Can I release an invention to test the market and then patent it after if it...
In the US, you would have one year from a public disclosure to file a patent application. However, most countries don’t give as much time. In most countries outside of the US, most notably at the...
View ArticleShould patents have dynamic patent monopoly lengths?
There are a lot of potential meanings to the phrase “dynamic patent monopoly lengths,” but by one definition, they may already exit. Most patent offices in the world charge some type of “maintenance...
View ArticleDoes patent filing help in initial fund raising for hardware startups? Or is...
I think it’s difficult to give a one-size-fits all generic answer to this question. Deciding when to file a patent application is always going to involve a balancing of cost, risk and potential reward....
View ArticleIs Reduction to Practice enough to establish a priority date for a patent?
The concept of “Reduction to Practice” doesn’t actually matter these days, unless you have a US patent application that was filed before March 16, 2013. US patent applications filed before that date...
View ArticleWhat is the cost for filing an international patent?
There is no such thing as an international patent, so it is necessary to file national patent applications in each country in which you eventually want a patent. It is possible to delay the date on...
View ArticleCan a social-media post demonstrating a technology be used to establish...
This post is based on my answer to a question on Quora. The question further asked whether there is any precedent for the legal use of a ‘first reported online publication date’ in social media to...
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