I have a really good idea that could triple the revenue of a specific company. How do I reach with minimum effort (so I can have other ideas) a situation where: The company uses/considers this idea; I get some recognition/compensation/consultancy position. How far can an...
Continue ReadingB2B Unfair Standard Form Contracts If you do business with small businesses after 12 November 2016 then a new contracts regime will apply to your standard form contracts. This applies whether you are a small or large business. If you have a standard-form contract (e.g. Terms...
Continue ReadingThe biggest challenges depend on the inventor/applicant and the industry that they work in so there is no one major challenge. This is my list of the biggest challenges built up from my experience in my years of practice: Converting an idea/concept into one...
Continue ReadingAre there any benefits, compared to self-filing? Example: if I file a provisional with a patent attorney, can it be used as "proof" later in a dispute (with another party claiming inventorship), even if the provisional had expired? Could my patent attorney "back me up"...
Continue ReadingWhen a patent is examined whether another product that your invention relies on is patented or not is irrelevant. The test comes down to whether your invention is new and inventive given the things that have been known and used before your patent was filed. If...
Continue ReadingPatents are effectively a social contract. In exchange for you revealing your invention to the public so they can replicate it, you get a time-limited monopoly on that invention. Renewals are there to ensure that monopolies are not left in place if they are not commercially...
Continue ReadingThis is not advisable. I have been a patent professional for 20 years, and the self-filed applications I have dealt with have not once met the requirements for a valid and commercially useful patent, often resulting in a loss of patent rights. The trouble is...
Continue ReadingLet's say I have an idea but know next to nothing on how to execute it. Hence, I would need either collaborators or people who can guide or advise me on what to do. What will stop them from stealing my idea and doing it...
Continue ReadingDesigns can be registered for shapes or configurations of articles or patterns or ornamentation applied to articles. Some examples are jewellery design, vacuum cleaners, furniture, toys, footwear, textiles, clothing and the shape of a new car headlight. Design registration is recommended for all important and...
Continue ReadingPatents protect inventions and innovations. The invention or innovation does not have to be ground-breaking to be protectable by a patent. However, it must at least be an improvement on what has come before. The subject matter of a patent must also be new. For example,...
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