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Should I file a provisional patent application?
A provisional application reserves the date for a future patent application. It does not itself provide the protection of a patent but it gives you a priority date so thatRead More
What Are Trade Secrets?
A trade secret is broadly defined as it can essentially be any confidential information of value. Trade secrets are considered intellectual property. However, unlike other IP rights, trade secrets canRead More
What is a Certification Trademark?
A certification trade mark is a registered intellectual property right that signifies the bearer of the trade mark has met an official standard. It is a special type of trademarkRead More
What do Patent Attorneys Do?
Patent attorneys are intellectual property attorneys who are qualified and trained in laws relating to patents, trademarks, design rights, copyright, trade practices and confidential information. Their primary role is toRead More
What are common issues with patent applications?
Although applying for a patent is often necessary to protect your invention and your ability to commercialise the product, it can be a long and expensive process. Consider these commonRead More
How to transfer a trademark
Assignment of a trademark refers to the process by which ownership of a registered trade mark or a trade mark in the process of registration, may be passed from oneRead More
What are Moral Rights?
Anyone who creates artistic, dramatic, musical, literary or filmic work automatically have intellectual property rights over it. One kind of these IP rights are moral rights. Moral rights are personalRead More