Purpose of Patents A patent is important because it can help safeguard your invention. It can protect any product, design or process that meets certain specifications according to its originality, practicality, suitability, and utility. In most cases, a patent can protect an invention for up to 20 years. This time period starts soon as you […]
New IP Czar Named
By Mark Malek
Sep 3rd, 2014
DC Attorney Danny Marti has been named the new IP Czar
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights – What’s the Difference?
By Mark Malek
Nov 7th, 2013
Many people tend to confuse the types of intellectual property protections that are available to them. In short, a patent protects the function of an invention, a trademark protections a name and/or logo that may be used to identify the source of goods and/or services, and a copyright is meant to protect original works of authorship.
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