By: The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property Executive Editor: Chief Judge Paul Michel, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (retired) and Board Member, Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation The primary goal of a patent is to...
By: The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property Executive Editor: Manny Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel, IBM. Corp. and President, Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation Why would one choose protecting intellectual property (IP) that one...
This is Part 3 of our ‘Basics of IP’ blog series. You can find Part 1 and Part 2 here. The following has been adapted from “A Patent System For Everyone”, a Michelson IP animated short. What makes America’s patent law history unique Few...
This is Part 2 of our ‘Basics of IP’ blog series. You can find Part 1 here. The following has been adapted from “Do Patents Really Promote Innovation?”, a Michelson IP animated short. Do patents promote innovation, or hold it back? This...
This is Part 1 of our ‘Basics of IP’ blog series. The following has been adapted from “Can I Patent That?”, a Michelson IP animated short. Say you’ve got a genius idea… and you’d like to patent it. The first thing you need to know is...
If you’re working with others on projects where intellectual property (IP) may be developed in the process, you’ll likely want to take into account issues of joint authorship and work for hire. These are complex, multifaceted topics. In this blog post, we’ll explain...
