Terry Williamson
Member Since: 11th April 2006
URL: http://www.trwiplaw.com
Occupation: Patent Attorney
No of articles: 6
About Me:
Thomas R. (Terry) Williamson III, Ph.D., Registered Patent Attorney Williamson Intellectual Property Law, LLC 1870 The Exchange, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30339 770-777-0977 http://www.trwiplaw.com
URL: http://www.trwiplaw.com
Occupation: Patent Attorney
No of articles: 6
About Me:
Thomas R. (Terry) Williamson III, Ph.D., Registered Patent Attorney Williamson Intellectual Property Law, LLC 1870 The Exchange, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30339 770-777-0977 http://www.trwiplaw.com
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Once you file your patent application in the United States, you have started a clock running that when it runs out will prevent you from getting a patent in a foreign country if you don't take timely action. That clock runs for one year. Your alternat...
Foreign File Your Patent Application
23rd July 2007Once you file your patent application in the United States, you have started a clock running that when it runs out will prevent you from getting a patent in a foreign country if you don't take timely action. That clock runs for one year. Your alternat...
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A recent United States Supreme Court ruling is causing quite a stir in intellectual property circles. The case is KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., et al., 127 S. Ct. 1727 (2007). Background To obtain a patent, the invention must be useful, novel and...
After KSR – Stronger Patents or Just Harder to Get?
21st May 2007A recent United States Supreme Court ruling is causing quite a stir in intellectual property circles. The case is KSR Int'l Co. v. Teleflex Inc., et al., 127 S. Ct. 1727 (2007). Background To obtain a patent, the invention must be useful, novel and...
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What They Are and Aren’t Provisional A provisional patent application is not a patent, and furthermore, never becomes a patent, with the single rare exception noted below. It automatically expires after twelve months following the day of filing a...
Provisional or Non-provisional Patent Application --- Which Should You Choose?
21st April 2007What They Are and Aren’t Provisional A provisional patent application is not a patent, and furthermore, never becomes a patent, with the single rare exception noted below. It automatically expires after twelve months following the day of filing a...
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Infringement and Provisional Damages There is no action for infringement of your patent until it actually issues. However, through publication of your application, it may be possible to obtain provisional damages for the time between publication of th...
Publish Your Patent Application? ... or Not.
02nd May 2006Infringement and Provisional Damages There is no action for infringement of your patent until it actually issues. However, through publication of your application, it may be possible to obtain provisional damages for the time between publication of th...
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Patents A patent protects inventions through federal law. Inventions are your creative ideas for new products (articles of manufacture), machines, processes, methods, compositions of matter, ornamentation on products, or new plants. An improvement on...
Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights--What's the Difference?
12th April 2006Patents A patent protects inventions through federal law. Inventions are your creative ideas for new products (articles of manufacture), machines, processes, methods, compositions of matter, ornamentation on products, or new plants. An improvement on...
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