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PATENT PROTECTION ESSENTIALS
Patent Protection Essentials For Inventors & Businesses
We live in a world where inventions form much of the backbone of our modern economy. There are very few enterprises which don’t rely upon inventions of one kind or another. Around the world patent laws are the primary legal tool used to obtain legal protection for an invention. This program provides a big picture survey of the patent protection legal landscape. By the end of the program you should have a general understanding of the patent protection system for inventions, how patent protection is obtained, and how patents actually work.
Episode 1: The Global Patent Protection System
Governments from around the world have implemented patent protection systems for inventions. This episode describes the global stage for patent protection, including the role that the World Trade Organization and is Trade Related Aspects Of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement plays.
Episode 2: United States Patent Protection
Learn about the different types of patent protection that are available in the United States for inventions. U.S. utility, design, and plant patents are explained by registered U.S. patent attorney David Kleiman.
Episode 3: Patent Applications
Registered U.S. patent attorney David M. Kleiman explains the different types of patent applications that are available to inventors here in the United States. Provisional and non-provisional applications for U.S. utility patent applications, U.S. and international design patent applications, U.S. plant patent applications, and international Patent Cooperation Treaty (“PCT”) applications are explained.
Episode 4: Important Things To Know Before Filing
The first step to securing patent rights is avoiding actions before filing a patent application that can bar you from getting patent protection on an invention. In this episode U.S. patent attorney David M. Kleiman explains what the prior art is, and the steps you should take to avoid unwittingly having your invention become part of the prior art and thereby lose the ability to get patent protection.
Episode 5: The Patent Application Process
It isn’t quick, inexpensive, or easy to successfully draft, file, and prosecute a patent application all the way to successful issuance as a granted patent. In this episode U.S. patent attorney David M. Kleiman explains what happens to a patent application after it is filed, and the types of expenses that typically go into patent applications. Learn about the legal criteria that an application is examined for to see if it is eligible to be issued as a patent.
Episode 6: Patent Ownership
In this episode U.S. patent attorney David M. Kleiman explains how the ownership of U.S. patents works, and some best practices when it comes to securing such ownership in the most effective way. Maintenance fees are also explained.
Episode 7: The Basics Of Patent Infringement
Learn the basic principles of patent infringement and how it is determined. U.S. patent attorney explains the important all claim elements rule, blocking patents, claim interpretation, and the legal remedies which may be available to a patent owner for patent infringement. The importance of patent marking to maximizing the legal relief available in cases of infringement is also discussed.