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About Lawrence

Lawrence Cohen was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended Northeastern University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. He then went on to Boston University Law School where he received his Law Degree. At Boston University Lawrence Cohen was managing editor of the Law Review. He completed post graduate studies at Northeastern University in High Polymer Chemistry and Computer Science. He has been in the private practice of Intellectual Property Law since 1989. Before that he was an in-house attorney for several of the country's most prestigious high technology corporations. Mr. Cohen's practice in the patent law field includes obtaining patents in the US and worldwide. His practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office is marked by a history of success in fields from the highest technologies to the most practical consumer products. These can be seen in the List of Patents. In the field of Trademarks, Mr. Cohen represents clients in registration proceedings in the US and worldwide. He is noted for obtaining challenging results, such as pioneering the registration of "scent" trademarks. In all the fields of Intellectual Property, clients depend on Mr. Cohen to give them legally sound and economically practical advice which draws upon his decades of experience.

What is a Copyright?

Copyright is a form of protection granted by law for original works of authorship. Copyrights come into being when the work is fixed in a tangible medium of expression. There can be copyrights for literary works, musical, dramatic, and choreographed … Continue reading

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Promotional Activity

To be liable for direct infringement for offering for sale the subject of a patent, the patented invention need not have been already manufactured or imported into the United States. Any unauthorized promotional activity of a patented invention that does … Continue reading

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Embodiment

When a patented invention is manufactured and sold, it is not the patent that is sold but rather an embodiment of the patent. When sold, the inventor’s rights in the physical embodiment of the patent are said to have been … Continue reading

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What is a Trademark?

A trademark is a distinctive sign or indicator used to identify that the products or services with which it is used originate from a particular source, and to distinguish its products or services from those of others. Trademarks rights arise … Continue reading

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Patentability of Business Methods

In the latter part of the 20th century, there was a slow realization that the basis for rejecting business-method patent applications was not because the invention to be patented was a business method but because the subject matter of the … Continue reading

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