A patent is an intellectual property tool made to help the owner protect their invention from being made, used, or sold by others. Depending on the invention it is protecting, patents can be very valuable because of the exclusive financial benefit the invention...
Patents serve as a valuable tool of the U.S. Intellectual Property system for inventors and creators looking to protect their work in the marketplace. According to the USPTO, a patent for an invention is defined as “the grant of a property right to the inventor,...
Need some good reading material? Here’s a quick recap of the top IP news stories we loved diving into this month! “In the past several months, Marvel has received termination notices [for usage of the Spider-Man, Dr. Strange & Black Widow characters]...
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 on what can be patented. 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...
