Category Archives: Intellectual Property

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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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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