Patents are some of the most authoritative government protections for intellectual property. When you come up with a new concept, new chemical formula or new production process, you can patent your research or your new products. When you have a patent, you can...
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Intellectual Property & Trade Secrets
Do you own your employees’ ideas?
As a business owner, you know that you may need to apply for patents and trademarks when you come up with an intellectual property of your own. This is how you keep other businesses from using it, and it's important to protect your IP because it is so valuable to your...
Can the USPTO refuse to register your trademark?
Although you can use a trademark without registering it with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), you will lose significant advantages. Examples include: Registration may deter others from using identical or similar marks Registration proves...
Can you patent an idea?
You have an excellent idea, and you want to start a business based around it. However, you're nervous to even talk to anyone about it because you don't want someone to steal your idea. What you're wondering is if you could patent that idea first. This would allow you...
Factors to consider before obtaining a patent
It is likely that you have spent many years trying to establish your company. There may be unique technology and methods at the heart of your business activities. However, such components can only remain unique if they are protected. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon...
Is it getting harder to protect intellectual property?
Intellectual property law has always been important, as business owners have always been worried about someone stealing their ideas, trademarks, trade secrets, or patented designs. They didn't want someone else to be able to profit off of these things, either by...
Trademark lawsuit over “Cleveland Guardians” gets messy
The baseball team formerly known as the Cleveland Indians has been under pressure for a very long time to ditch their problematic moniker and trademarks -- and they finally did. However, the next few moves they made could be a master class in what not to do when...
Your intellectual property is your value
Often, company owners know that their intellectual property is important, but they can’t quantify it. They can’t put a number on it or assign it a specific value the same way that they can with other assets. This can lead to extreme undervaluing of intellectual...
Applying for a patent with the USPTO
Inventing something new can be the highlight of a person’s career, so it is important that they do what is necessary to protect it under the law. A patent granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) offers legal protection to your intellectual property to...
What are my options under trademark law if there is infringement?
New Yorkers who have created a product or service should be aware of the importance of having trademark protection. Failure to do so leaves the individual and the product in jeopardy of being infringed upon and sowing confusion in the market. In some cases, it is a...