For an invention first conceived or reduced to practice in the U.S., by any of the inventors of such invention, any patent application shall first be filed in the U.S. Uncle Sam wants to be sure any inventions made in the U.S. can be reviewed for national security concerns before they get published to the world or filed abroad.
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So you finally get around to signing that NDA with the potential business partner. But when did you start giving that partner access to your confidential information? Was it before you signed? Was it before the effective date of the NDA?
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So you finally get around to signing that NDA with the potential business partner. But when did you start giving that partner access to your confidential information? Was it before you signed? Was it before the effective date of the NDA?
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A secrecy order is an official instruction from the Commissioner of the United States Trademark and Patent Office to prevent the disclosure of sensitive information in a patent application that could threaten national security.
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In the U.S., trademark rights are use-based. Trademark rights only arise from your use of the mark.
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Employment agreements create a clear, written record of mutually agreed terms between companies and employees or contractors.
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You don’t want to contact a tool company directly and tell them about your great idea without having some protections in place. Sometimes a non-disclosure agreement can be effective for making an initial disclosure of your invention to another party.
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You don’t want to contact a tool company directly and tell them about your great idea without having some protections in place. Sometimes a non-disclosure agreement can be effective for making an initial disclosure of your invention to another party.
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You don’t want to contact a tool company directly and tell them about your great idea without having some protections in place. Sometimes a non-disclosure agreement can be effective for making an initial disclosure of your invention to another party.
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You don’t want to contact a tool company directly and tell them about your great idea without having some protections in place. Sometimes a non-disclosure agreement can be effective for making an initial disclosure of your invention to another party.
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Peacock Law works with SaaS clients to negotiate, draft and execute agreements that will establish long-lasting and beneficial relationships.
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The risk of inadvertently crossing paths with an internet troll is something that every business owner must be aware of and watch out for.
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The risk of inadvertently crossing paths with an internet troll is something that every business owner must be aware of and watch out for.
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The risk of inadvertently crossing paths with an internet troll is something that every business owner must be aware of and watch out for.
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Many inventions are the result of collaboration. Collaboration creates complications where intellectual property is concerned.
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It’s natural to get excited to get a new innovation to market, or to at least let the world know that it is coming soon. Make sure you avoid these common mistakes before you make that announcement or first sale, lest you risk giving up your own patent rights in the invention.
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Many inventions are the result of collaboration. Collaboration creates complications where intellectual property is concerned.
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Here at Peacock Law, one of the questions we receive most often from clients is how they will be paid by a licensing agreement. The short answer to that question of how one will get paid is that it depends.
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Your intellectual property licensing arrangement is one of the most important decisions you will make concerning your business. The first big question about the licensing deal is whether it will be exclusive or non-exclusive.
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If your family has a treasured secret recipe that has been handed down for generations, you already understand the basics of a trade secret. In legal terms, a trade secret pertains to information that derives independent economic value from not being generally known to and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by others.
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These 8 tips will prepare you to make the best of any fame that comes to your content, or if your content is already going “viral”, to provide some wisdom through this incredibly exciting adventure.
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These 8 tips will prepare you to make the best of any fame that comes to your content, or if your content is already going “viral”, to provide some wisdom through this incredibly exciting adventure.
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What are your chances of success in being issued a patent for your invention? Wouldn’t you like to know!
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Perhaps you developed a more efficient way of making existing products? Perhaps you developed a way of making products that were previously impossible to make before? Or perhaps you developed a way to make a better product? Whatever the case, the way…
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