Have a new business idea you can’t wait to bring to life? Protecting your idea, or your intellectual property might seem trivial at first. Yet, skipping the protection of your intellectual property could mean major costs in the long run. One of the most crucial first steps you can take as an entrepreneur in any

Have you invented a new product which is going to change people’s lives? Maybe you have created new software, an innovative nutritional supplement, or life-saving pharmaceutical. Now the question is this: does your startup have what it takes to be the next big success story? If the answer is yes, and you really want to

Original inventions and ideas are a driving force in our modern economy. A single innovation can make the difference between astounding successes or bankruptcy, as Fortune 500 giants like Apple have proven. Yet, monetizing an invention is not as easy as simply having a sellable idea. Protecting your original creations is paramount and this is

If you’ve been sued by a patent troll, you know how frustrating it is. It’s more than just an inconvenience. It hurts your business. You probably feel helpless and alone in this. You’re not! Patent trolls are also known as “patent assertion entities.” They love to target small startups. However, medium and large companies can

What is a Blocking Patent? A blocking patent is a patent that prevents a third party from the practice or commercial exploitation of a modified version of the the device or process underlying the patented invention. When a patent stops another product or service (even if patented)  from actually being produced because its execution would

Most of the time, the original idea you have for an invention will not be the final draft of the invention that you want to patent. There are details that need refining and time needed for research. However, very often, inventors find themselves in situations where it is in their best business interest to obtain

Everyone has had an idea that struck them as the next ‘big thing’. You might quickly dismiss some of these ideas and move on. Other times an idea sticks. Hopefully you do a bit of patent research and think you might really have something that’s never been done before. These ideas whether out of nowhere