Intellectual property laws protect unique ideas and create value around the world. At War IP Law, intellectual property is more than just our job. It is our passion. We work with clients on countless types of IP issues, such as copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets. If you have any questions about an intellectual property [...]
A patent is important because it can help safeguard your invention. It can protect any product, design, or process that meets certain specifications according to its novelty, utility, and non-obviousness. There are two types of patent applications – provisional and non-provisional. These two patent applications have different requirements and create different aspects of patent [...]
According to the United States Department of Commerce, the average trademark application was pending for nine and a half months in the year 2020. Receiving a United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) trademark suspension letter can mean that a trademark application will take longer than average – sometimes considerably longer than average - [...]
According to the Department of State, the United States Patent And Trademark Office has issued over ten million patents. However, millions of trademark applications end up refused or abandoned. A final office action from the USPTO might sound like the end of the trademark or patent application process, but it is often only one [...]
Previously, an applicant for a U.S. trademark could reside anywhere in the world and still submit their trademark application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office on their own. However, new laws now require that foreign-domiciled trademark applicants without a United States address must hire a U.S. licensed attorney to represent them with respect [...]
Previously, an applicant for a U.S. trademark could reside anywhere in the world and still submit their trademark application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office on their own. However, new laws now require that foreign-domiciled trademark applicants without a United States address must hire a U.S. licensed attorney to represent them with respect [...]
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), an agency in the US Department of Commerce (USDOC), is responsible for granting patents and registering trademarks. The United States Copyright Office (USCO) is a part of the Library of Congress and it maintains records of copyright registrations in the United States. The USPTO also maintains [...]
Inventions, copyrights, patents, and trademarks are often part of complex subject matter that must comply with pertinent laws. License agreements, be it a patent license agreement or trademark license agreement, can be quite confusing. An inventor who wishes to protect an invention, however, must be familiar with what the terms infringing, copyrighted, patented, or trademarked [...]
Previously, an applicant for a U.S. trademark could reside anywhere in the world and still submit their trademark application to the United States Patent and Trademark Office on their own. However, new laws now require that foreign-domiciled trademark applicants without a United States address must hire a U.S. licensed attorney to represent them with respect [...]
Patent, trademark, and copyright laws are very crucial, especially if you wish to make use of another's intellectual property rights or are granting rights for licensed products. Here, diligence is key. Whether you are licensing rights or would want to license rights, consulting a trademark and patent lawyer or copyright law expert will help you [...]
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