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Now that you have seen and learned about some of the steps to invention, new idea and patent success, it is time to also consider the playing fields of the new economy. How could you get your product/idea to market without all the associated costs, marketing, risks etc. As we have seen so far, it is not as simple as just coming up with something and trying to sell it! What do you need to consider upfront, even BEFORE you start thinking about bringing your product, idea, patent to market, turning it into that million (or billion!
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The papers must be presented in a form having sufficient clarity and contrast between the paper and the writing to permit electronic reproduction. Exhaustion of rights A legal concept stating that rights in a product are exhausted by its sale. inventionprocess. You have to use all means and channels at your disposal to best prepare, pacakge, pitch and present your idea to the world, to your best advantage of course!
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(SOURCE: Taken from the US Patent and Trademark Office website http://www.uspto.gov/main/faq/)
How would I know what to file for my idea: Patents, Trademarks, or Copyright?
There are THREE types of intellectual property protection. They are different and serve different purposes.
? Patents protect inventions, and improvements to existing inventions.
? Trademarks include any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others, and to indicate the source of the goods.
? Service marks include any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce, to identify and distinguish the services of one provider from services provided by others, and to indicate the source of the services.
? Copyrights protect literary, artistic, and musical works.
FAST FACT: For general information, publications and other copyright related topics, you may visit their Web site at http://www.copyright.gov. Copyrights information can be obtained from the U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20559 or you may call 202 707-3000 or 202 707-6737 (TTY).