The US Patent and Trademark Office has announced that it will offer an awards competition for patent owners and licensees. For over two centuries, strong patents have provided business incentives that encourage technological progress to build our modern world. As we struggle to combat the issues plaguing many of the world’s poor, patents play an [...]
Background A patent is a grant that is issued by the United States Government that gives you the right to exclude all others from making, using or selling the claimed subject matter of your patent, or its equivalents. Before you decide to pursue your idea, you should be confident that a market exists for you [...]
The US Patent and Trademark Office provides a complimentary service known as “Commerce Connect” to assist firms to connect with federal, state, local and nonprofit resources. The effort is designed to cut through red tape and simplify access to services and resources that can help companies grow, create jobs and become more efficient. Trained CommerceConnect [...]
The United States and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced last week that it has entered into a no-cost, two-year agreement with Google to make bulk electronic patent and trademark public data available to the public in bulk form. Under this agreement, the USPTO is providing Google with existing bulk, electronic files, which Google will host without [...]
