Patent Protection & Registration Patents grant property rights on new and useful inventions, allowing the patent holder to prevent others from using, making, or selling that invention without permission for a limited time. U.S. patents are permitted by the U.S. Constitution and are designed to promote scientific progress and invention. By allowing inventors to profit from licensing or selling their patent rights, inventors can recoup their research and development costs and benefit financially from their inventing efforts. There are three main types of patents utility, plant, and design. U ..read more

Trademark Protection & Registration Securing and enforcing trademarks can improve a business’ market share, promote brand recognition, generate licensing income, and boost goodwill. Additionally, properly registering your trademarks can substantially protect your business as well as your customers from competitors, knock-offs, counterfeiters, and other bad actors. Patterson is committed to helping our clients identify and protect their core trademarks. Whether your business is launching its first product or manages a global product portfolio with associated trademarks and service marks, ou ..read more

Patent Protection & Registration Patents grant property rights on new and useful inventions, allowing the patent holder to prevent others from using, making, or selling that invention without permission for a limited time. U.S. patents are permitted by the U.S. Constitution and are designed to promote scientific progress and invention. By allowing inventors to profit from licensing or selling their patent rights, inventors can recoup their research and development costs and benefit financially from their inventing efforts. There are three main types of patents utility, plant, and design. U ..read more

 Navigating the Use of AI in Patent Practice: USPTO Issues Comprehensive Guidance for Practitioners Have you ever utilized AI to search for an invention or related prior art? What about employing generative systems like Microsoft’s ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini to draft portions of a patent application or arguments to overcome rejections from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)? With the emergence and widespread adoption of AI, the USPTO has intensified its efforts to address AI-related considerations in innovation and intellectual property. On April 11, 2024, the USPTO rel ..read more

PRESALES AND THE ON-SALE BAR: Protecting Crowdfunded Inventions Many new inventors, with big ideas and short funds, may be tempted to turn to crowdfunding options.  Crowdfunding platforms, such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Gofundme, can allow initial production costs of manufacturing a product to be offset by prospective sales to early backers of the invention.  This approach, however, can expose an invention to threats to its patentability arising from a patent doctrine known as the “on-sale bar”, which prohibits an inventor from patenting an invention which is already on sale to ..read more

Patent Protection & Registration Patents grant property rights on new and useful inventions, allowing the patent holder to prevent others from using, making, or selling that invention without permission for a limited time. U.S. patents are permitted by the U.S. Constitution and are designed to promote scientific progress and invention. By allowing inventors to profit from licensing or selling their patent rights, inventors can recoup their research and development costs and benefit financially from their inventing efforts. There are three main types of patents utility, plant, and design. U ..read more

Patent Protection & Registration Patents grant property rights on new and useful inventions, allowing the patent holder to prevent others from using, making, or selling that invention without permission for a limited time. U.S. patents are permitted by the U.S. Constitution and are designed to promote scientific progress and invention. By allowing inventors to profit from licensing or selling their patent rights, inventors can recoup their research and development costs and benefit financially from their inventing efforts. There are three main types of patents utility, plant, and design. U ..read more

Patent Protection & Registration Patents grant property rights on new and useful inventions, allowing the patent holder to prevent others from using, making, or selling that invention without permission for a limited time. U.S. patents are permitted by the U.S. Constitution and are designed to promote scientific progress and invention. By allowing inventors to profit from licensing or selling their patent rights, inventors can recoup their research and development costs and benefit financially from their inventing efforts. There are three main types of patents utility, plant, and design. U ..read more

Trademark Protection & Registration Securing and enforcing trademarks can improve a business’ market share, promote brand recognition, generate licensing income, and boost goodwill. Additionally, properly registering your trademarks can substantially protect your business as well as your customers from competitors, knock-offs, counterfeiters, and other bad actors. Patterson is committed to helping our clients identify and protect their core trademarks. Whether your business is launching its first product or manages a global product portfolio with associated trademarks and service marks, ou ..read more

Patent Protection & Registration Patents grant property rights on new and useful inventions, allowing the patent holder to prevent others from using, making, or selling that invention without permission for a limited time. U.S. patents are permitted by the U.S. Constitution and are designed to promote scientific progress and invention. By allowing inventors to profit from licensing or selling their patent rights, inventors can recoup their research and development costs and benefit financially from their inventing efforts. There are three main types of patents utility, plant, and design. U ..read more