Practical guides and articles on patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other areas of IP law.
Third-party pre-issuance submissions give competitors and innovators a way to challenge pending patents with prior art before they are granted.
The now-suspended Rocket Docket program through the USPTO was a cost-effective way to obtain design patent protection quickly and begin enforcing against infringers sooner.
AI is changing the way we invent, but under U.S. patent law only humans can be listed as inventors. Here’s what innovators need to know.
To secure a valid trademark, your application must include a clear and detailed description of the goods and services connected to your business. Learn how.
When used strategically, IPR can be a powerful way to protect intellectual property rights or defend against weak or overly broad patents.
An overview of the key steps to help you understand how trademark applications work and what to expect along the way.
Under the first-to-file rule, the first inventor to file a patent application — not necessarily the first to invent — receives the patent.
Intellectual property might sound it’s just for major corporations, but it affects inventors, entrepreneurs, artists, designers, and anyone who creates something new.
Just like physical property, intellectual property is protected by law. When someone violates these rights, it’s called infringement, and it can lead to serious legal consequences.
Copyright law is designed to protect creators, but in some situations, using someone else’s work without permission isn’t infringement at all. That’s where the doctrine of fair use comes in.