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What is Intellectual Property

What is Intellectual Property

An overview of what is intellectual property (IP), its policies, and related documents provided by San Jose Patent Attorneys. What Is Intellectual Property Unlike tangible assets to your business, such as computers or your office, intellectual property is a collection...

Is Your Business Idea Protected?

Is Your Business Idea Protected?

Don't let intellectual property theft and business sabotage steal your great idea. Entrepreneurs lose millions of dollars each year due to intellectual property theft and business espionage. Here are five tips to make sure your idea is protected: Write it down. In a...

Intellectual Property Rights Matter

Intellectual Property Rights Matter

IP Resources provide an overview of intellectual property rights, policies, and related documents. San Jose Patent Attorneys. Call (408) 273-4640. International Trade Agreement Negotiations Intellectual property rights are legal rights that provide innovators and...

When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the Movie Industry

When to Sell Your Idea: Theory and Evidence from the Movie Industry

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY — How completely should an innovator develop his idea before selling it? HBS assistant professor Hong Luo addresses this question in a theoretical framework that links the sales stage to the innovator's "observable quality." She uses the context of...

U.S. high court sets record for intellectual property caseload

U.S. high court sets record for intellectual property caseload

In a sign of the growing struggles that judges face applying old laws to new technology, the U.S. Supreme Court this year is hearing the highest proportion of intellectual property cases in its history. In the court's nine-month term ending in June, the justices will...

Useful Links

 

Patent Search

United States Patent and Trademark Office

http://www.uspto.gov/main/sitesearch.htm

Delphion (formerly IBM) Patent Server

http://www.delphion.com/

 

Global Patent Offices

WIPO — World Intellectual Property Organization

http://www.wipo.org/

Patent Cooperation Treaty Legal Office of the USPTO

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapps/pct/

Japanese Patent Office

http://www.jpo.go.jp/

Canadian Intellectual Property Office

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.html

European Patent Office

http://www.epo.co.at/index.htm

European Union Commission-Europa

http://europa.eu.int/

United Kingdom Patent Office

http://www.ipo.gov.uk

Indian Patent Office

http://ipindia.nic.in