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Copyright & Trademark

Patent Pending, shedding light on the confusion.

21st August 2009
The term patent pending comes with no guarantees. In some ways those rights are instant, yet in other ways they are conditional. And in some ways, those rights are retroactive back to the filing date. And, most importantly, you cannot file a lawsuit until...
Author: sbbarca
Copyright & Trademark

Why you should think twice about Provisional Patent Applications

20th August 2009
In the past, it was typically accepted as standard practice for an inventor to write up a really quick and dirty patent application, draft up some quick drawings with the kids' crayons and send it off to the USPTO as a provisional patent application. Occa...
Author: sbbarca