When to Patent Your Idea: 5 Things to Consider
A good idea, even a great idea, is insufficient to justify the filing of a patent application. It takes time to develop a novel, non-obvious, and useful invention for a strong application. Moreover, creating a product, process, or service that...
Non-Patent Literature: What Is It and Why Is It Important in Patent Research?
Scholarly publications have always served as the go-to source of information for cutting-edge research in academia. These publications are commonly referred to as “non-patent literature,” or NPL, in the context of intellectual property. NPL has a wide range of IP...
Become Recession Proof: Innovating in an Economic Downturn
Can innovating during an economic downturn make your company recession proof? In this article, we’ll look at why innovating during a downturn boosts growth. It’s no secret that the global economy is struggling to recover in the aftermath of the...
7 Elements of an Effective Defensive Publication
What is a Defensive Publication? An effective defensive publication is just what it sounds like: the publication of a disclosure that does not provide the publisher with patent protection but does offer defensive benefits, such as the formation of prior...
Defensive Publication vs Patent
Defensive Publication vs Patent? Do you also have the same question in mind? Patents and technical disclosures are examples of intellectual property included in a comprehensive IP strategy. Both are legal ways to publish an invention. However, determining which strategy...
Defensive Publication: A Low-Cost Supplement to Your Patent Strategy
In an ideal world with unlimited resources and IP legal department budgets, all invention revelations would result in patent filings. However, this was not the case prior to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the pandemic has only made many companies’...