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 [...]

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 [...]

Intellectual property law is a crucial topic. But few are familiar with the processes that protect their intellectual property assets. Many people think the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) processes a lot of patent applications, all for inventors who just want to get ahead of a competitor. However, intellectual property protection is [...]

Whether you are drafting or accepting a licensing agreement, you must keep in mind that your contract represents the marriage of intellectual property law and contract law. As such, many common terms may carry slightly different meanings in a licensing agreement. Moreover, it is important to understand the basics of intellectual property law so that [...]