Patent Application Section

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Steps For Getting A Patent

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. March 23, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For furth...

Nigeria: Why You Badly Need To Protect The Intellectual Property Of Your Startup

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By: Gabriel Eze Here's the thing—one of the most important aspect of your business is the intellectual property of your startup. Ignor...

How to Get a Patent

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. March 18, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For furth...

Do I Need A Patent?

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. March 15, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For furth...

Dos and Don’ts of IP Protection for Tech Startups

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By: Chinh H. Pham The launch of a startup is an exciting time for any tech entrepreneur. As you embark on this adventure, it is critical t...

Steps For Getting A Patent

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. March 11, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For furth...

Singapore intellectual property officer nominated for UN top role

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By: Eileen Yu A Singaporean officer has been nominated for the role of director general of the United Nations (UN) World Intellectual Prop...

Unpatentable - No Problem! Tips To Protect Your Idea Anyway

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. March 4, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For furthe...

The Truth Nobody Tells You About Startup Budgeting

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By: Tracy Leigh Hazzard So many startups are so eager to throw money into anything they believe will speed up the launch process. More sea...

How to Patent a Business Method

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. March 2, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For furthe...

Best response to a trademark invoice scam; new UK IP minister; crackdown on coronavirus applications – news digest

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By: Jonathan Walfisz Every Tuesday and Friday, WTR presents a round-up of news, developments and insights from across the trademark sphere...

How to Patent a Plant Species

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. February 27, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For fu...

Basic Guide to Intellectual Property that will save your business

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By: Marsha Kelly As an entrepreneur and small business owner, some of the most precious assets are intangible and are considered, rather t...

How to Patent a Program

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. February 24, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For fu...

Why Startups Need to File Patent at An Early Stage

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By: Baishali Mukherjee Patents play a major role in getting funds for startups, especially the tech ventures. Venture capitalists evidentl...

How to Patent

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. February 16, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For fu...

Unpatentable - No Problem! Tips To Protect Your Idea Anyway

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. February 12, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For fu...

10 Reasons to Patent Your Startup’s New Invention

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By: Doug Robinson What would you do if your biggest competitor said your startup’s product infringes on its patent? What if you learned th...

Startup Business: A Checklist

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. February 7, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For fur...

To Patent or Not to Patent?

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By: McKeever INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Here we have our suggestions and turn on Intellectual property through our personal experience of I.P...

Some Indiegogo Success Tips

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. February 3, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For fur...

DOES YOUR ETSY SHOP NEED A TRADEMARK, PATENT, OR COPYRIGHT? BY @DEBORAHSWEENEY

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By: Deborah Sweeney You’d be hard pressed to meet an entrepreneurially-minded woman who doesn’t consider Etsy to be an incredible haven fo...

Unpatentable - No Problem! Tips To Protect Your Idea Anyway

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. January 28, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For fur...

Intellectual property rights explained

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By: Charlie Wilson If you have created a new device or way of operating then you are entitled to file a claim to protect your innovation. ...

Quick And Easy Steps To Get Your Patent Application On File

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. January 23, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For fur...

IP Strategy 101: What Startups Need to Know

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By: Ken Seddon Though startup founders wear many hats when they launch their businesses — innovator, creator, delegator, coder, fundraiser...

Google Secrets No More - What Recent Google Patents Tell Us About SEO, Ads, and More

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. January 19, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For fur...

Huawei ranks in the top ten for the first time in U.S. patent applications

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By: Mzee Kobe From the point of view of the ownership of patent companies granted by the U.S. government, the United States ranks first wi...

Claims In A Patent Application - What You Should Know

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. January 13, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For fur...

Collecting and Using Competitive Intelligence | For Startups, New Ventures, and Entrepreneurs

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By: Jace  Competitive Intelligence? What’s competitive intelligence? According to Wikipedia, “Competitive intelligence (CI) is the action ...

Responding to a Rejection in a Patent Application

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. January 12, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For fur...

Basics of Intellectual Property Law in Nigeria

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By: David Adamgbo Here I’ll be talking about six different areas of intellectual property law which is also referred to as IP or IP Law, t...

What Is Patentable?

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. January 20, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For fur...

Will 2020 be the year you take the leap to start up your own business?

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By: William Dean Setting up your own business can be a daunting task. We know. We work with many entrepreneurs and startup businesses who ...

Patent Mistakes Commonly Made By DIY Inventors

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. January 9, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For furt...

Nigeria: Essential Intellectual Property Rights Protection For E-Commerce Companies In Nigeria

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By: Bisola Scott INTRODUCTION The internet has transformed the conventional way of trading, and businesses trade over the internet, eith...

A Patent Attorney Talks About Investing

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. January 6, 2020 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For furt...

Exploring Intellectual Property at Apple: A Study of Strategy and Patterns

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By: Julia Justusson Whether companies use patent portfolios to encourage innovation or to stifle competition, protecting intellectual prop...

Getting Investors - Ultra Quick Tips

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. Dec 31, 2019 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For further...

How To Trademark Your Logo Design

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By: Admin Finding the perfect logo design for your business can be a big task all by itself. Once you finally find a logo designer or use ...

GETTING INVESTORS – SURPRISING TYPES

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. Dec 24, 2019 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For further...

Alex Tame: Why Startups Need to Have a Global IP Strategy

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By: Alex Tame In an increasingly global economy, even startups need to consider where their companies fit in internationally. Entrepreneur...

WHAT IS TRADEMARK

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. Dec. 20, 2019 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For furthe...

4 Key Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Ask About Intellectual Property ("IP")

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By: Mark Getty To avoid early missteps in protecting valuable business intellectual property, every entrepreneur should regularly ask hims...

Electronics Inventions Facing Patent Legal Adversity – Surprisingly Good News For Your Inventive Electronics!

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. Dec 16, 2019 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For further...

Beyond Patents: The Problems of Non-Traditional Trademark Protection for Medicines and Health Technologies

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By: Irene Calboli In November 2015, the United Nations Secretary General convened a High-Level Panel on Access to Health Technologies. The...

NDAs: Trick or Treat - Do They Help, and Should You Want One?

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. Dec 9, 2019 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For further ...

International Intellectual Property Rights: Everything Exporters Need to Know

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By: Benjamin Williams The importance of doing business internationally grows more significant every year. It is important to remember that...

Great Ways to Invent – Get Incredible Features In Your Invention

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By: Michael J Foycik Jr. Dec.4, 2019 The author is a patent attorney with over 28 years experience in patents and trademarks. For further ...

Patents in Asia-Pacific 2019/2020: The new innovation battleground

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By: Jacob Schindler Asia is the centre of the IP world, accounting for two-thirds of all patent, trademark and industrial design applicati...