and nobody else uses it without your permission. Only you can surrender your right to intellectual property. That's easily understood—or is it?

Intellectual property: "If they just weren't so crooked, it would be all right."
LeShawn Andrews grew up in the music business—and knows a lot about protecting intellectual property if you want to survive. Andrews (not his real name) has been in the music business for over 20 years as a singer and composer, following in the footsteps of his father, who belonged to one of the most successful R&B, funk, and soul groups of the 1970s and 1980s.

Copyright, Patent and Trademark Infringement in the News

Sep-27-06: Google and Belgium tussle over copyright abuse. [ZD NET: COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT]

Aug-29-06: China cracks down on copyright infringement. [VIDEO BUSINESS]

Aug-28-06: EchoStar settles copyright infringment lawsuit with Network Affiliates. [BETA NEWS]

Aug-24-06: Apple settles patent infringement lawsuit, agreeing to pay Creative Technology $100 million for key technology in Apple iPods. [SILICON VALLEY]

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