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Terry Williamson Profile and Articles
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1). Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights--What’s the Difference?
Patents
A patent protects inventions through federal law. Inventions are your creative ideas for new products (articles of manufacture), machines, processes, methods, compositions of matter, ornamentation on products, or new plants. An improvement on an existing product may also be patented.
Utility patents p...
2). Publish Your Patent Application? ... or Not.
Infringement and Provisional Damages
There is no action for infringement of your patent until it actually issues. However, through publication of your application, it may be possible to obtain provisional damages for the time between publication of the application and the issuance of the patent. Once your patent issues, infringe...
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