Intellectual Property Matters Blog
Marco H. Santamaria, Patents, Peacock Law P.C. Counsel
Patent laws provide legal protection for the exclusive use of patented products and services by their inventors and innovators, but enforcing patent protection against infringement is often extremely expensive.
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Marco H. Santamaria, Patents, Peacock Law P.C. Counsel
Foreign filings for a company’s intellectual property enhance the technology’s attractiveness and value to potential buyers who wish to do business in jurisdictions outside the United States.
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Copyrights, IP Trade Secrets, Justin R Muehlmeyer
Employment agreements create a clear, written record of mutually agreed terms between companies and employees or contractors.
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Copyrights, IP Trade Secrets
It may be wise to take a step back before drafting and sending that letter or email. While cease and desist letters serve a legitimate function, a poorly crafted demand, or one based on claims that cannot be supported, can do much more legal harm than good.
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Commercialization, Justin R Muehlmeyer
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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Marco H. Santamaria, Patents, Peacock Law P.C. Counsel
Filing for a patent is procedurally different from filing for a copyright or trademark. Unlike copyright law, which protects creative works, or trademark law, which protects trade names, patent protection may be granted to the first inventor to file a patent application for an invention that is useful, novel, and nonobvious.
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Commercialization, IP Trade Secrets, Justin R Muehlmeyer, Patents, Peacock Law P.C. Counsel
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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Commercialization, IP Trade Secrets, Justin R Muehlmeyer, Patents, Peacock Law P.C. Counsel
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.
Read more...
Commercialization, IP Trade Secrets, Justin R Muehlmeyer, Patents, Peacock Law P.C. Counsel
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.
Read more...
Commercialization, IP Trade Secrets, Justin R Muehlmeyer, Patents, Peacock Law P.C. Counsel
Peacock Law works with SaaS clients to negotiate, draft and execute agreements that will establish long-lasting and beneficial relationships.
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