Intellectual Property Rights or IPR is a controlled protection for original works such as writing, identifiers, inventions, and processes. Patent and trademark are some of the many types of intellectual properties. Patent Defined A patent is an “exclusive right” [...]
Today, many people tend to be confused on what copyright, patent and trademark is all about. Many people tend to neglect the importance of these things. First of all, when you start your own business, you should have a [...]
In October 2008, the Federal Circuit reviewed the decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences that discussed below in a 132 page decision. The Board had sustained a rejection of all eleven claims under 35 U. S. C. 101 as not directed to patent-eligible subject matter. The Federal Circuit affirmed, [...]
Mechanical engineering perhaps has the oldest known inventions and patents. In fact, the word ?engineering? is derived from a mechanical component. Mechanical engineering is a field that was conceived from natural laws of physics, where one engineers or manipulates these laws to his/her advantage. Mechanical patents non exhaustively and generally encompass [...]
Have you come up with an idea, or an innovative process, or developed a neat little prototype around it? Are you totally excited about it and want to release it in the market and test it out? Hold on a bit, because you need to first protect your intellectual property. It takes years to conceptualize [...]
In recent years, there has been an extensive boost in technological concepts related to electronics and electrical domain. Electronic engineering is a constantly changing and widening branch of technology. Electronics and semiconductor engineering is one of the largest and fastest growing industries. This growth has entailed a wide range of [...]
Today, we are living in the age of information technology & spreading our wings to every aspect of the society. We exchange our information (ideas, techniques, process, and product) to a target group but we never come to know this thing that someone is also targeting our information. So we are much prone [...]
The intellectual property (IP) is a grouping of related concepts that cover a certain area or domain. It can be related to names, inventions, written materials and recorded media. The exclusive rights that come with holding the intellectual property on a certain subject give to the owner the possibility to benefit from his [...]
Being a part of the corporate world is becoming less and less sexy, and it’s certainly no guarantee of security. The cool factor now lies in ability to run your own show. Mass media suggests that a real road to wealth and security is not climbing a corporate ladder, but rather becoming [...]